A new crowd of sparrows have arrived for the winter. The Lark Sparrows and Cassin’s Sparrows of summer have given way to White-crowned Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos and Song Sparrows. White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Song Sparrow
My son took these photos of Mountain Bluebirds a few weeks ago at Palo Duro Reservoir, a small manmade lake about an hour north of Lake Meredith. I try to get up there every week or two throughout the year. It a great place for birds with lots of dead cottonwoods sticking up out of…
Red-breasted Mergansers are a bit unusual in Hutchinson Co, although I’ve seen a few each winter since I started birding in 2011. For the last week or so there have been 3 females on the main pond at Spring Canyon keeping company with a Common Loon. I like taking photos at Spring Canyon for several…
I went up to Palo Duro Reservoir last week with my son. We log about 20 species of birds including this Hairy Woodpecker that he was able to get a shot of.Ladder-backed Woodpeckers and Northern Flickers (this is a red-shafted sub-species) are year-round residents, Downy Woodpeckers are occasionally logged and Red-headed Woodpeckers are common…
Well, it’s been a while since I last posted. I’m not sure why I’ve been avoiding the blog-maybe it seems too much like work, I don’t really know. I’m going to try making shorter, but more frequent posts to see if that works better for me. I’ve been out birding as much as ever, but…
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