Skywatch

Here are some sky pictures from a walk early Sunday morning to watch the full moon set.

Supermoon over Tucson 6/23/2013

On the way back I enjoyed the colors of the mountains and sky,

Santa Ritas in the distance

and a quiet sunrise.

Sun rising behind Thimble Peak

Linking to Skywatch Friday.

Have a nice weekend. :)

Watching Birds

Early one morning in the desert

 a hawk perched on top of a saguaro

and a smaller bird, possibly a purple martin,
repeatedly circled and swooped down at the hawk.

The hawk just watched

as I watched.

red-tailed hawk

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Back at home

mourning dove and male cardinal

female cardinal

female Gambel's quail

male Gambel's quail

One of these doves looks a little different...

wearing a white feathered stole!

Odin Kitty likes to watch birds just like I do.

Have a lovely day! :)

Purple Martins

  

These snapshots are from the first week of June.

Have a good day!

In the garden

lesser goldfinch

mesquite pods

roadrunner

emerald moth

Vitex

Armenian cucumber flower

Tsuyataro cucumber flower

Sweetie cherry tomato - no flowers yet

hummingbird - unidentified

These flowers were all blooming in May:

 ruellias pink and purple, red sage, plumbago, vitex, yellow bells

Texan Crescent

Some of my neighbor's flowers:

Birds of Paradise Red and Mexican

pet box turtle :)

That's about it for now.

Have a nice day! 

Birds and things

More month of May sightings from the desert...

rufous-winged sparrow

phainopepla - juvenile

mother phainopepla feeding her baby a mistletoe berry

black headed grosbeak

Bullock's oriole - male

Bullock's oriole - female

Cooper's hawk

a pair of house finches (one is hard to see)

house finch - male

black coachwhip

blooming chain-fruit cholla cactus

ground squirrel

creosote

bobcat