Winter at Spring Canyon

Spring Canyon is my favorite place to take pictures in Hutchinson County for several reasons.  It’s easy to get to and even in the summer it’s not crowded in the early morning.  It well protected from winds from the southwest (our prevailing wind source in the summer) and the north (prevailing wind source in the…

Mystery Bird

Wow, 72 degrees for a high today (Wednesday, 2/6/13)–a bit windy, but a beautiful day, none-the-less.  It was cloudy and foggy at sunrise so I put off a planned trip to Gene Howe WMA, about a 90 minute drive to the northeast, and I went out to Meredith to see if anything was happening.  Most…

Winter Raptors

  We have a fairly wide variety of hawks, eagles, and falcons in the Texas Panhandle.  Golden Eagles, American Kestrels and Red-tailed Hawks are year-round residents.  I see kestrels and red-tailed hawks all the time and have several good photos of each (check out the gallery) but I’ve only seen Golden Eagles once and didn’t…