I believe this to be a Northern Bobwhite quail, thanks to my iNaturalist expert who identified it for me. The Desert Museum has an aviary of rescued birds and he noted that my photo looked like a captive Northern “Masked” Bobwhite from the aviary. Indeed he was from the aviary! Beautiful little creature, isn’t he? ❤️ Any…
Category: Birds
Sleeping Dove
That’s all, just a sweet sleeping dove ❤️ “Go to sleep in peace. God is awake.” ~ Victor Hugo
Just breathe
“Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.”~ John Muir …and nature agrees
Young Black-crowned Night Heron
I took a walk at one of my favorite places today. It’s been several months, and I was happy to see a variety of birds and ducks around. It was a much-needed walk out in nature. I saw this young, Black-crowned Night Heron on the edge of the path, near the water area. I was…
Lunch time!
Ran across this fellow over in Carlsbad, CA in one of their many lagoons. The thing is, after we walked past him heading around the lagoon, I realized I had filled up my camera card, with no spare on me. I decided to delete a few photos “just in case”. As we headed back to…
peace of life today 