Valerie's World

Several people have nudged me nicely about my failure to update this blog.  My bad.  This then will be a long one, with a retrospective of the summer.
JUNE 2013
I had another robin's nest right outside my dining room window.  I blocked that side of the yard so AJ couldn't terrorize the mom and babies.  They all made it just fine, but I was pretty nervous those first few vulnerable days they were out of the nest...

Lots of nests, including my own personal robin's nest right outside my dining room window.  Here is Rosie giving me the stink eye for opening the shutters.
Next up is a great horned owl's nest in the adjacent town of Windsor.  Actually, this is one of the parents standing guard over the nearby nest where three owlets are growing up....

First on the agenda was the Rocky Mountain Raptor Program's open house, with lots of big and small raptors on display.  The mission of RMRP is to rehabilitate and release, but those whose injuries will impair their survival are given lifetime care and...

I went back today with a long lens and was able to get some sweet shots of the foals, moms and aunties.  These babies are so funny - they run and kick their back legs up and then turn and look as if they are wondering what they just did.  I'll try to...