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Neighborhood Ravens 1 comment

A Raven Couple Lives In Our Neighborhood — Image by kenne

The Hills of Cualann

In the youth of summer
The hills of Cualann
Are two golden horns,
Two breasts of childing,
Two two of light.

In the age of winter
They are two rusted swords,
Two waves of darkness,
Two moons of ice.

— Joseph Campbell

Posted January 1, 2023 by kenneturner in Birds, Capturing the Moment, Information, Photography, Poetry, Ravens, Tanuri Ridge, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Joseph Campbell, Photography, Poetry, The Hills of Cualann, Tucson Arizona, two ravens

White Pelicans In Flight Over Lake Houston Leave a comment

American White Pelicans White Over in East Texas — Photo Gallery by kenne

Lakes, marshes, salt bays. In breeding season mostly inland, nesting on isolated islands in lakes and feeding on shallow lakes, rivers, marshes.
Feeding areas may be miles from nesting sites. Also breeds locally on coastal islands. Flocks in migration stop on lakes, rivers.
Winters mainly along coast, on shallow, protected bays and estuaries, also on large lakes in warm climates. Source: audubon.org

Posted December 30, 2022 by kenneturner in Birds, Capturing the Moment, East Texas, Information, Nature, Photographic Essay

Tagged with East End Park, East Texas, Kingwood Texas, Lake Houston, Photo Essay, White Pelicans

Common Black Hawk Leave a comment

Common Black Hawk — Image by kenne

I cannot kneel

To touch the soil.

The wind in my ears

Makes everywhere

And nowhere

My home.

— from Illinois: At Night, Black Hawk’s Statue Broods by J. W. Rivers

Posted December 2, 2022 by kenneturner in Birds, Capturing the Moment, Information, Photography, Poetry, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Common Black Hawk, J. W. Rivers, Photography, Poetry, Tucson Arizona

Returning To Whitewater Draw Leave a comment

Sandhill Cranes at Whitewater Draw in Southeast Arizona — Photo-Artistry by kenne

Returning to Whitewater Draw

It’s fun to watch

the amazing spectacle

of large elegant birds

returning

from the feeding fields

standing

in the shallow waters

giving out loud,

rattling bugle calls

echoing

sounds across the valley.

It’s always the same,

birders with binoculars and cameras,

strapped on their shoulders

and cranes standing

in the shallow waters

of Whitewater Draw.

— kenne

Posted November 30, 2022 by kenneturner in Birds, Capturing the Moment, Information, Migration, Photo-Artistry, Photography, Photoshop, Poetry, Whitewater Draw

Tagged with Migration, Photo-Artistry, Poetry, Sandhill Cranes, Whitewater Draw, Wilcox Arizona

Cat and Bird 1 comment

Cat and Bird by Paul Klee moma.org

Predator

It takes only a minute
to bury a wren.
Two trowels full of dirt
and he’s in.

The cat as the threshold
sits longer in doubt
deciding whether
to stay in or go out.

— Billy Collins

Posted November 20, 2022 by kenneturner in Art, Birds, Existential Moment, Information, Paul Klee, Poetry, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Billy Collins, Cat and Bird, Painting, Paul Klee, Poetry, Tucson Arizona

Desert Mistletoe Berries Attracting Birds To Sabino Canyon 1 comment

This morning on the Plant and Bird Walk, we could see a small flock of Eastern Bluebirds, none close enough to get any good photos,
but more will be coming to Sabino Canyon because of all the desert mistletoe berries in the canyon. Till then,
the berries are attracting plenty of Phainopeplas.
— kenne

Posted November 15, 2022 by kenneturner in Birds, Capturing the Moment, Information, nature walk, Photography, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with desert mistletoe, Phaninopepla, Photography, Plant and Bird Walk, Sabino Canyon, SCVN Nature Walk, Tucson Arizona

A Hungry Hawk 4 comments

Cooper’s Hawk in Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne

I have a little knowledge of this bird,

never as much as an ornithologist.

Maybe it’s because I don’t have

the right personality or something,

being concerned fundamentally

with the “oughts” of life from

a philosophical point of view,

if you know what I mean.

— kenne

Posted November 14, 2022 by kenneturner in Birds, Cooper's Hawk, Information, Poetry, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Capturing the Moment, Photography, Poetry, Sabino Canyon, Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson Arizona

Verdin On A European Fan Palm 1 comment

Verdin On A European Fan Palm — Images by kenne

Brushy desert valleys, mesquites. Most common in the Sonoran desert and mesquite woods at lower elevations. Also lives in other kinds of low open brush, including desert stands of acacia and paloverde. Tiny but tough, Verdins are adaptable little birds of hot desert regions. They are usually seen singly or in pairs, flitting about actively in the brush, sometimes giving sharp call notes. — Source: Audubon.org