Clovis" 2026 Images

[CT_Shooter]

There are always rabbits feeding in my yard -- one is grazing outside my kitchen window now. I let my backyard go wild a few years ago, so it's reverting to being a small meadow that surrounds a 13' water garden filled with Golden Shiners and frogs (I liberated a dozen fish from a bait shop fifteen years ago and there are about a hundred of them in there now. The frogs are welcomed squatters). It's not visible from the road and I like the way it looks and contributes to the wildlife backyard habit. Lots of varieties of birds. But, this year the rabbit population has exploded. I do wonder why. Coyotes seem to have retreated for some reason. They had been a significant threat to family pets and still are in other areas of town, but not so much here anymore. I'm not complaining. I like rabbits better.

Thanks for the photos of their cousins.

[clovishound]

A common gallinule having brunch.

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Momma wood duck with her little ones.

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Yellow crested night heron posing for me.

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A nest of red shouldered hawks waiting for mom and dad to bring back something tasty.

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[markiver54]

[CT_Shooter]

Thanks again. Love the wildlife shots, especially the photo of sidelight washing the young Hawks.

[clovishound]

I like that one, although the spanish moss hanging in front of the middle chick is somewhat distracting. I tried removing it, but Lightroom didn't shine in that instance. Here is another view I edited last night.

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Teenagers, always hungry.

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