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| Hugging Tortugas's western flank |
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| Which critter brushed against this Soaptree Yucca? |
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| Common Nighthawk in flight |
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| Curve-billed Thrasher on an Ocotillo wand |
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Curve-billed_Thrasher/sounds
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| Burst of color: Ocotillo flower |
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| These look like chili peppers, but they're Ocotillo buds |
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| More buds |
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| Always time for a shade break |
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| Strawberry Pitaya Cactus flower |
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| Starting to blossom |
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| Inchoate beauty |
4 comments:
I've never seen close up the markings of the nighthawk--how beautiful they are.
GREAT image of the Common Nighthawk! Bravo! Just this afternoon, I finished editing a paper for a colleague about disappearing Common Nighthawks in the Philadelphia area (they're losing their flat gravel rooftop nesting habitat). Though they are still occasionally seen in the city, I only see them at my preserve during fall (never spring) migration. When they visit for a day or two, I know fall is on its way.
Thanks, Scott. As I've said before the Common Nighthawk is one of the most difficult birds to photograph in flight. They're like day bats, flitting back and forth so rapidly. Sorry to hear about their disappearance in the Philadelphia area.
Dr. K:
As you know from previous photos, when you take a picture of a Nighthawk squatting close to the ground they practically blend into the surface; so it's difficult to get an idea of how beautiful they are.
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