Greater Roadrunner On A Wooden Post — Sonoran Images

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I’ve described my drives through rural Arizona’s farmlands as hours of boredom punctuated by a few seconds of adrenaline rush. The roads that I traverse regularly are flat, monotonous, and often, choking with dust. Sometimes I’ll drive […] …

Don’t Worry BEE Happy! — Through Open Lens

F/8.0, 1/250, ISO 320. Bumblebee Why don’t elephants use cellular phones? So the rest of the world won’t know their plans. Interesting Fact: The bumblebee tongue (the proboscis) is a long, hairy structure that extends from a sheath-like modified maxilla. The primary action of the tongue is lapping, that is, repeated dipping of the tongue …

Autumn Berries — The Lantern Room

Bright red berries on a Hawthorn tree on a bright September day. The weather has certainly turned since the Equinox; we’ve had low pressure system after low pressure system every day for nearly a week. The rain is very welcome after a mostly dry September but there is a lot more to come this weekend […] …

Weekend in Mayreau — Adventure Vets

The weather here today is changeable, and despite our best efforts in getting out with the dogs first thing, the heavens opened and within two minutes we were soaked through. So all bedraggled and tails firmly between legs, we arrived back at the house to dry off! The dogs all seem grateful to be out […] …

Pals of a feather # 1 — H.J. Ruiz – Avian101

Starting TODAY I will post “Pals of a feather” on Wednesdays and Fridays. The posts are not for individual birds per se, instead it will depict groups of birds which could be of the same species or mixed. I want the readers to see how the birds share in Nature and their behavior in conjunction […] …

Urgent Call to Action – Call Senators Today to Save Our Wild Horses — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

Published by Carol Walker on Wild Hoofbeats The lives and freedom of America’s wild horses and burros are at stake this week on Capitol Hill. The Senate will consider the Fiscal Year 2020 Interior Appropriations Bill at a subcommittee hearing tomorrow, Tuesday September 24th and at a full committee hearing on Thursday, September 26th. This […] …