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
