Birds and Nature

I am very proud of the White-lined Sphinx Moth because it was sipping nectar on one of the native, and near native (often have to get those that native in nearby states due to lack of availability of local native plants in my area) plants I have been adding to my yard. This is an agastache The top pic enlarges very nicely and gives a great view of the sphinx moth's eye, proboscis and antennae--so double click on that pic (bottom pic shows back design nicely but is a little blurry when enlarged more). SeEtta

Last week-end I spent a few hours in the Bighorn Sheep Canyon along the Arkansas River (the area where christo wants to drape his fabric panels over the river), a place I often go birding. I found a flock of about 35-40 Pinyon Jays, and a very birdy area in the Texas Creek BLM lands where several Townsend's Solitaires, a few Robins and some passerines were singing like they were a choir. I found this White-lined Sphinx moth, also known as a hummingbird moth, with several buddies working a very small flower bed in front of the general store in Cotopaxi,CO.