Desert Chicory Wildflowers and Bee — Image by kenne
Popping up on the dry desert floor
New sharing space with the old
We are alive and well in the desert
Taking morning hikes in the cool air.
— kenne
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Desert Chicory Wildflowers And Bee Leave a comment
Predator And Prey 1 comment
On Thursday of this past week, Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists were teaching two first grade classes about predator and prey in a program we call “Now You See It.” My responsibility for the month of April is to coordinate the Thursday schedule with the teachers. Once the children are in the canyon, my job is one of “managing by walking around.”
While in the riparian area near the creek and dam I could hear a nearby cooper’s hawk. Following the sound, I spotted him on a dead limb high above the creek where he had caught a small bird. What a “real time” example of predator and prey for the day’s lesson. What follows are images and a video of the encounter, which I shared with the children.
— kenne
(Click on any of the tiled images for a larger view in a slideshow format.)
Cooper’s Hawk Images and Video by kenne
Predator And Prey — Cooper’s Hawk
The varying modes of flight exhibited by our diurnal birds of prey
have always been to me a subject of great interest,
especially as by means of them I have found myself enabled
to distinguish one species from another,
to the farthest extent of my power of vision.
— John James Audubon
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American Stout Butterfly Leave a comment
American Stout Butterfly — Grunge Art by kenne
Spontaneity,
A runaway moment caught
In a new setting.
— kenne
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Time — Seed of Life, Seed of Torment 2 comments
Lower Sabino Canyon from Phoneline Trail with View of Tucson In The Background — Panorama image by kenne
Time’s Body
—in the middle of the beginning they woke you
from a long sleep;
you could see the edges of the world
being formed, the boundaries
space would make in its eagerness
to be included,
the problem time would have
in its need to be the main thing.
The source of life is not life
but rebellion toward meaning.
When you saw the workers were already busy,
that the list you’rd been handed
was usual and impossible
and held it all, and thin
or most, your will
strong as a paper clip
you needed a location
from which to act on your assigned nature
so you chose time:
seed of light,
seed of torment—
— Brenda Hillman
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In Your Face, Dude 2 comments
In Your Face, Dude (Desert Spiny Lizard) — Computer Art by kenne
He is one buff dude
Sometimes to intimidate
Sometime to attract.
— kenne
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These Girls Love Learning About Nature 1 comment
Spending a morning with Girl Scout Brownies in Sabino Canyon — Image by Scout Mom
“We have such a brief opportunity to pass on to our children our love for this Earth, and to tell our stories. These are the moments when the world is made whole.”
— Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
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Carpenter Bee On A Mesquite Tree Blossom 2 comments
Carpenter Bee On A Mesquite Tree Blossom (April 1, 2016) — Image by kenne
Life always waits for some crisis to occur
before revealing itself at its most brilliant.
— from Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho
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Saguaro Blossoms 5 comments
Saguaro Blossoms In Sabino Canyon — Images by kenne
A very dry spring
Hasn’t slowed cactus blossoms —
Saguaros in March.
— kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Bee On A Lyreleaf Jewelflower Leave a comment
Bee On a Lyreleaf Jewelflower (March 3, 2016 in Sabino Canyon) — Images by kenne
These vase-shaped buds have pedals giving a tassel effect to the top of each bud,
opening just enough for bees and other pollinators to get inside the bud. This desert
wildflower has a tall slender stem and was photographed near Sabino Creek
in Sabino Canyon.
kenne
“If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.”
― Maurice Maeterlinck, The Life of the Bee
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Capturing The Moment — Botta’s Pocket Gopher 2 comments
Botta’s Pocket Gopher — Images by kenne
This little guy was busy gathering elegant lupine within a two foot radius of her den. She would slink out, nip a lupine and back straight back into her hole in the ground.A sensitive tail helps her feel her way as it runs backwards into her hole. (Click here for more information.)
kenne
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New SCVN Naturalists and Their Mentors Wrap-up Training(January 11, 2016) — Image by kenne
The temperature was near thirty-two degrees at the Cactus Picnic Area in Sabino Canyon where the final day of training was scheduled. After spending time demonstrating some of their new skills, the new naturalists were treated to a surprise party at Rattlesnake Canyon Picnic Area near Sabino creek.
Graduation will take place this coming Saturday (January 16, 2016).
kenne
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Lower Sabino Canyon Landscape Photos 8 comments
Lower Sabino Canyon Landscape Photos by kenne (September 4, 2015)
“There was another America out there that remained unsung;
a rawer, more primitive America, where the spirit had not
been tamed by the restless machine of modern materialism.”
— Jack Kerouac
