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Coues Deer Bucks and Does - 2023
Living in Cochise county Arizona has allowed me to capture shots of Coues deer I had never seen growing up in southern New Mexico. We have mule deer where I grew up but I had only heard about these tiny deer in Arizona. If you’ve never seen one, they are… -
Bosque del Apache 2023
Bosque del Apache is a wildlife refuge just south of Socorro New Mexico and is connected to the little town of San Antonio New Mexico. The refuge is home to a number of native animals and migratory ones as well as they head south for the winter. The sandhill cranes… -
Hummingbirds - 2023
A variety of hummingbirds are in the process of migrating up from South America and our feeders are full. We’ve had up to 20 birds swarming the feeders, lots of chasing one another taking place. They are so colorful and not very fearful of my camera or me being close… -
House Renovation Part 2
Part One HERE I’ve run out of room on the first post when it comes to the image limit on a blog page. UPDATE 2-14-23 The floor crew has applied the base color and the house looks so refreshed and new feeling. This isn’t the final color, it will have… -
Bosque del Apache November 2022 Part 2
The trip to Bosque was a fun one, it was quick but I still managed to capture a ton of images. I’m just now getting around to processing another batch from the trip. This year I visited the refuge fairly early in the migration season. The sandhill cranes were not… -
Four Bucks
There was a time when I would leave my camera at home but things have changed. Since relocating to southern Arizona, I don’t leave home without it. The wildlife is abundant here and you never know what you will run across. A few days ago, I was lucky enough to… -
Bosque del Apache November 2022
Bosque del Apache has turned into an annual trip. I wasn’t sure if I’d make it this year as we’ve gone through a move and are in the middle of a full house renovation. The trip was a quick one. I arrived Friday evening and left Sunday morning. Although the… -
House Renovation – Updated 02-14-2023
We closed on the house in August and started on transforming it into our vision. The house has “good bones” but really needed or needs a lot of work to lift it up to its potential. We started with demo on the inside while doing an overall cleaning of the… -
Turkey Time
We were fortunate to have 17 Merriam’s Turkeys pay visit this weekend. They spent most of time looking for seeds and devouring any grasshopper that dared to move. The young ones even took some time to rest in the shade while the adults continued looking for something tasty to eat… -
Local Wildlife
It’s been about seven months since the last post, where does the time go? During that time, I’ve been out shooting and enjoying the local wildlife. Southern Arizona has a lot to offer with wildlife, landscapes, beautiful sunsets/sunrises and so much more. The Sony A1 has been and is amazing…