More shots from Big Bend & Am. SW...

Quick quiz: If this was a wren,

what kind of wren might it be??

Yup. Cactus wren! =)

Fun w/photography at night in a moving vehicle.

Now that I've lightened it up, I now see the video store is "ADULTS ONLY."

Classy. However, the moon was GLORIOUS.

At the Rio Grande in Big Bend NP.

Assuming this is cliff swallow housing.

Why minimalists love the desert:

 Yum.

I assume this is some kinda desert mallow.

It was adjacent to the ol' Rio Grande in Big Bend NP.

Beautiful tree at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 

 Shot I took when it was nigh onto night.

Long exposure, rental car holding camera.

But I'm super glad I took these shots,

'cause it was the only time I got to see this super interesting area. 

"Yeah, yeah, I'm gorgeous. I know.

Got anything I can kill?"

 Harris's Hawk.

Gila woodpecker totally ignoring me.

 And looking SO BEAUTIFUL!

 White-winged dove.

 Dig the cheek/neck sheen.

Female cardinal looking SO coy and adorable.

The flirtiest band-tailed pigeon I've ever encountered.

Tippy top of a boojum tree (Fouquieria columnaris), or cirio.

This was all late Feb, early March.

Especially for you folks still in snow,

hope the virtual sunshine helped. =)

xobb

Why I prefer the window seat...

... even though I'm mighty tall: it's the planet ogling opportunities.

I can't imagine NOT wanting to sit w/face plastered to the window

when you can see such amazing things.

Heaven. =)

xoxobb

ghost town window, javelina, Texas & I'm OUT!

Fun little tour of this ghost town, just west of Big Bend NP.

Former mercury mining site.

I'd go on, and post more photos, but:

1. I'm leaving again (for a conference),

I'll be there all next week,

and am jamming out DARK time tomorrow a.m.
(on 1st day of DAYLIGHT SAVING, eep!!!)

so have 10,000 things to do.

2. I'm presenting a poster for folks who cannot attend
(thank you sequestration)

so I actually need to look professional.

Must practice.

And hillbilly dry-clean (hand wash) dry-clean-only clothes and think happy thoughts.

3. My go-to photo watermark & insta-shrink-it site (free) is not working,

and I don't have time to generate a Plan B

4. I GOTS to GO.

However, rest assured I have LOTS of photos to share

from our Big Bend visit,

Collared peccary, a.k.a. javelina, in Big Bend NP.

Only one we saw, and I'm INCREDIBLY grateful.

Was longing for that SNOUT!!

p.s. not a pig. Not in pig family.

the Arizona-Sonora desert museum,
some shots from the actual road (CA-TX drive = LONG),

some cool petroglyphs we saw at,

you guessed it, Petroglyph NP, etc.

Once I'm back and figure out how I'll process everything,

I'll do that.

If I'm not working on a deadline.

Which I might be.

In the mean time, anyone wanna fling any

watermarking, etc., sources or software hints my way,

feel free to comment me up.

xoxo!!

bb