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Morning Visitor   1 comment

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

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

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 

Broad-billed Hummingbird Video Clip   Leave a comment

Broad-billed Hummingbird Video Clip Camera Setup, September 18, 2022

Broad-bill Hummingbird Morning   Leave a comment

Broad-bill Hummingbird At Patio Feeder (September 17, 2022) — Images by kenne

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

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

 

 

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.”

— Pablo Picasso
 
 

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

 

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.”

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

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

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

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

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

 

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