It’s been a hot summer, so far, in the upper Rio Grande Valley. The monsoon arrived on time – at the end of the first week of July, – but is now disappointing us with fewer thunder storms than we had hoped for. The Rufous and Calliope hummingbirds arrived with the monsoon – also on time – and, otherwise, we’ve been seeing baby birds of many species. I’ll start with the male Calliope hummingbird:
The male Rufous hummingbird:
The summer-long resident hummingbird is the Black-chinned:
Black-chinned female and male
Female
Here is a just-fledged baby, probably a Black-chinned:
Ash-throated flycatcher
Female Bullock’s oriole
Black-capped chickadee
Lesser goldfinch
Immature White-breasted nuthatch
Immature scrub jay
Sunset from our side door
Rio Grande reflections, at Millers’ Landing
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About Evensteven
I am a photographer and author, and live in Embudo, New Mexico, alongside the Rio Grande. I have published a book of photography and accompanying text on running the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The first (print) edition is out of print, but a second edition is available as an iBook (eBook) through the iTunes bookstore. All Grand Canyon, river and nature lovers will enjoy my book:
The Grand: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-grand/id672492447
I have also published six additional iBooks:
1. The Salt River: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-salt-river/id12449222822.
2. Coyote Buttes: https://books.apple.com/us/book/coyote-buttes/id1271773201
3. Four Cornered, the Land: https://books.apple.com/us/book/four-cornered/id1384038899
4. Four Cornered, The Rivers: https://books.apple.com/us/book/four-cornered-book-two-the-rivers/id1402287568
5. Rio Marañon: https://books.apple.com/us/book/four-cornered-book-two-the-rivers/id1402287568
6. Rio Grande: https://books.apple.com/us/book/rio-grande-new-mexico/id1469126321
