by susan preston | Aug 31, 2023 | Birds, Musings, Photo of the Day
Love Songs To and From a Magpie This month, I’m participating in a remarkable workshop offered through Emergence Magazine–Seeds of Radical Renewal. Below is a response to a prompt given by musician and author, Sam Lee, who gives concerts with his friends, the...
by susan preston | Dec 28, 2022 | Birds, Bosque del Apache, Photo of the Day, Sandhill Cranes
Sandhills’ Mandarin Stroll Photo Credits: Sandhills’ Mandarin Stroll, Susan J. Preston, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge © 2022, all rights reserved .. Sandhills’ Mandarin Stroll . read more Sandhills Bless a Mandarin Sky . read...
by susan preston | Dec 11, 2022 | Birds, Bosque del Apache, Photo of the Day, Sandhill Cranes
Sandhills Bless a Mandarin Sky Photo Credits: Sandhills Bless a Mandarin Sky, Susan J. Preston, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge © 2022, all rights reserved .. Sandhills’ Mandarin Stroll . read more Sandhills Bless a Mandarin Sky . read more...
by susan preston | Nov 15, 2021 | Birds, Bosque del Apache, Photo of the Day
Family of Sandhill Cranes Wading through Golden Waters To love a place is not enough. We must find ways to heal it. ― Robin Wall Kimmerer Photo Credits: Family of Sandhill Cranes Wade through Golden Water, by Susan J. Preston, Bosque del Apache WLR © 2021, all...
by susan preston | Nov 11, 2021 | Birds, Bosque del Apache, Photo of the Day
Redwing Blackbirds in the Bosque I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. ― Joseph Addison After all the crabapple posts from last month, this quote seemed particularly appropriate. Photo...
by susan preston | Oct 29, 2020 | Birds, Bosque del Apache, Photo of the Day, Sunrise + Sunset
Invincible Dawn “Night never had the last word. The dawn is always invincible.“ – Hugh B. Brown There is nothing in the world that captures my imagination the way a mass ascension of snow geese in the icy morning air does. To bear witness to the cacophanous honking...