Thursday, April 9, 2020

Tiny Wild Flowers

 Most of the early spring wild flowers around here seem to be quite small. First is one of my favorites called Spring Beauties.




Violets are another of my all time favorites. They are all over our lawn and get mowed off the first time we have to mow the grass.


Creeping phlox isn't a wild flower but it blloms at the same time as the others.



Not sure what this one is.

Not a flower but a nice fungus growing on a branch that had broken off one of our trees.


I don't mind the dandelions in the lawn. A bee had found this one.





Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Bird Watching

We started bird watching again last fall. We can see them out the front windows. When I first moved here I couldn't see many birds except some robins and Brewers blackbirds. I had put out some sunflower seeds for the chipmunks last fall and some cardinals came in for the seeds. I put out more and more birds came. Bluejays, titmouse, nuthatches, chickadees, doves, and 3 different kinds of woodpeckers. The birdbath had come apart so we drilled holes in the top and we use it as a feeder. Cardinals prefer to eat on the ground. This is a male cardinal. They are a bright red. Always easy to see.

Female Cardinal. Not as bright as the male but still pretty.

The one on this feed pan is a female Cardinal but the smaller bird behind her is a Titmouse. Male and female look the same and are so cute.

Red headed woodpecker on a tube feeder. This Brewers blackbird had figured out how to use the tube feeder but the woodpecker kept chasing it off.


A small flock of Brewers blackbirds. They can empty the feeder in just a few minutes. I try not to put out seed if I think they are around.




Saturday, January 25, 2020

Fall Flowers


Flowers seen around Las Cruces, NM in October


















Trading Post

These photos got out of order. We went to this Trading Post when we were on our trip and went to the Three Rivers Petroglyphs. It was an interesting store and we enjoyed our visit there.





 Indian rugs and Indian cradle boards were on display and for sale.

 Sarah took a few minutes to try to talk to this old Indian man but he just wouldn't say anything.
This huge chainsaw carved bear was in the parking lot.


This cholla cactus had a birds nest in it but no birds in residence.