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A male blue grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) in the Rio Grande Bosque this morning. Photo taken in Albuquerque, N.M. on July 30, 2026. #nature #naturephotography #birds

A juvenile Cooper's hawk (Astur cooperii) in the Rio Grande Bosque in Albuquerque this morning. Photo taken on July 30, 2026. #nature #naturephotography #birds

I like how this image of a cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) clearly shows the florets in the central cone. The bee wallowing among them is a sunflower burrowing-resin bee (Paranthidium jugatorium). Photo taken on July 29, 2026. #nature #naturephotography #flowers #wildflowers #bee

A desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii) in Albuquerque, N.M. on July 26, 2026. #nature #naturephotography #mammals

Molly the Cat on July 27, 2026.

When you take a closer look, some of those "bees" nectaring in the Sandia Mountains are tachinid flies. This one is, I believe, Adejeania vexatrix. Photo taken on July 27, 2026. #nature #naturephotography #fly

Trying for aesthetic effect with this one, as opposed to documentary precision. Monkshood (Aconitum columbianum) and grass (Bromus?) in the Sandia Mountains on July 27, 2026. #nature #naturephotography #flowers #wildflowers

The lone pinesap (Hypopitys monotropa) flower spike along the Double Eagle Trail continues to unfurl. This morning I caught a bumblebee (Bombus sp.) doing the pollinating. Photo taken in the Sandia Mountains on July 27, 2026. #nature #naturephotography #flowers #wildflowers #bee

I'll post this one despite the poor image quality. A pair of Western kingbirds (Tyrannus verticalis) chasing off a Swainson's hawk (Buteo swainsoni). You know a kingbird is seriouly annoyed when its red crown patch is showing. Photo taken on July 26, 2026. #nature #naturephotography #birds

An amber-eyed Southwest fritillary (Argynnis nausicaa dorothea) nectaring on cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata). Photo taken at Capulin Spring in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico, on July 24, 2026. #nature #naturephotography #butterfly

A male pine white (Neophasia menapia) nectaring on "feral" alfalfa at the 10K North trailhead. Photo taken in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico on July 24, 2026. #nature #naturephotography #butterfly

A young doe (mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus) that hung out at Capulin Spring with me for about half an hour this morning. Photo taken in the Sandia Mountains on July 24, 2026. #nature #naturephotography #mammals #deer

Jacob's ladder (Polemonium foliosissimum), looking a bit ethereal. Photo taken in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico on July 20, 2026. #nature #naturephotography #flowers #wildflowers

Mountain death camas (Anticlea elegans) blooming in the Sandia Mountains, on July 15, 2026. As the name indicates, another one you shouldn't put in your mouth. #nature #naturephotography #flowers #wildflowers

A Weidemeyer’s admiral (Limenitis weidemeyerii) in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico, on July 15, 2026. In this case, supposedly, "admiral" is a corruption of "admirable." #nature #naturephotography #butterfly

Ripe baneberries (Actaea rubra) in the Sandias on July 15, 2026. As the name indicates, something you don't want to put in your mouth. #nature #naturephotography

A male Cassin's finch (Haemorhous cassinii) at Capulin Spring in the Sandia Mountains, on July 17, 2026. #nature #naturephotography #birds

Tiny insect on the underside of a twig? No problem for a mountain chickadee (Poecile gambeli). Photo taken in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico, on July 21, 2026. #nature #naturephotography #birds

Another black bear (Ursus americanus) encounter today. There was some vegetation in the way but I opted against following the bear until I got a better photo. Image taken at the Capulin snowplay area in the Sandia Mountains, on July 21, 2026. #nature #naturephotography #bear

A pinesap (Hypopitys monotropa) flower shoot, recently emerged from the ground. Photo taken along the Double Eagle Trail in the Sandia Mountains, on July 20, 2026.