I got off work Sunday morning a little late. I usually get off around 0700, but because of an early transfer (I’m a paramedic and we have a small hospital here that transfers extremely ill patients to a larger hospital about an hour away) I didn’t get off until after 1000. I usually make rounds…
I really enjoy birding this time of year. Actually there’s not a bad time of the year to bird, although late summer gets a little slow around here. Even then there’s lots of little surprises like the early Merlin I saw in late August. This time of year, though, is fun for a lot of…
I had a good couple of days birding-wise this week. The migrations are ramping up and I’m seeing lots of waterfowl and Sandhill Cranes as well as a few songbirds coming though. The first Bald Eagle that I’ve seen at Meredith this year showed up on Wednesday (10/10/12). Of course the regulars like Great Blue…
Grebes are small to largish diving water birds of the order Podicipediformes. Three of the world’s 22 species can be found in the Texas Panhandle–Pied-billed, Eared and Horned Grebes. The Pied-billed is a year round resident and the others are frequent migrants. In addition, the Western Grebe is an occasional migrant. I’ve yet to see…
I was walking around Spring Canyon trying to find find a Rock Wren I could hear singing up the bluff when everything got quiet. This is why. The Northern Harrier disappeared over the top of the bluff and about 30 seconds later this one appeared and flew at full speed along the canyon wall. At…
I spent an hour or so Sunday morning at Meredith and hadn’t really seen much of anything so, still craving a bird fix, I drove to the playa near Panhandle Sunday afternoon to see what I might find there. It’s a 20 minute drive and the time was well spent. Once again there were hundreds…
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