When the moon.
The clouds will sing.
A silent nocturne.
Tag: nature
Flora and Fauna
Not alone, not in isolation.
A Green Heron perches upon a gigantic palm frond making what we consider a fairly large bird look small by comparison. Photographing the Flora and Fauna as one always presents quite a challenge yet tells a story that’s important to hear.
On the move
A Red Fox quickly passes by on a snowy winter afternoon. Dressed in a wonderful winter coat. A coat that is not just beautiful but one that keeps them warm on those cold winter nights.
Roadside Hawk
The Roadside Hawk is on the most common raptors encountered at the edge of forests and cleared fields ranging from Northern Mexico all the way south to Argentina. There are at least 12 subspecies with most being similar in appearance with a grey head, yellow cere, rufous banding across the breast and striped tail. The Roadside Hawk is opportunistic and hunts insects, reptiles and small mammals. We encountered this individual several years ago on a large palm tree peering out into some cleared pasture.
A intense looking hunter and a good look at the banded tail.
Reference:Bierregaard, R. O., P. F. D. Boesman, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.roahaw.01
On the bull kelp
A tiny Yellow Rumped Warbler found the bull kelp a perfect perch for hunting sand flies and other small insects on the beach. This girl would quickly dart down form the kelp to snag a small meal and quickly return to her perch. Seeing her sitting on the head of the bull kelp made us realize just how small she was. We watched a documentary about songbirds the other night called The Messenger.
It is a very timely reminder about what a world without song birds would be like.
Music to my eyes
There are days when the skies are silent and other days it sings.
Today it sang a symphony and it was music to my eyes.
Happy Friday and wishing you a wonderful weekend.
Loggerhead Shrike
Somewhat hidden away we heard this Loggerhead Shrike singing away while enjoying lunch at a campsite last fall. This Shrike had a wonderful song that was similar yet more melodic than the example on the Cornell website. This bird was quite content and let us photograph it for quite some time. A wonderful experience indeed.
hello sunshine
You can just feel it.
Like a breath of fresh air.
Hello Sunshine.
When winter is winter.
Sun behind clouds and the snow a shade of blue.
When winter is winter there is nothing you can do.
Say’s Phoebe
The Say’s Phoebe is a quiet, slightly understated and delightful flycatcher found in dry habitats of the Western United States. This day we found a Phoebe perched upon a shrub hunting for insects on the ground below. It would sally out in typical flycatcher fashion and return to a similar location in this shrub sometimes with meal in beak.
nature has no boss 
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