Rio De Las Vacas, SPPW

 Mallard nest on island.

 Old beaver stump.

Spring in the high country.

San Pedro Parks Wilderness

 San Gregorio Lake.

 Young bull elk dancing.

False hellebore.

Santa Fe Mtns., May 17

 Blue grouse displaying.

La Vega.

Band-tailed pigeons, May 18, Santa Fe

Along the Rio Grande, May

 After the snow.

 County Line.

 The gorge.

Rocks and Taos Mountains.

Santa Fe May

 Morningstar cottonwood.

Return of winter.

Winter to spring in the mountains. May, Santa Fe Mtns.

 Winterkill.

 Signs of life.

 The subtle blush of spring.

Aspens lower down.

Up high, the edge of spring.

 Aspens still dormant. May 10.

 View of Santa Fe Baldy.

 Aspen catkins.

Blue grouse droppings.

May, NM

 The mountains and geology of home.

 Home, my shack.

Beginning of a hummer's nest.

Second Spring, May, NM

 Santa Fe River rushing past by my new/old campsite.

 I found this AZ stow-away as I unpacked & set up my tent.

 Back under "my" mountain, Talaya.

Spring blooms.

Back to NM and my second spring, May

 New Mexico skies.

NM roadside.

Last Arizona images

 The beauty of the desert is often found in the miniscule.

Finally, on my last day they released the dammed river, and it flooded the floodplain, a great relief!

Arizona images

Finally on my last day they release the river!

Arizona miscellany

Some AZ birds

 Osprey.

 Cardinal.

 Phainopepla.

 Summer tanager.

 Abert's towhee.

Female hummer feeding young.