Ray Chiarello
@raychiarello
Serious amateur photographer; I shoot mostly southwestern USA landscapes, storms and wildlife. Not interested in flirty scammer DMs. I remove BOT followers.
We had a small storm dumping rain on El Paso's Franklin Mountains this evening. #Monsoon2025 #ElPaso #Texas #epwx #txwx #StormHour #DJIMini3Pro #Drone @KTSMtv @NWSElPaso @HannahKFOX14

Rain this evening on El Paso's west side, as seen from Transmountain Road. #Monsoon2025 #ElPaso #Texas #epwx #txwx @KTSMtv @NWSElPaso @HannahKFOX14

Ladder-backed Woodpecker in my backyard today. #Birds #MyBirdPic #Birding #BackyardBirding #BirdTwitter #ElPaso #Texas

No storms, no haboobs, just some warm light on the Franklin Mountains shortly before this evening's sunset. #ElPaso #Texas #Drone #DJImini3pro #Panorama @KTSMtv @HannahKFOX14

This evening's colorful sunset was visible even looking to the East, with the sun behind me. #ElPaso #Texas #Sunset #Drone #DJImini3pro #Panorama

Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly in our backyard this morning. #Butterfly #Nature #ElPaso #Texas

More bolts from last night's storm over El Paso. #Monsoon2025 #ElPaso #Texas #epwx #txwx #StormHour @KTSMtv @NWSElPaso @HannahKFOX14

Bolts from a storm over El Paso last night. #Monsoon2025 #ElPaso #Texas #epwx #txwx #StormHour @KTSMtv @NWSElPaso @HannahKFOX14

Another day, another haboob in El Paso. I wish I'd seen this coming 5 minutes earlier; it came in so fast I barely had time to get my drone airborne and fire off a few shots before needing to land. #Haboob #ElPaso #Texas #epwx #txwx #StormHour @KTSMtv @NWSElPaso @HannahKFOX14

How 'bout another Verdin photo from my backyard this morning? #Birds #MyBirdPic #Birding #BackyardBirding #BirdTwitter #ElPaso #Texas

Seen in my backyard this morning was this Verdin, a daily visitor. #Birds #MyBirdPic #Birding #BackyardBirding #BirdTwitter #ElPaso #Texas

Here's a female black-chinned hummingbird providing something other than the usual perch pose in my backyard this morning. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birds #MyBirdPic #Birding #BackyardBirding #BirdTwitter #ElPaso #Texas

Earlier this evening, we had this storm forming west of El Paso. It was followed an hour later with the haboob seen in my previous post. #Monsoon2025 #ElPaso #Texas #epwx #txwx #StormHour #Drone #DJImini3Pro @KTSMtv @NWSElPaso @HannahKFOX14

2025 has been the year of dust storms and haboobs in El Paso, Texas. Here is this evening's edition. #Haboob #Monsoon2025 #ElPaso #Texas #epwx #txwx #StormHour @KTSMtv @NWSElPaso @HannahKFOX14

Verdin in my backyard this afternoon. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birds #MyBirdPic #Birding #BackyardBirding #BirdTwitter #ElPaso #Texas

Two-tailed Swallowtail in our backyard this afternoon. #Butterfly #Nature #ElPaso #Texas

Mammatus clouds over El Paso's west side this evening! #Monsoon2025 #ElPaso #Texas #epwx #txwx #StormHour #DJIMini3Pro #Drone @KTSMtv @NWSElPaso @HannahKFOX14

Two more photos of a black-chinned hummingbird exploring a Yellow Bells plant in our backyard today. #Birds #MyBirdPic #Birding #BackyardBirding #BirdTwitter #ElPaso #Texas


Our backyard garden inspector. #Hummingbird #Birds #MyBirdPic #Birding #BackyardBirding #BirdTwitter #ElPaso #Texas

Black-chinned hummingbird harvesting water droplets from a Yellow Bells plant in my backyard this morning. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birds #MyBirdPic #Birding #BackyardBirding #BirdTwitter #ElPaso #Texas
