Saturday's Critters # 615

  Welcome to Saturday's Critters! Hello and Happy Saturday!

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Various photos from our walks on the local fire roads, the NCR trail and a few from our yard. 

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1. Aug 12,  our walk to the lake with Miney and hubby. It is nice hubby is feeling up to more walks.  

2. Aug 12th, it's been hard capturing a bird with my camera. I usually hear more than I see now.  I did get a few shots of the Downy Woodpecker. 

3. Aug 15th, a walk with Miney and Michael on the NCR trail. We saw lots of what looked like swamp sunflowers along the trail. 

4. Seen on the NCR trail, there were lots of these flowers. I am guessing they are the Swamp Sunflowers? 

5. Eastern Tiger Swallowtails were enjoying our Buddleia bush. 

Sometimes Miney is on a long lead and will walk out on the driveway when the gate is open. 

6. Aug 17, we took another walk on the Prettyboy fire road, hubby and Michael rested on a downed tree across the trail. 

Aug 17, a mama deer with her fawn on our driveway. The spotted babies are so cute. 

7. Flashback 2013, New Mexico birds. One of my favorite birds seen in New Mexico was my lifer the Greater Roadrunner. 

8. Flashback 2013 New Mexico the Black Phoebe lifer.

Flashback back 2013 New Mexico, at the Carlsbad Caverns we saw my lifers the Cave Swallows.

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Sunrise at Bosque Del Apache

I am linking up with NF Winged   and  Skywatch Friday 

I am linking up with Lydia of Where the Wild Things Were and the Favorite Fotos linky.

 November 21, 2013

Hubby and I were up early on our second morning,  we headed to the Bosque Del Apache before sunrise. It was well worth getting up early to see these beautiful skies and reflections. The birds of course were an added bonus for me.

The reflections at the marsh were beautiful.

Throw in some ducks, snow geese and sandhill cranes and the day just gets better.

For my NF Winged part of my post,  I am sharing some more Bosque Del Apache birds like the Grebe above.

Not the best or even a clear shot, but I love the Black Phoebe and the colors in the shot above.

A pretty White-Crowned  Sparrow with the blue sky.

I took a gazillion sunrise photos, I could not decide which one I like better. They are some of my all time favorite sunrise photos. I hope you all like them too.


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Truth or Consequences

  I am linking up with Mosaic Monday and Our World Tuesday 

November 10, 2013

Happy Veteran's Day..I am thankful for the brave Veterans and our present Military service men and women.

 I am still sharing some New Mexico trip photos, I hope you are not tired of seeing them. After leaving Carlsbad we headed to our next stop on our loop around southern New Mexico.  Hubby and I enjoyed a one night stay in the spa city of Truth or Consequences. There are several local hot springs and the first bath was built in the 1800's.

Our hotel was the Sierra Grande Lodge and Spa, the stay included the private hot springs soaks.

There is a story behind the name Truth or Consequences, originally called Hot Springs. The city changed its name to Truth or Consequences to the title of a 1950 radio show hosted by Ralph Edwards. Ralph announced that he would air the program from the first town that would rename itself after the show. Hot Springs won the honor. Ralph Edwards visited the town during the first weekend of May for the next fifty years. This weekend became an event with a beauty contest, parade and a stage show.

Above two of my trip lifers..the Say's Phoebe and the Black Phoebe.  When planning the night stay at Truth or Consequences I noticed that there were two state parks nearby that are considered hotspots for birding. I knew both parks were a must for some birding. We stopped at Caballo State Park before checking in to the hotel and we visited the Elephant Butte State Park the next morning . It was at the Caballo State Park where I saw my first Roadrunner, another lifer for the trip. It ran into some brush on the side of the road so fast, no Roadrunner picture of my first sighting.

Say's Phoebe lifer.

Pictured above a Townsend's Solitaire, Junco and Chipping Sparrow, top right is the Red-naped Sapsucker..bottom left is a House Wren and bottom right my lifer the Say's Phoebe.

The water line is just amazing to me...how low can it go?

 In the mosaic above is the Elephant Butte lake, New Mexico's largest body of water. It is amazing see the water line and just how low the water is now. It is reported to be the lowest since the 1970's. The Rio Grande River delivers water to the Elephant Butte reservoir.  The water level is at 3% of the reservoir's capacity. Another one of my lifers is the top right photo of a Western Grebe.

Our one night stay in T or C rewarded me with 4 lifers. The Black Phoebe, Say's Phoebe, the Roadrunner and the Western Grebe.

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