Did I mention that it’s been windy on the high plains this spring? Spring usually is, but this year has been especially so. I’ve lost count of the days that wind speeds have topped 30 mph sustained and today is going to top that again, with gusts up to 70 mph according to the weathermen.…
Birding is always fun, even more so when the seasons start changing. I saw my first warblers of the year yesterday, a couple of Yellow-rumped Warblers. One was a Myrtle subspecies and the other was an Audubon’s. Both are males, I think, but the Audubon’s may be female-the yellow stripe on the top of its head…
It’s been incredibly dry and windy here this year. We’re already several inches behind the norm and we only get an average of 20 inches a year, though it’s been a while since we hit that mark. The wind is rarely less than 20 mph and there have been hundreds (or so it seems) of…
Common Mergansers are a common sight at Lake Meredith each winter, and although I haven’t seen nearly as many this year as last, I have had several opportunities to photograph them the last few months. Unfortunately, it’s not just the mergansers, all waterfowl populations have been down. Populations of Red-tailed Hawks, Bald Eagles, Northern Harriers,…
I try to get out to the Great Horned Owls nest a couple of times a week and I hadn’t been here in 4 days so I thought I’d check it out this morning. I first noticed her back on Valentine’s Day, although I don’t know when she actually started nesting in the old hawk’s…
Jake and Isaac and I went back to Palo Duro Canyon last week to do some hiking, but it was raining pretty hard when we got there so we just camped out under the bird blind behind the trading post for an hour or so. Jake took these photos and I though I’d share them…
Here’s a few more photos from my trip to Palo Duro Canyon a couple of weeks ago. These were all taken at the bird blind. White-winged Dove White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow This one is a juvenile White-crowned Sparrow. Notice the golden stripe down the middle of his head instead of white. White-crowned Sparrows at…
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