Al Hansen
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Had some quail come in to have drinks at the pond one early morning.
This young Gambel's stayed close to his father.
A female black-chinned hummingbird coming up to the feeder.
A magical moment one early morning when the sun came up.
Black bumble bees---actually they are navy blue.
This Gambel's male was calling his heart out one Spring day.
A male black-chinned hummer taking a bath.
An appropriate name for this bird. Curved bill thrasher
This is what it is like at over 10,000 feet. About 15 air miles from the house.
Waiting for that shot.
We took an 80 mile trip. Had the picnic basket in the back end.
Our ocotillo was blooming.
Even this little tyke thought it was a bit warm. Early teal season was about to begin.
I remember that morning in December when I pulled up my Benelli to shoot at a drake widgeon. Thank goodness I didn't pull the trigger. The day before I was driving on the Rio's frozen sand bars and the shotgun flew off when I hit a bump. No doubt that I was traveling too fast.
The Rio Grande in early November. I'm about 4 miles north from the house.
A few years ago I was building a blind in August. Saw this close by.
Pear cactus blooms.
The rancher stopped by and said, "Take all the pictures now that you can. It has been 23 years since it looked like this last. This area had seem some good rains.
Hunkered down in the blind.
A wild variety of penstemon.
This is a pyrrhuloxia, which is a cousin to the cardinal. Their song is indistinguishable to that of the cardinal.
A male western tanager.
One of my favorite roses.
This is the Magdalena Ridge Observatory at 10,600 feet. It is the 4th highest in the world. Another unique feature of the observatory is that it uses one of the three pieces of glass that was made for the Hubble space telescope. The other one is displayed in the Smithsonian.
It was nice and cool up here. We found a patch of snow and I dared Bev to toss a snowball at me---she did.
This young Gambel's stayed close to his father.
A female black-chinned hummingbird coming up to the feeder.
A magical moment one early morning when the sun came up.
Black bumble bees---actually they are navy blue.
This Gambel's male was calling his heart out one Spring day.
A male black-chinned hummer taking a bath.
An appropriate name for this bird. Curved bill thrasher
This is what it is like at over 10,000 feet. About 15 air miles from the house.
Waiting for that shot.
We took an 80 mile trip. Had the picnic basket in the back end.
Our ocotillo was blooming.
Even this little tyke thought it was a bit warm. Early teal season was about to begin.
I remember that morning in December when I pulled up my Benelli to shoot at a drake widgeon. Thank goodness I didn't pull the trigger. The day before I was driving on the Rio's frozen sand bars and the shotgun flew off when I hit a bump. No doubt that I was traveling too fast.
The Rio Grande in early November. I'm about 4 miles north from the house.
A few years ago I was building a blind in August. Saw this close by.
Pear cactus blooms.
The rancher stopped by and said, "Take all the pictures now that you can. It has been 23 years since it looked like this last. This area had seem some good rains.
Hunkered down in the blind.
A wild variety of penstemon.
This is a pyrrhuloxia, which is a cousin to the cardinal. Their song is indistinguishable to that of the cardinal.
A male western tanager.
One of my favorite roses.
This is the Magdalena Ridge Observatory at 10,600 feet. It is the 4th highest in the world. Another unique feature of the observatory is that it uses one of the three pieces of glass that was made for the Hubble space telescope. The other one is displayed in the Smithsonian.
It was nice and cool up here. We found a patch of snow and I dared Bev to toss a snowball at me---she did.
