Here’s a few more birds photographed at Lake Meredith’s Spring Canyon last week Semi-palmated Sandpiper Say’s Phoebe Franklin’s Gull Blue-winged Teal Rufous-crowned Sparrow Belted Kingfisher Lesser Yellowlegs Lark Sparrow Bewick’s Wren Song Sparrow American Kestrels Swainson’s Hawk. this wasn’t actually at Spring Canyon, but on the road as I was going there.
I’ve been very lax about posting for the last month or so. I’m not sure why, just haven’t gotten around to it. I have been out birding a lot and have taken pictures but the weather has been very gray and windy and the photos haven’t turned out well. But, here’s an American Kestrel. I’ll…
Here’s a few birds I saw while hiking at Palo Duro Lake Last week. Bullock’s Oriole Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Western Kingbird Western Meadowlark Mississippi Kite American Kestrel I drove north from the lake nearly to Oklahoma trying to find the nest of a pair of Bald Eagles I had seen last week when I visited the lake. I…
I saw this pair of Red-tailed Hawks at Lake Meredith’s Spring Canyon early yesterday morning. A very brave American Kestrel was trying to chase them off, They pretty much just ignored him.
The Mississippi Kites seem to have headed south in the last week or so, although I did see one up at Palo Duro Reservoir two days ago. I’m a little sad to see them go-I always enjoy watching them raise their chicks. To make their going a bit easier, I spotted the first of the…
I’ve not taken a lot of pictures in the last two weeks because I’m trying to learn how to not drown myself in a kayak. I borrowed one from a brother-in-law and enjoyed it so that I bought one for myself. I practiced a few days in a pond at Spring Canyon and have been…
OK, I admit it, I’m not doing a very good job at keeping this blog up to date. It’s just that, well, it’s summer, you know. And not just summer, but one of the nicest summers we’ve had in a while. Summers over the last decade or so have been miserable affairs. They’ve been hot…
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.
Here’s a few more photographs from the end of March that I didn’t get around to posting. American Kestrel Rufous-crowned Sparrow Rock Wren One of the first Turkey Vultures of the season.
The fields and pastures of the Llano Estacado support a wide variety of birds of prey. Red-tailed Hawks, Ferruginous Hawks, American Kestrels, Barn Owls, great Horned Owls, and Eastern Screech Owls live here year round. Winter brings Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles (but I’ve yet to get a good photo of one,) Sharp-shinned Hawks, Cooper’s Hawks,…
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