![]() Canon EOS 5DIII/Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Hand-held. Chihuahuan Desert in Snow, Cave Creek Canyon, Arizona. Natural light.Īs we put 2018 in the rear-view mirror, we wish all our friends and readers the happiest new year! Here’s to a 2019 that is quite unlike 2018! Cheers! Sharp-shinned Hawk in the Snow, Cave Creek Canyon, Arizona. We took several opportunities to chase birds around in the white–a real treat for Houstonians! Canon EOS 7DII/600mm f/4L IS (+1.4x TC). Several recent snow storms turned southeast Arizona into a spectacular landscape of snowy desert, mountain, and forest. –Alfred Lord Tennyson Ruby-crowned Kinglet in Snowy Thicket, Cave Creek Canyon, Arizona. Posted in: Arizona, Birding for Well-Being, Special Places | Tagged: breeding, Cave Creek Canyon, desert, insects, macro, native plants | 2 Comments Happy New Year from Two Shutterbirds! No text or images may be duplicated or distributed without permission. High-speed synchronized macro ring-flash. I’ll add entomology to the list of subjects I’d like to learn more about. Bee on Prickly Pear Cactus Flower, Portal, Arizona. Arizona Skipper (Codatractus arizonensis) on Thistle, South Fork, Cave Creek Canyon, Arizona. Red Lichen Moth (Lycomorpha fulgens) on Thistle (Cirsium sp.), South Fork, Cave Creek Canyon, Arizona. Sorry folks, no ID on the bee: There are 4000 species of bee in North America! Canon EOS 5DIII/100mm f/2.8L IS Macro. Bee on Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa), South Fork, Cave Creek Canyon, Arizona. This day I went out to South Fork, Cave Creek seeking an image of the Elegant Trogon, but had to settle for flowers and bugs (and hearing the bird’s call). Natural light.Īnd if the birding doesn’t pan out, as was the case this morning, daubs of wildflower color do dot the landscape and are available for macro work. I spotted this bird a few hundred yards from our house. This dove is an invasive species, widespread across the U.S. Eurasian Collared Dove, near Portal, Arizona. So presently I can work myself into a near stupor with building and maintenance projects and still get out to bird once in a while. And now there are many birding sites within a few miles of our desert home. This sentiment figured prominently in our choice of retirement location: Birding had to be available right outside our door. Natural light.Īs much as we love birding around the Houston area, the crush of humanity–mostly traffic and yahoo encounters–has become a bit much of late. Luckily, Willow Tank is just a few miles from home. As the summer draws on, I am optimistic that this location will become a prime birding spot. Willow Tank is a man-made watering hole generously provided by the Rivers Family for wildlife viewing. This youngster was exhibiting begging behavior and appears to have a parasite below the eye. When you’re safe at home you wish you were having an adventure when you’re having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.–Thornton Wilder Young Barn Swallow, Willow Tank, near Rodeo, New Mexico. ![]()
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