Sandhills in Bosque, looking like they’re wondering where the corn fields are. Since other crops, more drought friendly, are now being planted, there are fewer corn fields. Jan30
As we sat in the Botanical Garden eating lunch, cameras at hand, several individuals enjoyed hopping on this big rock. We enjoyed watching them. Jan29
One more photo of a Sandhill at Bosque in evening light. We saw this every evening. In years past we saw them in corn fields. Since corn requires a lot of water, a wheat product, Triticale, has been planted more than corn. The drought affects Bosque like it does the rest of us. From a Bosque website: Triticale needs to be only flash irrigated two to four times per year, and these irrigations can be easily met by groundwater wells, removing the reliance on irrigation tail-water deliveries. Jan29
Great Egret hunkers down in the bushes and keeps an eye on the herons and egrets in a pond below at Gilbert Water Ranch. Jan26
Cactus Wren at DBG, high above, singing away. I couldn’t get a clear shot, but this is its territory, not mine Jan26
Harris’s Antelope Squirrel at DBG this morning. It stole my heart, watching it hide behind a cactus, jump on a rock, chase after Quail, and hide in the bushes. Such an entertaining little cutie. Jan25