Never Saw This Before

As long as I've been here and I expect well before the ravens and hawks have been enimies. I've muliple times seen them fight and raid each other's nest to kill the young. The raven's have been an issue for me as they eat through and pull trash can lids off cans and leave trash every where. The hawks have constantly attacked the songbirds at each of the three feeding areas. The hawks would chase the birds into the windows and then grab them while they were dead or injured. I taped the windows and door glass with reflective tape to keep them from hitting the windows. But in most cases the birds don't muuch care what's in front of them they just know there's a hawk behind them. At one time I have ten injured birds flying around in the office.

I'm looking out the window the window and a hawk sweeps down into the feeding area across the driveway and snatches a songbird. A raven who is eating leftovers out of the fox bowl jumps up in the air and slams down onto the hawk on the other side of the fence. The hawk tries desperately to get away and takes off across the driveway with the raven right behind it. The hawk crashes into the window while the raven tried to get it under the front porch chairs and finally escapes. The raven flies back over to the feedin area and continues to eat Kit and Kaboodle. Jax in a box, Jax waiting to go hiking, and Jax coming back from the beach.

Update

Jax and I were out hiking every day and then I got an ear infection, then a cold, and I've been on a similar run with everything that can make you feel not so healthy but feeling better today so not much in the way of pictures since we rarely went anywhere. But with my extended time inside I ran across a few older pictures. Jax when he got here and two weeks later.

Jax and I were returning from hiking when we saw a black bobcat run across the driveway. Only the 2nd time I've seen a bobcat on the property in daylight.

For the lasst two weeks between eight and fifteen big horn sheep have been hanging out by the house and hogans.

An eclipse we had during the Moab 240 running race last year.

Temps

The highs are in the 30s this week and the lows this coming week in the teens. We've got about four or five of those dates and then next week it's in the 50s.

In the Valley

Land of the Skinny People

Kit & Kaboodle

When Jax and I go out and pick up the bowels in the morning only the dark brown is all that's left.

Every Day Hiking somewhere on the property

Hiking the trail behind the main house and hogans.

Moving West on the Anti-Cline Ledges

Another Day on the Anti-Cline Ledges

The Anti Cline Ledges

Jax and I have moved out daily hiking up to the plateaus of the Anti Cline. We hike up canyons looking for a place that will take us up the canyon walls to the plateaus and views of the entire valley.

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