Two-tailed Swallowtail On Meyer Lemmon Tree — Image by kenne
I don’t know why
but I’m pleased
swallowtails seem
to love our patio
Meyer lemon tree
making it easy for
me to set nearby
photographing these
beautiful butterflies.
— kenne
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Morning Visitor 1 comment
Guarding The Feeder Leave a comment
Gila Woodpecker Guarding the Bird Feeder — Image by kenne
Don’t test me; I’m good
my middle name, protector
Is what I’m about.
— kenne
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Curve-billed Thrasher Video 3 comments
This curve-billed thrasher was one of two on the neighbor’s ocotillo plant that I videoed in the following clip. — kenne
Chlorophyll captures hard radiation
My plumage explodes forth with colors bright
Transmutes into my dream’s pigmentation
In proud defiance of sun’s bleaching light
My plumage explodes forth with colors bright
I sprout a thousand flames rose tangerine
In proud defiance of sun’s bleaching light
Brush bold orange on the baked desert scene
— from Ocotillo by Tom Quigley
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Broad-billed Hummingbird Video Clip Leave a comment
Broad-billed Hummingbird Video Clip Camera Setup, September 18, 2022
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Broad-bill Hummingbird Morning Leave a comment
Broad-bill Hummingbird At Patio Feeder (September 17, 2022) — Images by kenne
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Broad-banded Swallowtail Visit Lemon Plant 2 comments
This Morning a Broad-banded Swallowtail Visited Our Potted Lemon Plant on the Patio — Images by kenne
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Broad-billed Hummingbird 1 comment
Broad-billed hummingbird just off the patio in the bushes, preparing to go to the feeder on the patio — mission accomplished! — Images by kenne
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Lesser Goldfinch Leave a comment
Lesser Goldfinch — Image by kenne
“They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better.”
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Hummingbird At Feeder #2 Leave a comment
Hummingbird At Feeder #2 — Photo-Artistry by kenne
bird against the sky
keeps visiting our feeder
for another drink
careful, it can become addictive
— kenne
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Gila Woodpecker Leave a comment
Gila Woodpecker — Images by kenne
“I enjoy watching the woodpeckers. They don’t fly away until I come quite close to them.”
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Ominous Monsoon Clouds Leave a comment
Ominous Monsoon Clouds Over Tanuri Ridge, Tucson, AZ — Image by kenne
Far on the desert rim, the thunder breaks
And white clouds turn to steel above the plain.
Now it will rain.
— Sylvia Lewis Kinney, “August,” in Arizona Highways, 1968
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Last Night Before Overnight Rain 6 comments
Last Night Before Overnight Rain — Image by kenne
Desert dwellers wait
For the summer rains to fall
Refreshing the air
— kenne
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White-winged Dove Atop Patio Fountain Leave a comment
White-winged Dove Atop Patio Fountain Looking Down At Water — Image by kenne
“Be wise as a serpent and wary as a dove!”
— Mark Twain
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Gray Bird Grasshopper Leave a comment
Gray Bird Grasshopper — Images by kenne
Schistocerca nitens is a species of grasshopper known by several names, including vagrant grasshopper
and gray bird grasshopper. It is a close relative of the desert locust, which is in the same genus. This grasshopper
is native to southern North America including Mexico and the south-western United States from California to Texas.
Can also be found in parts of mid-Atlantic states. Recently found on Long Island, New York. It is also present in parts
of Central America. It lives in many habitats including desert, woodland, and lower elevation mountainous areas.
It is a large grasshopper, reaching lengths of 4 to 7 centimeters. It is mostly brown and gray spotted or patched
in cryptic coloration. This species is known as a pest on ornamental plants and many types of crop plants. — Source: Wikipedia
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Cactus Blossom Leave a comment
Cactus Blossom — Image by kenne
I wait for the moment
I’ll return to the trails
as I did for twelve years
beneath Tucson’s blue sky
in some world of youth
and springtime. Give me,
Powers of the Universe,
the springtime but
spare me the child.
— kenne
Becoming is Superior to Being 