“Bird In The Tree” (Phainopepla, Sabino Canyon) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Insight is not a light bulb that goes off inside our heads.
It is a flickering candle that can easily be snuffed out.
— Malcolm Gladwell
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Bird Silhouette #3 (Phainopepla) — Image by kenne
listen to nature
and hear the music of life
life pursues music
— kenne
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Out On A Limb 2 comments
“I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part of God.”
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Phainopepla Grunge Art by kenne
Living on berries
The little seeds just past through
Sticking to the branch.
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Sabino Canyon Images, March 14, 2018 5 comments
(Click On Any of the Tiled Images for A Larger View in A Slideshow Format.)
Brittlebush
Cactus Wren
Cactus Wren
Caliche Globemellow
Cardinal
Ocotillo Blossom
Phainopepla
Bee on Brittlebush
Saguaro Cactus Stand
Sabino Canyon Images, March 14, 2018, by kenne
It doesn’t matter
how slowly you go
as long as you
do not stop.
— Confucius
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“Luke” (Sabino Canyon, March 8, 2018) — Image by kenne
Naturalists in Sabino Canyon have been photographing a partial albino phainopepla for at least eight years. He is known by the name “Luke” for leucistic, a condition in which there is partial loss of pigmentation in an animal. Over the years there has been a debate as to whether Luke’s condition is leucistic or a partial albino. I will leave it up to the experts.
— kenne
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Phainopepla In Sabino Canyon (January 1, 2018) — Image by kenne
These birds like high perches so as to be seen and check out their territory.
Or, is it they just like being seen. You take one position and I will take the other.
— kenne
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Mockingbird and Phainopepla in Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
We are born into the world of nature;
our second birth is into the world of Spirit.
— Bhagavad Gita
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Wintering In Sabino Canyon 2 comments
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Western Bluebird — Images by kenne
We dance round a ring and suppose,
But the secret sits in the middle, and knows.
— Robert Frost
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Female Phainopepla
Male Phainopepla — Images by kenne
The Phainopepla is a common visitor to Sabino Canyon in the winter after spending summers on Mt. Lemmon. During a morning walk in the canyon, you can see them high on a tree branch chirping in the sunlight.
She in her brown coat
He in his shiny black tux —
Phainopeplas.
kenne
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Female Phainopepla — Image by kenne
Learn to separate the chatter of daily relationships from who you are;
soon you will realize that everything else is just “white noise.”
— kenne
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Phainopepla Grunge Art 3 comments
Phainopepla Grunge Art by kenne
“The Phainopepla is the Johnny Appleseed of the mistletoe plant. As it feeds, its droppings help to spread the mistletoe seed to other host trees. It is the northern most bird of a group of tropical birds known as Silky Flycatchers. The Phainopepla has shiny looking feathers which gives it its name, which means “Shining Robe”. These birds are closely related to the Waxwings.” Source: Birding Information
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Capturing The Moment — Phainopepla Revisited 2 comments
A Male Phainopepla — Images by kenne
A black cardinal,
At first glance; the desert prince,
Phainopepla.
kenne
The Phainopepla is a common bird in the Sabino Canyon Winter.
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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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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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