Big birds. A bunch of both hang around the Water Ranch.
Monday, February 04, 2008
Lovebirds checking a Saguaro
Roomy, has a nice view, maybe just what we're looking for. What's the rent? That much, huh? In this market?!
(Peach-faced Lovebirds. Feral birds that are doing okay around Phoenix.)
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Water Ranch
My birding class did a field trip to the Water Ranch and some other ponds in the Gilbert/Chandler area, and we spent hours looking at everything from sparrows to herons to woodpeckers. This is an American Coot.
Coyote, Usery Pass
Saturday I did a short hike (Vista trail) and spotted this coyote trotting along a wash. I saw where it was going to cross the path ahead of me, so I lined up this picture. The sun had been up about a half hour...
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Inca Doves
These were taking the sun on our wall. I'm starting a birding class, and have a new camera. You have been warned! :D
New camera, new mountain for me
This weekend I took my new Canon S5 out for a very short spin. I was out and about and stopped by the Phoenix Mountain Park, both at Dreamy Draw and at the Squaw Peak trailhead.
The next three are of Piestewa (AKA Squaw) Peak, taken from the parking lot just north of the trailhead. The first is with no zoom at all.
The last is a full 48X optical plus digital zoom. I wasn't using a tripod, either, and the image through the viewfinder was shaking all over the place.
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Monday, January 07, 2008
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