Here is a female   Lucifer Hummingbird . The next photo op caught me totally by surprise. The camera settings were wrong, the ligh...

I was surprised to discover that the huisache tree (pictured in my previous post) by the wildlife pond fell over into the pond, or part of ...

CMO received nearly an inch of rain last night so all tanks are full.  I run water into this "cienega" whenever I have e...

We got nearly half an inch of rain and a little hail after dark today. My tanks are all brimful .Tomorrow I'll post photos of my ful...

It's so funny to watch her frantically stuffing cotton (provided by me) in and around her nest. I've never seen such a well-pa...

Two species that I love are around so I couldn't resist attempting to photograph them. The Yellow-breasted Chats are all over th...

I went up the mountain behind my house this morning to see if any caterpillars of the Chisos Metalmark were on the Prunus Havardii (Havard...

The Elf Owls were very active this warm evening after dusk, around 9 PM. I wanted photos, but couldn't hold a light and manual focus. W...

Last night my sister's cereus ( peniocereus greggii ) bloomed. We'd been waiting and watching for the big event. It was the warmest ...

Things are ramping up here, though I feel it hasn't peaked yet. Usually it has by this time, but with all the cold weather we've had...