I’m not sure why this Northern Mockingbird is harassing this Chihuahuan Raven. He wasn’t around any nests, or even close to any trees where the mockingbird might have built a nest. Maybe he just doesn’t care for ravens. The killdeer had a good reason to be excited, though, their nest wasn’t that far away and they were…
I made another visit to Jim’s Lake last week. I had gone there in early March and had taken photos of a flock of Wild Turkeys and I wanted to see what else I could photograph there. I arrived there about 0730 and wandered around the east side of the pond for an hour…
It’s Thursday, nothing much happening, so I had breakfast with some old friends. The Northern Rough-winged Swallow wasn’t quite ready. A Blue Grosbeak joined for breakfast by his SO. I felt like a third wheel. A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher having dining alone. Then a good scratch for a hard to reach spot. A Ladder-backed Woodpecker picking up…
I only had a little over an hour to spend birding this morning, but it was a very productive time. It was cloudy when I got off work and I decided to drive out to Spring Canyon. Spring Canyon is a good place for rainy mornings because I can take pictures from the truck if…
Certain types of birds are extremely difficult for me to identify-shorebirds (sandpipers, stilts, plovers,) sparrows, and flycatchers in particular. There are several things you can do to try to pinpoint your ID. Range maps are helpful, but birds often fly out of their expected range or migration path. I’ve been working on learning their calls…
It’s been a surprisingly colorful spring here in Hutchinson County. We’ve had some nice rains but the lake is still far from full with 9.6m at the dam (record high was about 31m in April of 1973, record low was April this year at 9m.) We’ve had to mow the lawn more already this spring…
Nothing new today, but I was able to get some better pictures of the Painted Bunting and the Bullock’s Oriole. Also a nice photograph of a female Northern Cardinal. I did see a Lark Bunting on the way to Dumas today, but was unable to get a photo. The Painted Bunting pic is still not the portrait…
As I was headed to my truck this morning after my shift at work I heard a bird singing in the pasture across the street. I didn’t recognize the song so I unpacked the camera and binoculars and went to see what it was. After a few minutes of listening, looking, and walking I located…
Tuesday was another cloudy, cool morning. The good news was that there was very little wind-thebad news is no rain yet, even though it’s been overcast since Sunday morning. I made the rounds at Meredith this morning and had a pretty good day birding with two new birds. Unfortunately the photography wasn’t so hot. Set…
A front blew into the Panhandle last night and the difference is startling. It was nearly 37°C yesterday with very little wind and no clouds. It is 18°C and very windy (48 kph) and cloudy as I write. It’s maddening how often the wind screws up an almost perfect day around here. I went to…
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