Category Archives: Dragonflies

South Texas Ramble

Posted on November 6, 2011 by

During the last week of October, my friend Rebecca and I took a fabulous trip in search of birds and butterflies centered around Alamo in south Texas. Leaving the Harlingen airport at about noon on Wednesday in our tiny Fiat … Continue reading →

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Autumn Reflections

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

Autumn, always my favorite season in New Mexico, is now close to reaching its peak, as the cottonwoods, aspen, and chamisa take on their golden glow accented by purple asters everywhere.  The butterflies have started disappearing and the birds going … Continue reading →

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Maples and Melrose

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

Following up on last week’s amazing display of glowing aspens up in the Sandias, the next Thursday Birder outing was to Fourth of July Campground in the Manzano Mountains for a look at about the only place in the state … Continue reading →

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Who don’t like spiders and snakes?

Posted on September 13, 2011 by

One more week to go before I get my long lens back, so this week’s post is mostly of a few close-up pictures.  Last week, while helping some friends who are out of town by picking some of their tomatoes … Continue reading →

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Birds, Bugs, and Butterflies

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

The last two weeks have been interesting and fun, checking out all my old haunts after being away for so long on that trip to Brazil.  The Thursday Birder trip on August 11 to the 10-K trail in the Sandias … Continue reading →

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Summer Solstice at Tingley Ponds

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Here it is the longest day of the year already, perfect for a morning at Tingley Ponds in search of dragonflies and damselflies, but with entertainment provided by some good birds too.  Got a little crazy with the camera today, … Continue reading →

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Chick Check

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

Yesterday, I did a quick round of bird nests to see what progress may have happened since my trip to Illinois.  First up was the Black-chinned Hummingbird nest at the Rio Grande Nature Center that had two eggs back on … Continue reading →

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Return from the Nature Retreat

Posted on June 12, 2011 by

Visited my friend, Terri, in way southern Illinois the first week of June on a wonderful vacation.  Terri manages the War Bluff Wildlife Sanctuary there for the Illinois Audubon Society, and it is just a remarkably biologically diverse 500 acres … Continue reading →

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This and That

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

This blog is not just about birds and butterflies;  sometimes I’ll throw in a few other pictures that caught my eye.  No birds this time, but a few butterflies and and other critters first from a morning at the Botanic … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Hunting

Posted on May 1, 2011 by

After reading about Matt and Rebecca’s productive butterfly hunt on Matt’s Blog and with the winds not due to kick in until noon, I headed out to Hondo Canyon yesterday to look for some butterflies.  Incredibly, I only saw a … Continue reading →

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