In my last post from three weeks ago (what can I say, summers are kinda slow for birding around here) I posted photos of a Swainson’s Hawk that had been banded and had a radio transmitter. Today I received an email from James Ray, a wildlife biologist with Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services at the Pantex…
I was out at the playa just north of Panhandle yesterday and saw this Swainson’s Hawk hunting over the playa and surrounding pastures and fields. He’s a beautiful bird, but the most interesting thing about him is the bands and a radio transmitter. I don’t know anything about bird banding or radio or satellite tracking…
I really like wrens. They are tiny little birds and they act like they are the kings of the world. Bewick’s and Rock Wrens are the most common around here although I did see a Marsh Wren last January at Spring Canyon. Bewick’s Wren This Rock Wren was singing from the top of a utility pole…
Rumors of an owl at the Fritch City Park got me into birding 2 years ago. We never did see the owl at the park and I’ve looked and looked the past couple of years with only fleeting glimpses of what I thought might me a Barn Owl late one evening last fall as something…
Last week my daughter came to visit. We spent several hours birding up in Hansford County at Palo Duro Reservoir. We had a pretty successful outing and enjoyed each other’s companywhile walking and driving around the lake and the campground below the dam. The best sighting of the day was a group of 12 Black-Crowned…
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