Two-Tone Saguaro — Image by kenne
Giant two-tone green arms
Welcome spring’s new wildflowers,
Color me purple.
— kenne
Archive for March 2014
Capturing The Moment — Two-Tone Saguaro Leave a comment
Giant two-tone green arms
Capturing The Moment — Cooper’s Hawks In Sabino Canyon 6 comments
Cooper’s Hawk In Sabino Canyon — Images by kenne
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Cooper’s hawk’s are nesting in the riparian area above Sabino Canyon dam, creating a lot of photo opportunities.
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Capturing The Moment — Desert Wildflowers, Sutherland Trail 7 comments
Sonoran Desert Wildflowers Along The Sutherland Trail In Catalina State Park, Arizona — Images by kenne
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Spring colors deserts
Beautifying a harsh land
With nature’s softness.
— kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Big Rock Saguaros 2 comments
Big Rock Saguaros — Image by kenne
Big rock saguaros
Grow among the stacked boulders,
Pancakes to the sky.
— kenne
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Morning In Catalina State Park 1 comment
Morning In Catalina State Park — Image by kenne
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A Hummingbird’s Work Of Art 11 comments
Hummingbird On Nest Near Sabino Canyon Creek — Images by kenne (Click on any of the images to see larger view.)
This passed week Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists (SCVN) have found several hummingbird nests in the canyon riparian area. This one is a true architectural work of art.
Nearby this nest is an active Cooper’s Hawk’s nest, which provides an interesting and educational bird-nest contrast for the students in our elementary nature program.
Using twigs and leaves
Spider webs shaping her nest
Swelling as needed.
— kenne
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A Hiker’s Stairway To Heaven 3 comments
Bear Canyon Trail To Seven Falls — Image by kenne
Your head is humming and it won’t go, in case you don’t know,
The piper’s calling you to join him,
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?
— from “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin
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Homeless in America Leave a comment
A great photographer photographs the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in contrast with the homeless on street outside where some of the weathest are gathering. Life is one big contrast. — kenne
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To Stay On Trail, Or Not 1 comment
Stay On Trail — Image by kenne
Stay on canyon trails
Short cuts causes erosion —
Sedimentation.
However, bushwhacking
Is hiking outside the box —
A thorny branch out.
Always on question
To stay on question, or not —
My “to be” question.
— kenne
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Visions Of Joy — Computer Art Leave a comment
Visions of Joy — Image by kenne
In my mind’s eye,
I see visions
of joy.
–kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Turkey Vultures Migrating North Leave a comment
Migrating Turkey Vultures Warming Up In The Morning Sun — Images by kenne
(Click on any of the images to see a slideshow, or go to Flickr to see the full set.)
It’s that time of year when turkey vultures are migrating north, actually it’s been going on for about two weeks now.
We live on the north side of the Tanque Verde wash across from the Tucson Country Club. In the late afternoon the turkey vultures come from the south, roosting in the golf course’s eucalyptus trees — moving across the wash to sun at daybreak for more exposure to the sun. The sunning serves at least two important purposed, (1) to warm up before continuing their flight north, (2) to bake any bacteria that may picked-up from foraging.
Watching and photographing these big birds is a joy, having posted several entries over the last three years. You can use the search function (turkey vultures) to see previous postings. Also, you can see the complete set (over 60 images) of the most recent images at my Flickr account:Â https://www.flickr.com/photos/kennetu/sets/72157642867149485/ where you can click the slideshow icon in the upper right corner for a full-screen view.
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Capturing The Moment — Coyotes, Suspicion Abounds 4 comments
Coyotes Near The Tanque Verde Wash — Images by kenne
Coyotes
Their eyes of light bay
Spire me with cunning keenness,
Suspicion abounds.
–kenne
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A Sunday Walk In The Canyon Leave a comment
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake — Images by kenne
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How The Turkey Vulture Saved The World 2 comments
Another Sign Of Spring, Turkey Vultures Overnight by the Tanque Verde Wash — Computer Painting by kenne
“In the time of the ancients,
the sun moved close to the earth
making life unsustainable.
Whereupon all animals gathered
to see what could be done,
deciding the sun had to be moved.
One by one, attempts were made
to move the sun.
Some, like the fox,
used his mouth
to pull the sun away,
but it was so hot
and he had to stop,
leaving his mouth black
still to this day.Â
 Next, the opossum tried
moving the sun with his tail,
but he too had to stop,
or the sun was too hot,
leaving his tail bald
still to this day.
Seeing all this,
being the most powerful
and beautiful of birds,
the vulture feared the earth
would soon burn up.
So, she bravely placed her
head against the sun,
flying high into the heavens.
Even with her crown
of feathers burning,
she never stopped
until the sun was far away
and the earth was safe.
Now you know
how the vulture
saved the world
and lost her
magnificent feathers
still to this day.”
This is my telling of a native American myth.
— kenne
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Sabino Canyon Children’s Program — “Strike It Rich” 2 comments
Panning for Garnets — Images by kenne (Click On Any Of The Images To See A Slideshow)
One of the Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalist’s programs is Strike It Rich. This program is designed to teach elementary school students about the geology of the Santa Catalina Mountains, which include panning for garnets is the Sabino Canyon creek.
kenne
