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...
For our New Year’s Day walk, Drew and I visited the unattractively named Soil Conservation Site 1 Reservoir in Kyle this afternoon after reading...
This is the famous Andromeda Galaxy, M31, as seen from Pedernales Falls State Park on Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 and represents my first attempt at photographing...
A Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) seen at the bird blind in Pedernales Falls State Park near Dripping Springs, Texas, on December 16th, 2020.
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...
Continuing our theme of small, brown birds, here’s a male House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) seen from the bird blind at Charro Ranch Park, Dripping...
One of the large number of “small brown birds” taking advantage of the feeders at Charro Ranch Park in Dripping Springs, Texas, last weekend....
I spent some time on Saturday morning at the bird blind in Charro Ranch Park, Dripping Springs, getting some practice handling really long lenses. There...
This grasshopper, sitting on one of the lantana bushes in our front yard, kindly modeled for me as I tested out the Olympus 100-400mm lens last weekend....
I posted the original version of this image a month ago but here’s a better update to try and make me feel better after not taking the opportunity...
A male Ladder-Backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) seen at Pedernales Falls State Park near Johnson City, Texas.
A Western Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera), heavily laden with pollen, on an Indian Blanket flower at Sally Bee’s Honey Company, Dripping Springs, Texas...
There’s certainly plenty of colour over in the flower field at Nutty Brown Farm this season. Here’s one of Kim’s blooms and a visiting...
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.
A Four-Spotted Palpita Moth (Palpita quadristigmalis) seen on an Indian Blanket near Dripping Springs, Texas on April 28th, 2020. Edit: Thanks to Chuck...
An Eight Spotted Flea Beetle (Omophoita cyanipennis octomaculata) seen in the flower field at Nutty Brown Farm on May 21st, 2020. Thanks to Laura Griffith...
