Sandhill cranes conspire to bust out of the wildfowl preserve!
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Sounds like an HK martial arts flick, doesn’t it? Except, while there are real crane styles, what would pheasant gongfu look like? You strut about obnoxiously, inviting everyone to admire how beautiful you are, then flee squawking frantically at the first sign of danger? Not pictured: martial arts master. Emma and I went for a [...] So today Emma and I got an early start for a walk on Bear’s Ditch – before noon! Yay! It’s a beautiful autumn day. The trees have mostly turned gold. The grass in the RGNC field, which a giant noisy machine was mowing as we left, is still green. The sky was clear and painfully pure [...] This morning I slept later than I originally intended to because, hey, I felt as if I needed the extra sleep. And I was jolted awake by what I believed to be the cry of a flying crane or Canada goose. That was enough to levitate me out of bed, into my robe, and out the [...] Not the Sufi classic of that name, nor yet the Chaucerian tale, but my own backyard. See what I mean? Not only can you find adventure in your own backyard, but enlightenment too. Such a deal! So around 2 PM I wandered into the kitchen. It’s cloudy and not hot outside today, although [...] Via Cryptomundo, we learn that a DNA survey by the Chicago Field Museum reveals that “falcons are more closely related to parrots than to other hunters such as hawks and eagles.” Allegedly. Say what? I can accept it as a cosmic joke that the closest living relative of the great and terrible Tyrannosaurus rex is the tasty [...] Aren’t hummingbird shadows on the ground a hoot? At first you think they come from something just floating in the air, like the cottonwood cotton that’s starting to drift like snow in the Valley now and give my allergic friends the fits. Then you realize they don’t just drift with the wind, but pause [...] I just got back from taking Emma on a walk on the ditch that leads along the eastern side of the RGNC wildfowl preserve. It was a beautiful Spring midday, mostly clear; the sun was hot and the breeze cool, a combination I really enjoy. Too bad we don’t get it too often. As [...] When Emma and I went on our walk today, on the bike path and trails down along the clear ditch by the RGNC, it was a lovely afternoon. The breeze was cold, but it’s mostly a sheltered walk. Only walking west down the path from Candelaria did the wind-tunnel effect make it really bitter. As [...] Well, our New Mexico weather is following its usual pattern. As seems to be the case most places, the seasons change quite definitely on or about the first of the month – not three weeks later, as per the bureaucratic (or fascist) calendar. And you can start sensing the onslaught of the seasonal [...] |
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