Here’s a few photographs from earlier in May that I haven’t gotten around to posting. May has been an interesting month with lots of rain and much cooler than normal temps.The lake is rising (up to 46.77 today from 26.5 36 months ago) and the countryside is greener than I’ve seen in quite a while.…
Here’s another bird from my tours of the farmlands around the northern Texas Panhandle-a Horned Lark.
I took another tour of the farmlands and playas yesterday. The wheat fields are looking great, some are starting to ripen a bit even, and the pastures are thick and green. There are playas everywhere. There are also mosquitoes everywhere so all the swallows and flycatchers (and the mosquitoes) are in a feeding frenzy. Even…
I heard this Red-tailed Hawk screeching at the entrance of McBride Canyon before i saw it. I see these birds all over the Panhandle, year-round, but never get tired of photographing them.
It’s raining here in the Panhandle again today. I went out to Spring Canyon this morning and saw a few birds, but it was too wet and dark to take any pictures, so here’s a few photographs of a Dickcissel I saw near the playa I visited yesterday.
The playa lakes in the Texas Panhandle are are still gaining water. Here at my house we’ve had nearly 6 total inches of rain in the last 3 weeks. That’s over a quarter of our yearly average. Lake Meredith is up another foot in the same time period and up 20 feet from the lowest…
I saw a couple of Yellow Warblers at Spring Canyon this morning. I had just gotten off work, it was a little cool and the only jacket I had was a bright yellow safety jacket, not the best color to wear birding, but he didn’t seem to mind. I was able to get pretty close…
I photographed a Painted Bunting earlier this week at Palo Duro Canyon just south of Amarillo, TX. First one I’ve seen this year.
Warblers have been migrating through for the last couple of weeks. Yellow-rumped Warblers are the only ones I’ve been able to photograph, but I’ve seen Common Yellowthroats and a Yellow-breasted Chat, and Yellow Warblers as well. There should be a few others that come through as well-I’ve seen Orange-crowned and Wilson’s and even a Palm Warbler…
American Kestrels reside year-round in the Texas Panhandle. Swainson’s Hawks just arrived a few weeks ago from their winter homes in Argentina. Both seem to be having a few problems adjusting.
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