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Friday, April 16, 2010 - Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM

Western Kingbird, San Antonio NM, April 15, 2010
Western Kingbird, San Antonio NM, April 15, 2010

Darn those pesky photographers

I managed to annoy this Western Kingbird and a Say's Phoebe yesterday morning. They were out hunting up a few insects for breakfast and had to keep hop-scotching their way down the fence-line to keep a comfortable distance between us. It was more fun for me than for them I'm sure.

Night camp

Site 16 - Bosque Bird Watcher's RV Park, San Antonio NM

Crayfish Chimney

Late one afternoon I sat upon my camera case beside the path where it wound through the darkest part of the woods, down near the pond, and watched a crayfish building his "chimney," the land entrance to his underwater tunnel. He had just started to work above the ground when I first arrived. He came up through the moist black earth, carrying a ball of it between his two enormous fighting claws. Using the claws as hands, he spread the soil around the hole to form the base of the chimney. He then backed down the hole and after several minutes came up with another armful.

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