Beloved for their plaintive calls and ability to deftly maneuver across rough bark while defying gravity, red-breasted nuthatches are year-round residents in our area, including our back yard.

I watched this individual for half an hour, and realized what a great blind my hammock would make. I nabbed the camera with the bazooka lens and settled in and waited for the birds to get used to my presence again, then happily photographed them for around an hour. I think this individual had nabbed either an insect larva or a seed- can't tell even when zooming in fully.

Tags:   red-breasted nuthatch Sitta canadensis Boulder Colorado hammock-based photography doable multi-tasking

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A lovely afternoon with a turbulent atmosphere.

Raw photo from iphone rendered in lightroom- tee tiny sensor does well sometimes!

Tags:   mountain wave cloud lenticular clouds Front Range Boulder Colorado

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A yin-yang view of change to celebrate the season of change- a lake freezing over, a sun setting, a turbulent atmosphere, and the temperature dropping.

Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday, for whatever occasion(s) you celebrate:

Happy Winter Solstice
Happy Hanukkah
Happy Eid al-Adha
Merry Christmas
Happy Kwanzaa
Joyous Pancha Ganapat
Sweet Soyal
Merry Malkh
Prosperous Yalda
Fabulous Festivus

Tags:   Sunset Coot Lake Winter solstice ice reflection

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The finale of a gorgeous sunset envelopes the aspen-clad slopes of the Ruby Range near Kebler Pass in south central Colorado. I spent two hours in this meadow a couple of miles from our camp, watching the light and color change as the sun sank and the cool air began to drain into the valley. The two peaks on the skyline are Mount Owen (l,13,070 ft/ 3984 m) and Ruby Peak (r, 12,630/ 3850 m).

Tags:   Sunset Ruby Range West Elk Mountains Autumn Aspen Mount Owen Ruby Peak

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A greater roadrunner with a golden aura pauses while patrolling the grasslands and woodlands of Bosque del Apache in south central New Mexico. Just a few minutes before stopping to admire this wonderful desert specialist we saw a pair of coyotes trotting along the road. One of them was carrying a box from Acme labeled "danger high explosives." (we actually did see the coyotes)

Tags:   Greater roadrunner Geococcyx californianus Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge New Mexico beep beep

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