NOMAD DREAMING

I don’t often see cloven hoof prints amongst the bird and little mammal tracks. Like snow, the sandy desert surface keeps no secrets....

Why yes I do buy pure refined cane sugar. To make red dye free nectar for the hummingbirds. Thanks to the Park Ranger friend who alerted...

The hummingbird feeder, reinstalled last week, is proving popular. Not that I ever have a camera at hand when the tiny, iridescent...

Cottontail feigning nonchalance when actually I’m sure she’s up to something nefarious with the neighbor’s drip irrigation system. Why...

As the desert warms into spring, the skittering and rustle of lizards lizarding accompanies my days. Speaking through the blood and...

After much courting, cooing, clapping of wings and collecting of sticks and twigs, the attempt at raising a family came to nought for the...

Little birds of the night or rather dawn’s first light. This pair of white winged doves ( Zenaida asiatica) have adopted the porches of...

After snowpocalypse, the neighborhood bokkies are out foraging in the clear morning light, snuffling hopefully wherever the deep snow has...

On the Feast Day of the Virgin of Guadeloupe, (12/12) this madonna laid her newborn to rest at my front doorstep. #deer #livingwithwildlife

When I said 100 elk blocked my way to work some days , I wasn’t exaggerating . One day this past week, just outside the library, I met a...

Discovered the vandals who broke my library picnic bench. Tonight I walked out into a herd of more than 100 elk having their way with the...

Little New Horns just hanging out at my front gate in the morning when I leave for work. #livingwithwildlife #deer #livingwithwildlife...

The early morning tree trimming service, operates sans engine noise in my neighborhood. Elk loooooove apples. Apparently. The wobbly...

An elk family, complete with spotted fawn, troop by in the street below while I am drinking early morning tea on my balcony. I am...

Gaining vantage point #TorC #lizard #roommates #livingwithwildlife #Chihauhauandesert

Ant control in place at the little desert casita. #lizard #roommates #livingwithwildlife #Chihauhauandesert #TorC

At the little desert casita recently, I came back from a dawn walk to find a little cottontail roommate nibbling on stray pieces. The...

And good morning to you too! This herp roommate at the little desert casita stood her ground with determination when I appeared on the...

Met a foxy little apricot thief today, under the neighbour’s tree, feasting on windfall fruit. She was not terribly worried by my...

If I just stick my head in this rabbitbrush and keep very still the person will go away. #rabbit #desertwildlife #livingwithwildlife...