Moonrise over the Window, Chisos Mountains
I decided to do something different and go retro – back to black-and-white. These are a few of my favorite BW images of Big Bend National Park in far west Texas. I worked and lived in Big Bend for two winters, and it is truly a special place. Of course, these are all digital images. Read the rest of this entry »
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| Cottonwoods along wash near Sam Nail Ranch |
Three weeks ago the only spring green to be seen at Big Bend was on the cottonwood trees, which had only lost the last of their tangerine leaves two months earlier. (In Maine the trees are leafless for seven months!) These cottonwoods were sprawled in snaky washes like green apple lollipops. The effect on the landscape after so much brown and beige was startling. Read the rest of this entry »
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| Sunrise from Southeast Rim of the High Chisos
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The weather forecast was delightful, and the moon would be full. In two weeks the trail would be closed because of the peregrine falcon nesting season, so I decided on the spur of the moment to stay overnight at Northeast Rim in the High Chisos. Read the rest of this entry »
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| Casa Grande |
When I couldn’t see the mountains this morning from my front window, I knew something glorious was happening up there. In Panther Junction it was in the 20s, and combined with little droplets of moisture up higher, hoarfrost would surely be the result.
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| Road to the Basin |
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| Sun Dog on Right of Sun |
A pair of sun dogs flanked the setting sun this evening, formed by ice crystals in the cirrus clouds.
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I would not have known about this rare bird at Big Bend National Park if a fellow who worked in Southern Florida hadn’t come through my entrance station on Friday to tell me he drove 30 hours straight to see it after it was posted on the
North American Rare Bird Alert. It was number 731 or something like that for this young man! Evidently this is only the third US sighting ever of this Mexican bird, as far as I can tell, and the second for Big Bend – the first was in 1991.
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