Greater Roadrunner In Mesquite Tree — Image by kenne
Roadrunners don’t spend much time in trees. However, this guy was in a mesquite tree where he could more easily be seen and heard by a female a few hundred feet away — it worked.
— kenne
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Greater Roadrunner In Mesquite Tree Leave a comment
Verdin In Mesquite Tree 2 comments
Verdin In Mesquite Tree — Image by kenne
Verdin’s Nest — Image by kenne
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Verdin In Sabino Canyon Riparian Area Leave a comment
Verdin In Sabino Canyon Riparian Area — Photo-Artistry by kenne
His call is clear
a chip followed
by another chip
then another
moving as in a
constant motion —
chip, chip.
— kenne
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Greater Roadrunner Stalking A Tree Lizard In A Mesquite Tree — Image by kenne
Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.
— Robert M. Pirsig
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Lesser Goldfinch — Oh Little Bird 2 comments
Lesser Goldfinch in a Mesquite Tree — Image by kenne
Oh Little Bird
Oh little bird with head atilt,
In safety drinking as thou wilt
From out the wayside found;
Unmindful of the noisy crowd profane,
What fears thy wings surmount!
Oh blithesome, eager little bird,
With reverent head turned heavenward,
I feel thy silent thanks!
The charm within the voice of men,
The potency of gift of pen,
Thy gratitude outranks.
So would I find some wayside pool,
Some sheltered spot with water cool
From which no more to shrink.
Oh little bird with head atilt,
Would I had wings to soar ‘bove guilt
And share thy tranquil drink!
— Edwin Leibfreed
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Mesquite Tree Gall — Computer Art Leave a comment
Mesquite Tree Gall — Computer Art by kenne
The challenge will not wait.
Life does not look back.
A week is more than enough time for us
to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.
— Paulo Coelho
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American Kestrel — Computer Painting 2 comments
American Kestrel Atop a Mesquite Tree On A Winter Day — Computer Painting by kenne
“Though you were watching me,
I neither ate nor drank, but what
you saw was a vision.”
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A Greater Roadrunner Takes To The Trees 1 comment
Greater Roadrunners are usually seen running on the ground,
this roadrunner left the road for a nearby mesquite tree.
Images by kenne
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A Popular Cactus Blossom 1 comment
Bee & Mesquite Beetle on a Prickly Pear Blossom — Image by kenne
I would not sacrifice a single living mesquite tree for
any book ever written. One square mile of living desert is
worth a hundred “great books” — and one brave deed
is worth a thousand.
— Edward Abbey
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In The Shadow of Death — Sepia Painting by kenne
The shadow of death
A passage of desert time
With birth at its feet.
Each day is blessed
With new replacing the old
For which we give thanks.
— kenne
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Desert Art From The Heart Leave a comment
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Capturing The Moment — Praying Mantis Egg Case 4 comments
Praying Mantis Egg Case on a Mesquite Tree Branch — Image by kenne
While taking some children on a nature walk during the Beyond Tucson Event in Sabino Canyon, I reached up to pull down a mesquite tree branch to demonstrate the small leaf size and spotted a praying mantis egg case — a teaching moment. If I had looked for one, it would not have happen.
Later this spring a hundred or more praying mantis’ will emerge from the case.
kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Female Phainopepla 7 comments
Female Phainopepla — Image by kenne
Phainopepla
Perched high on the mesquite
Sky territory.
kenne
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Capturing The Moment — All Sunsets Are Not, “Just Another Sunset!” 10 comments
Sunset Over Tucson, Arizona — Image by kenne
Winter in the desert has set in now that all the leaves are off the mesquite trees.
kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Sabino Canyon Snowbird Part II Leave a comment
Female Phainopepla High In A Mesquite Tree — Image by kenne
The phainopepla’s main food while wintering in the Tucson basin are desert mistletoe berries.
When eaten, the hard seeds are then passed through while the phainopepla is perched on their favorite tree branch,
often in a mesquite tree.
Female Plainopela In A Tree with Desert Mistletoe — Image by kenne
The seeds are left on the branch where they can germinate and set up a root system within the host plant.
kenne
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