Couldn’t pass up an opportunity to share a couple of non-mustang sights from Disappointment Valley last night!
I don’t think I realized until this year how many “favorite” birds I have! I keep thinking “this one is my favorite” until the next one comes along that is *also* my favorite. (Kinda like the mustangs, ALL of which are my favorites!) Western meadowlarks have been one of my top favorites since I lived in Montana and learned to recognize their gorgeous liquid trill of a bright song. I haven’t managed to get a favorite pic yet, but this one was singing his beautiful heart out near the road before and after moonrise.
Speaking of moonrise … !!!
I was expecting it to rise later, and from a different location (yes, I know there are apps for that, and I have one, and it was completely wonky, showing moonrise nearly directly south!), so I was looking for the meadowlark when I caught sight of the rising moon, nearly already fully above the horizon! (It was NOT as far south as the app showed, but it was considerably farther southish than I was expecting. This is fairly southeastish; McKenna Peak and Temple Butte are some distance (photographically, at least) to the left.)
All in all, another gorgeous evening in Spring Creek Basin (and the wind even dropped a bit). 🙂
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Beautiful pics, TJ! I’m with you on the “favorites.” Everything is “my favorite!” I love those meadowlarks and I love full moons over Spring Creek Basin. A few of my favorite things, so thank you, TJ.
Truly. 🙂 I could use “favorite” as the title to every post, and it would be accurate!
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Gorgeous photos !! Such a surprise about the moon ! Haven’t been paying attention but leave it to you to be out there at just the right time !
That’s the best, easiest “night-sky” photography for me! 😉 I should do more; we have the best skies out here!
Love the beautiful pictures of the meadowlark and moon!
Super beautiful in reality, in the moment! 🙂
My heart swells looking at that moon! And I am in love with that little owl! We don’t have them here in Massachusetts!
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Western skies are phenomenal … especially in a dark place like Disappointment Valley! 🙂 The burrowing owls are a desert species, I think. I love them!
Wow! Your photos are stunning! Martha Ann Kennedy introduced you on her blog. I’m so glad she did! What a beautiful site–and the wild horses and western skies are spectacular!
Oh, nice! Thanks so much to Martha, and thanks to you for coming over to visit the Spring Creek Basin mustangs in the digital world! 🙂
You’re welcome! It’s a pleasure to be here! ☺️
I’m glad I’m not the only one who has trouble picking favorites. I couldn’t even narrow it down to one color when asked about my favorite in kindergarten. I used to go to movies with a friend and, as we were leaving, he’d say, “that’s one of my top ten”. I eventually knew him long enough to have seen more than ten “top ten” movies with him. He confessed that “top ten” was his way of saying he liked it.
The meadowlark song is one of my favorites.
Ha – I can agree with all of that! 🙂 LOVE meadowlark songs. It might be the one that I actually can identify … just love it.
I’m always looking up or around whenever I hear a birds song. Sometimes I find them, other times no.
Do you carry binoculars on your walks? Sometimes I can’t find them, even with the binocs! The meadowlarks’ songs are SO clear and loud … they sound like they’re singing right in front of you, but they’re most often hard to spot unless their splashy yellow fronts are visible. 🙂
No, I don’t carry binoculars. I guess that would help find them 😄