More Night Life!
Caught in the game camera!!! Little did these critters know that they’d be on the Internet one day, for all to see! It’s amazing what moves around along Bear Creek and around the Casitas while we are sleeping …
Night Life at Casitas de Gila Guesthouses
Sitting quietly in front of Casitas de Gila Guesthouses late at night, one cannot help but wonder about what might be going on down along Bear Creek, a hundred feet below. What wildlife might be there in the darkness, and what might it be doing? On most nights, even a short time spent listening intently […]
MORE Wildlife!
Caught in the game camera!
WILDLIFE !
Another of Becky’s contributions to Michael’s Nature Blog … We didn’t have a lot of rain this summer — only about 6 inches so far this year — but there is water in Bear Creek, below Casitas de Gila Guesthouses, and that water is drawing in the wildlife. Our neighbors and friends Bill and […]
Night Life at Casitas de Gila
Sitting quietly in front of Casitas de Gila Guesthouses late at night, one cannot help but wonder about what might be going on down along Bear Creek, a hundred feet below. What wildlife might be there in the darkness, and what might it be doing? On most nights, even a short time spent listening intently […]
Waiting for the Rains Time
It’s the “Waiting for the Rains Time” in the Southwest. After a mostly-dry and colder-than-usual La Niña Winter, and a cool and even drier Spring, the entire Southwest is exceptionally dry, and every living thing — humans, animals, birds, and plants — is waiting. Waiting for the annual North American Monsoon or Southwest Monsoon rains […]
A Blessing of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Lambs!
What a treat! Two Rocky Mountain Bighorn lambs, born within the last couple of days, appeared around noon today on the cliffs across from Casitas de Gila Guesthouses on Bear Creek. Becky noticed the babies running along the side of the cliffs (amazing!) and had me get the camera. So exciting and wonderful to be […]
Springtime Amongst the Cottonwoods
Signs of Spring are everywhere on Bear Creek now. At last, our long, cold, dry La Niña Winter is over and the dormant, monotone-gray vegetation along Bear Creek is waking up. While a few late starters are still sporting furry whitish-yellow catkins, most stands of the Bluestem Willow (Salix irrorata), which grows in spotty thickets […]
JAVELINAS AT THE DOORSTEP
This morning I went out for a walk along the Big Tree Trail with our two English Springer Spaniels, Bower (age 4) and Chloe (age 2). Just as we came out of the woods to cross Bear Creek on our return to the Casitas, we suddenly came upon a small group of adult Javelina with […]
SHEEP FOR THE HOLIDAYS
About two weeks before Christmas, three Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep – two ewes and a huge ram with a magnificent set of double-curled horns – took up residence on the cliffs above Bear Creek directly in front of the Casitas. They stayed with us right through Christmas and left just before our big winter storm […]
