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Sep 7

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Shrimp in the Desert

mjensen-tank-3182Recent rains have partially filled a cattle tank where the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy has been doing a survey documenting migrating water birds. Although I did see several birds and a few Killdeer, there were no ducks this time. Read more

Nov 17

Harris’ Hawk

Bird photography is very challenging for me so when I get a bird in focus, I’m thrilled! This Harris’ Hawk was one of four flying all around us during a Free Flight presentation at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson. If you’ve never been, I highly recommend going.

Jul 2

Morning Face

I pass this spot almost every day on my morning walks but I had never noticed this Saguaro. Lighting is key to seeing faces in the desert and I was out a little earlier than usual yesterday OR he might just have moved into the neighborhood 🙂
Droidx Capture

Jan 26

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Sunset Strip

I wonder if this photo will show up in Google searches for the other strip 🙂 (Panorama shot from my office window a few nights ago.)

Dec 29

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Ready? Set? SNOW!

I’m SO excited at the prospect of snow tomorrow night! The last time we had a couple of inches (in our area) that stayed long enough to photograph was in December 1998 which is when this image was taken. (scanned from slide) If we’re lucky enough to get this much again, I’m going to try to duplicate this image. The bad news is that all the plants that have spring up in the warmth of the past month are going to get knocked back down 🙁

Dec 9

Sunset

Unusually warm weather is causing particulates to hang on down low in the valley. Bad for them but we get to enjoy beautiful sunsets! (Shot from my office window.)

Aug 29

Boyce Thompson Arboretum

DroidX image of Agave at Boyce Thompson ArobretumAnother DroidX full screen image. This time an Agave from Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Because the screen is so wide, full screen mode gives you a kind of panorama which is really nice! I used the same treatment as yesterday’s image which was easy because you can save custom settings. I love this particular combination of effects because the result reminds me of infrared. I’ll be using this one a lot 🙂