Monday, July 11, 2011

Air Wars


BOMBERS






Activity around our house in the northeast heights of Albuquerque has been pretty intense the last few days. The big noise coming from the various "slurry bomber" planes brought in to help fight wildfires that have been ravaging our forests. Some of the old planes (the red & white ones) are on the brink of retirement, while specially equipped C-130s operated by the Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve units take up the slack when the planes under contract to the Forest Service are called to action elsewhere.


HUMMERS

And then, there is the other activity, more local, around the hollyhocks and trumpet vines. The little hummers are hard to catch with my cheap camera, but I tried Sunday morning.






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