This was at the Desert Botanical Garden.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Butterfly and goldfish
The fish kept trying to get to the butterfly, which appeared not to notice at all.
Monday, January 19, 2009
A sky full of cranes
Near the Whitewater Draw Nature Preserve we saw this huge swirl of cranes overhead. It was just amazing.
Willcox Cranes
This is my first ever video post. The shot is of cranes taking off from the Willcox playa. I shot it with my Canon S5 camera, so it has some background sounds and I took some in-process snapshots. I left it as is so that the sound of the cranes is there...
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Oh, Say's, can you see?
I think this is a Say's Phoebe. If it's not, then the title doesn't work so well...
Anna's in Flight
This was a long zoom and cropped, so it's fairly pixelated, but still kind of a fun picture.
Highway art
The freeways around the Phoenix area are decorated with all sorts of patterns and designs. Each highway has sections that are somewhat themed. Both the slopes and the concrete structures are treated, as you can see here. The slopes are covered with gravel of different textures and colors. This particular shot is at the Loop 101 (AKA the Pima Freeway) and Chapparal.
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Water Ranch, New Years Day
Green Heron
Orange-crowned Warbler
Peach-faced Lovebird
33 species that I counted today, but probably twice that many that I missed, given my neophyte status...
Friday, December 26, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Superstitions after the rain
The mountains were wreathed in clouds as the rain moved out.
I missed a great picture by 10 minutes or so - sunset glowing on the mountains and the clouds - but I couldn't get into position fast enough....
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Lovebirds and blackbirds
These were hanging out at the Water Ranch this morning...
The two top-middle are peach-faced lovebirds that refused to turn around to the camera...
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