Author Archives: joeschelling

About joeschelling

Birding, butterflies, nature photography, and travel blog from right here in Albuquerque New Mexico.

April to May

Posted on May 5, 2022 by joeschelling

Quite a few pictures this time of the usual butterflies and birds, but also a few other interesting sightings during the last couple of weeks from mid-April into early May. On February 21, I’d noticed a Great Horned Owl taking … Continue reading →

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April Butterfly Bonanza

Posted on April 18, 2022 by joeschelling

This post, my first of the month, is going to focus entirely on some of the amazing butterflies we’ve been seeing around here lately. Some are from my Oso Spring survey route in Embudito for the New Mexico Butterfly Monitoring … Continue reading →

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Here Come the Butterflies

Posted on March 27, 2022 by joeschelling

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything, but finally a couple of days recently turned up an amazing variety of butterflies for so early in the year. Photos of some of these butterflies will form the bulk of this post. … Continue reading →

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Let the Nesting Begin

Posted on March 3, 2022 by joeschelling

Since my last posting, it seems most of the owls have joined the party and started their nesting season. We’d stumbled across a first nest on February 10 near the Rio Grande Nature Center, and about a week later started … Continue reading →

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Some Birds of February

Posted on February 15, 2022 by joeschelling

A little over two weeks since my last post, and while we caught a good snowstorm early in February, the weather’s been rather chilly but otherwise generally nice with clear skies. Starting to notice the days getting longer with a … Continue reading →

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And on to February

Posted on January 30, 2022 by joeschelling

Almost the end of January and nearly a month since my last post. Seems I’ve been a bit distracted lately, and either not getting out much at all or at the wrong time of day. Weather’s been mostly good if … Continue reading →

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On to 2022!

Posted on January 4, 2022 by joeschelling

Since my last post, we’ve been on two Christmas Bird Counts, the Bosque del Apache CBC on 12/18/21 and the Albuquerque CBC the next day. We had to skip the Sandia CBC after it was rescheduled from 12/26/21 to 1/1/22 … Continue reading →

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Almost Winter

Posted on December 13, 2021 by joeschelling

Finally got cold and even a dusting of snow on the mountain and just a week until the official start of winter. Almost a month since my last posting, this one’s going to be a little different than my usual. … Continue reading →

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Birds and Butterflies into mid-November

Posted on November 15, 2021 by joeschelling

Since my last posting on October 24, the weather has continued to be quite nice and here it is November 15 and we still haven’t had our first freeze. It’s been somewhat surprising to still being seeing a good variety … Continue reading →

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Butterfly to Bird Transition

Posted on October 24, 2021 by joeschelling

It’s always tricky trying to come up with a title for my blog posts, and seems like I have to do that before adding any text or pictures. I had two ideas for this one. At first I was thinking … Continue reading →

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