Finally, the Sun

It can be really hard to take photos of this babe due to the backlighting.  Sometimes I just aim and shoot because I can't see anything on my camera screen.  But I was pleased with his posing for this shot.  After today, the rest of the days are forecasted for mid-80s.  So we'll get to enjoy a couple of good days.

Cold, Gray Day

You can see there are no blue skies today, which make for good photo taking.  It's only supposed to get to 67 degrees today, which is probably 15 degrees below normal.  At least the owlet posed nicely for me today.

The Daily Owl

The owlets are getting active.

My favorite photo with both parent and child.

So Sweet!

Just the parent.

Mother (or father) and child.

The bambino!  He's starting to get really curious and active.  He was flapping his wings but I couldn't get the shot fast enough.

In and Around Saddlebrooke

This was the Curved Bill Thrasher nest from a couple of weeks ago.  I couldn't reach high enough to see the two babies, but they were in there.

Here is one of the babies, all grown up.  Last night he was snuggled down with his brother and not afraid of me.  But this morning he hopped out of the nest, ready to fledge.

The completed address sign for our front yard.  We got the flagstone from a stone shop in Tucson.  The owner was nice enough to tell us to just take a flagstone free of charge.

If you look in the very center you will see the Great Horned Owl on her nest.  Last night we saw one of her owlets peeking up while she sat in another tree.  So far, this morning, I haven't gotten a glimpse of the baby but I will check on them every day and hope to see them out of the nest.

I really wanted to get a frontal view of this older woman, but I thought that might be insulting.  Though, with this get up, she probably wasn't all there anyway.

Baby Animals

Spring is definitely in the air in the animal population.

Tomorrow I should have some pics of babies to share.