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Cemetery Birds: Roadrunners : The Greater Roadrunner a top predator in the cemetery ecosystem. I've seen them eat lizards, birds, and insects. The Roadrunner is surprisingly aggressive in its attack of "prey items". The Roadrunner slams it's prey into the ground repeatedly, stunning then killing it.

Cemetery Birds: Roadrunners

The Greater Roadrunner a top predator in the cemetery ecosystem. I've ...

Updated: Jun 21, 2008 10:06am PST

Cemetery Birds : 18+ bird species inhabit Albuquerque, New Mexico's oldest cemetery. I've ID'd: Common Raven, Common Crow, Chihuahua Raven, Cooper's Hawk, Red-Tail Hawk, Mourning Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, White-winged Dove, Common Dove (Pigeon), Inca Dove, Lesser Gold Finch, House Finch, House Sparrow, Red-Shafted Northern Flicker (Woodpecker), Barn Owl, American Ronin, Dark-Eyed Junco, and our State Bird, The Greater Roadrunner. Beep-beep!

Cemetery Birds

18+ bird species inhabit Albuquerque, New Mexico's oldest cemetery. I' ...

Updated: Aug 11, 2008 8:48am PST

Project: Cemetery Ecosystem : A work in progress, I am documenting the life-cycle and diversity of this unique desert ecosystem found in Albuquerque, New Mexico's oldest cemetery. I began to document this area in October 2007, and I hope to continue through to September 2008. Top predators in this ecosystem include the Coyote, Barn Owl, Cooper's Hawk, Red-Tailed Hawk, Feral Cats, and the Greater Roadrunner. Jackrabbits, squirrels, deer mice, blue-tailed lizards, and many other animals make their homes here among the scavengers, like the Common Crow, Chihuahua Raven, and Common Raven. Doves, finches, sparrows, flycatchers, juncos, robins and woodpeckers inhabit the area, as well. Ants, ant lions, centipedes, moths, green-bottle flies, worms, termites, moths, cicadas, grasshoppers, gnats, and beetles are plentiful, as are spiders, like the black widow, the brown recluse, crab spiders, wolf spiders, and orb-weavers. In the areas where the graveyard is watered, there's a variety of mushrooms, mosses, grasses, berries, flowers, and ivy. In the arid sections, there are cactii, buffalo grass, lavender, rosemary, tumbleweeds, and other dry-loving plants.

Project: Cemetery Ecosystem

A work in progress, I am documenting the life-cycle and diversity of t ...

Updated: Aug 11, 2008 9:09am PST

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Rio Grande Nature Center : Springtime in the Rio Grande Valley, Albuquerque, NM.

Rio Grande Nature Center

Springtime in the Rio Grande Valley, Albuquerque, NM.

Updated: Apr 14, 2008 7:45am PST

Cochiti Lake, NM : Flora and Fauna

Cochiti Lake, NM

Flora and Fauna

Updated: Apr 02, 2008 7:51am PST

Cemetery Birds: Roadrunners : The Greater Roadrunner a top predator in the cemetery ecosystem. I've seen them eat lizards, birds, and insects. The Roadrunner is surprisingly aggressive in its attack of "prey items". The Roadrunner slams it's prey into the ground repeatedly, stunning then killing it.

Cemetery Birds: Roadrunners

The Greater Roadrunner a top predator in the cemetery ecosystem. I've ...

Updated: Jun 21, 2008 10:06am PST

Project: Cemetery Ecosystem : A work in progress, I am documenting the life-cycle and diversity of this unique desert ecosystem found in Albuquerque, New Mexico's oldest cemetery. I began to document this area in October 2007, and I hope to continue through to September 2008. Top predators in this ecosystem include the Coyote, Barn Owl, Cooper's Hawk, Red-Tailed Hawk, Feral Cats, and the Greater Roadrunner. Jackrabbits, squirrels, deer mice, blue-tailed lizards, and many other animals make their homes here among the scavengers, like the Common Crow, Chihuahua Raven, and Common Raven. Doves, finches, sparrows, flycatchers, juncos, robins and woodpeckers inhabit the area, as well. Ants, ant lions, centipedes, moths, green-bottle flies, worms, termites, moths, cicadas, grasshoppers, gnats, and beetles are plentiful, as are spiders, like the black widow, the brown recluse, crab spiders, wolf spiders, and orb-weavers. In the areas where the graveyard is watered, there's a variety of mushrooms, mosses, grasses, berries, flowers, and ivy. In the arid sections, there are cactii, buffalo grass, lavender, rosemary, tumbleweeds, and other dry-loving plants.

Project: Cemetery Ecosystem

A work in progress, I am documenting the life-cycle and diversity of t ...

Updated: Aug 11, 2008 9:09am PST

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A work in progress, I am documenting the life-cycle and diversity of t ...

Updated: Aug 11, 2008 10:21am PST

Lives With Crows and Ravens : Every year, November-April, I live in the company of Crows, Ravens, and Chihuahuan Ravens. I enjoy the Crows' playfulness and intelligence. Crow is a great teacher.

Lives With Crows and Ravens

Every year, November-April, I live in the company of Crows, Ravens, an ...

Updated: Apr 12, 2008 3:52pm PST

My Smug Mug : Me and Friends

My Smug Mug

Me and Friends

Updated: Mar 20, 2008 1:04pm PST

Cemetery Birds: The Woodpeckers : Red-shafted Northern Flickers and Downy Woodpeckers: Behaviour and adaptation within an inner-city cemetery.

Cemetery Birds: The Woodpeckers

Red-shafted Northern Flickers and Downy Woodpeckers: Behaviour and ada ...

Updated: Apr 14, 2008 8:16am PST

Cemetery Birds: Juncos : Dark-Eyed Junco with reflection and shadow; water's edge of puddle formed by a leaking waterline at the cemetery. Junco foraging in clover.

Cemetery Birds: Juncos

Dark-Eyed Junco with reflection and shadow; water's edge of puddle for ...

Updated: Mar 22, 2008 11:00am PST

Cemetery Birds: The Hawks : Cooper's Hawks perching in trees in the cemetery. I hope to capture their life-cycle; so far I have images of immature and mature hawks. The mature hawk is 21" long, with a wing-span of 31"; the female is larger than the male. Pairs of Cooper's Hawks hunt cooperatively; their diet is mostly other birds. The hawks who live in the cemetery have a steady diet of pigeons and sparrows (judging by the piles of ripped-out feathers)and occasionally crows and woodpeckers.

Cemetery Birds: The Hawks

Cooper's Hawks perching in trees in the cemetery. I hope to capture th ...

Updated: May 19, 2008 9:26am PST

Cemetery Birds : 18+ bird species inhabit Albuquerque, New Mexico's oldest cemetery. I've ID'd: Common Raven, Common Crow, Chihuahua Raven, Cooper's Hawk, Red-Tail Hawk, Mourning Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, White-winged Dove, Common Dove (Pigeon), Inca Dove, Lesser Gold Finch, House Finch, House Sparrow, Red-Shafted Northern Flicker (Woodpecker), Barn Owl, American Ronin, Dark-Eyed Junco, and our State Bird, The Greater Roadrunner. Beep-beep!

Cemetery Birds

18+ bird species inhabit Albuquerque, New Mexico's oldest cemetery. I' ...

Updated: Aug 11, 2008 8:48am PST

Bosque del Apache, NM-- January 2008 : Winter at this wonderful Wildlife Conservation space.

Bosque del Apache, NM-- January 2008

Winter at this wonderful Wildlife Conservation space.

Updated: Mar 22, 2008 11:18am PST

Rusting Places : Rusted, aged, and vandalized graveyards in New Mexico.

Rusting Places

Rusted, aged, and vandalized graveyards in New Mexico.

Updated: Mar 26, 2008 3:16pm PST

Earth Moves : Macro shots of cracked mud containing frost prints.

Earth Moves

Macro shots of cracked mud containing frost prints.

Updated: Feb 20, 2008 2:37pm PST

The Healing Trees : Reflections in tree sap; pattern, texture, and color in bark, stumps, roots, trunks, branches, buds, and leaves.

The Healing Trees

Reflections in tree sap; pattern, texture, and color in bark, stumps, ...

Updated: Feb 12, 2008 2:00pm PST

Makes Me Laugh :

Makes Me Laugh

Updated: Apr 12, 2008 4:30pm PST

New Mexico Cactii :

New Mexico Cactii

Updated: Feb 10, 2008 11:33am PST

Ice: Madrid, NM : Ice and water from a partially frozen water fountain in Madrid, NM. January 2008.

Ice: Madrid, NM

Cemetery Ecosystem: Summer 2008 :

Cemetery Ecosystem: Summer 2008

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