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Tag Archives: mallard
Big Day for Wildlife
My last sighting was this bald eagle, which circled above me and landed on a basalt boulder. Continue reading
Springtime Nature, May 2016
Earlier, the month of May was rainy and cold. But the developing peaches and other fruit survived some frosts and a torrential hail storm that tore leaves off the trees. Now, things have warmed-up, and everything is as beautiful as one can imagine. The … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Photography
Tagged ash-throated flycatcher, claretcup, cottonwood, cowbird, frost, gazebo, green hedgehog, hail, horno, house finch, Indian Paintbrush, mallard, peaches, russian olive, western tanager, Yucca
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Springtime Nature – April 2016, #2
As I have done most afternoons lately, I drove up to Orilla Verde, to see what was going on. I had my fly rod and tackle in the van, but didn’t think it likely that I would go fishing, since the … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Fishing, Photography
Tagged basalt, catkin, claret cup cactus, cottonwood tree, fleabane, fly fishing, gauging station, green hedgehog, Lichen, mallard, mayfly, mule deer, mullein, Nikon coolpix, Nikon D90, Orilla Verde, Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, sagebrush, squirrel, Taos Junction bridge, teasel, western bluebird, western wallflower, willow, zoom lens
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Rio Grande Birds, 2/ 10/16
It was a warm afternoon, and the usual culprits were out and about.
Birding in Simi Valley, CA, Dec. 2014
Kathy was raised in Simi Valley, CA, and we visit her mother, Rainie, there often. I had seen some posts in Facebook Birders from Simi, and inquired of the author where he went to get his photos. On a recent visit (Dec. … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Photography
Tagged arroyo simi greenway, coot, great egret, mallard, northern shoveler, oak titmouse, simi valley, Snowy egret, white-faced ibis, widgeon
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Bosque del Apache NWR, Nov. 17-18, 2014
The Bosque del Apache NWR never disappoints. I’ve been visiting the Bosque since the 1970s, and, if anything, it gets better all the time. Kathy and I decided to get in a visit while we had the time. We arrived … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Photography
Tagged alfalfa, Canada geese, carp, deer, hot springs, lava, light geese, low water conveyance channel, mallard, northern shoveler, petroglyph, pheasant, pintail, Rio Grande, roaDRUNNER, ross's geese, snow geese, Socorro New Mexico, truth or consequences new mexico, widgeon
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Spring on the Rio Grande, NM
Spring is springing along the Rio Grande. The wintering bald eagles must have heard the predictions for an early Spring, because they up and left in the first half of March. The other winter residents – the goldeneye ducks – … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Fishing, Photography
Tagged Bald eagle, Black-capped chickadee, black-chinned hummingbird, broad-tailed hummingbird, brown trout, caddis flies, Canada geese, canyon towhee, dark-eyed junco, double-hackle peacock, Downy woodpecker, golden eagle, golden-eye duck, grosbeak, hatches, john lopez, mallard, mayflies, merganser, Orilla Verde, otter, pied-billed grebe, prairie falcon, rafting, Rio Grande, Say's Phoebe, Spring, trout, western bluebird, western tanager, White-breasted nuthatch, white-crowned sparrow, yellow-rumped warbler
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