I’m thinking cool thoughts just now as I prepare for 102F at 4pm when I’m going to be outside for today’s football game. Here’s...
Painted Buntings (Passerina ciris) are our local star bird since the adult males are a riot of colour. I took this picture at Pedernales Falls State Park...
White-Winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica) are one of the most common birds in our area and, as such, I seldom pay them much attention. At Pedernales Falls...
A Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) feeds on a Mistflower plant in Pedernales Falls State Park near Johnson City, Texas on Saturday, August 15th, 2026.
A Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) peeks around a tree trunk in Pedernales Falls State Park near Johnson City, Texas on Saturday, August...
I headed out to Pedernales Falls State Park yesterday morning to spend some time in the bird blind. In the end, there were very few birds and those that...
A Four-Spotted Pennant dragonfly (Brachymesia gravida) on a dried sunflower head seen at Nutty Brown Farm, Austin on Saturday, August 8th, 2026.
A female Comanche Skimmer dragonfly (Libellula comanche) seen at Nutty Brown Farm, Austin on Saturday, August 26th, 2026. One of the techniques I’ve...
I spent another hour this morning photographing dragonflies over at Nutty Brown Farm and managed to pick up images of three species I hadn’t seen...
This is another of the dragonflies I spotted during my visit to Nutty Brown Farm a week ago. I’m fairly sure this is a female Widow Skimmer (Libellula...
You wouldn’t believe how difficult it is (for me, at least) to identify Crab Spiders. There are so many species and individuals in the same species...
I almost walked right into this Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) while walking along a shaded row of plants at Nutty Brown Farm last Monday morning....
A Pigweed Flea Beetle (Disonycha glabrata) on a scarlet Amaranth blossom at Nutty Brown Farm, Austin on Monday, July 27th, 2026.
I’m back to Nutty Brown Farm pictures today after I spent a couple of early morning hours there yesterday hunting bugs and birds. Here’s a Swift...
A Leafcutter Bee with a heavy load of pollen under her abdomen gathers more on a sunflower at Nutty Brown Farm on Friday, July 10th, 2026.
A male Widow Skimmer dragonfly (Libellula luctuosa) seen at Nutty Brown Farm near Austin, Texas on July 10th, 2026.
A Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) feeding on a millet head at Nutty Brown Farm on Friday, July 10th, 2026.
A Bumble Bee forages in a dense patch of flowers at Nutty Brown Farm, Austin, Texas on Friday, July 10th, 2026.
A female Black-chinned Hummingbird feeding on a sunflower at Nutty Brown Farm, Austin, Texas on Friday, July 10th, 2026.
A male Widow Skimmer dragonfly (Libellula luctuosa) seen at Nutty Brown Farm near Austin, Texas on July 10th, 2026. It turns out that the male and female...
