The last few weeks have been a little hectic for me and I haven’t been able to go birding as much as I want. It seems that the days that I could get out were dark and dreary days with heavy clouds and lots of rain. The rain was pretty wide-spread and Meredith certainly benefited…
A few shots of a Greater Yellowlegs at a playa near Panhandle Texas. In the last few photographs he’s being harassed by a Red-winged Blackbird.
These sparrows really gave me a lot of trouble as I tried to identify them. I thought it might have been a Song Sparrow, but it’s pretty early in the year for them. They could be juvenile Lark Sparrows, but I wasn’t too sure about that, either. Actually the juveniles of several species that are…
I came across these White-faced Ibis the other morning while driving through the farmlands north of Panhandle, Texas. This little playa has nearly dried up, but they seemed to really enjoy rooting through the mud. They certainly have the nose for it. They’re called White-faced Ibis because the adults lores (area lining the base of…
There are so many Swainson’s Hawks in the area right now that I have trouble keeping up with my count when I go out. I’m pretty sure I counted at least 21 this morning around the fields and playas north of Panhandle. There were mostly juveniles, but a few adults as well. It was like…
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