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A group of Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) puffed up to retain warmth, perch in the top of a tree during the Texas snowstorm of February 2021.
This week’s posting schedule was rather disrupted by the historic winter storm that hit Texas last weekend. Things started going south for us on Sunday...
Apparently American Robins (Turdus migratorius) aren’t affected by cedar pollen the way practically every human in Central Texas is. Here’s...
Staying with the theme of small birds seen last weekend, here’s one of many Pine Siskins (Spinus pinus) I spied from the bird blind at Charro Ranch...
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been inundated by tens of thousands of American Robins (Turdus migratorius) feasting on the plentiful berries...
Closing out this collection of birds seen last weekend, a Red-Shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) surveys the area around Lake Negley/Soil Conservation Site...
Several cypress trees rise out of the waters at Kyle’s Soil Conservation Site 1 Reservoir and these have been taken over as roosts for a sizeable...
A large flock of Red-Winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) were perching in the reed beds at Lake Neglwy (Soil Conservation Site 1 Reservoir) in Kyle...
An Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) seen at Lake Negley/Soil Conservation Site 1 Reservoir in Kyle, Texas on January 1st, 2021. This was one of the many...
I often fall into the trap of not photographing the common birds found in this area, forgetting that what’s common here is likely to be interesting...
I spent some time yesterday evening out at Pedernales Falls State Park. The main aim was to do some astrophotography with Jason Flenniken but I took advantage...
A male Ladder-Backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) seen at Pedernales Falls State Park near Johnson City, Texas.
I bumped into a peacock during a visit to Austin Zoo in the spring of 2017 and had to take some pictures of it’s colourful plumage.
Continuing my wander through the archives, here’s a female Ladder-Backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) seen at the Pedernales Falls State Park...
Yesterday morning, as local social isolation took effect and church was off, we visited Charro Ranch Park in Dripping Springs and spent some time in the bird...
Lightroom tells me it has been exactly 1 year since I took this photo during a visit to the hummingbird garden at Selvatura Park on our Costa Rica vacation...
A group of juvenile barn swallows getting really close to leaving their nest in Madrid, New Mexico.
A male ladder-backed woodpecker (dryobates scalaris) seen in Pedernales Falls State Park near Johnson City, Texas.
This is another of my favourites from our trip to the Pedernales Falls State Park bird blind a couple of weekends ago. This is an adult male house finch...
Let’s finish this week of birds with one of the most commonly-seen (or, at least, most commonly noticed) central Texas birds. This is a male Northern...
