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...
I was looking for a picture to end 2020 on and this one seemed very appropriate. It’s a reprocessed and toned version of an exposure I took 10 years...
Moving back another two years, here’s the same Caswell House room as seen in yesterday’s post as it was decorated for Austin Junior Forum’s...
Yes, I know Christmas 2020 is now behind us but we’ve not reached Epiphany yet so please indulge me with a few more festive images. We’ll start...
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it! I went back to 2009 again for the source images for this picture which I reprocessed with current software. It shows...
Continuing the Christmas theme, here’s a newly-processed picture of the Christmas Tree in the House of Representatives Chamber in the Texas State...
What with the pandemic and everything, Christmas has snuck up on me ever more than usual this year. Having finally realized that the festive season is upon...
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...
Given that we have only 12 days left in this rather bizarre year, the time has come for me to review my rather smaller than usual collection of images...
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...
Staying with the same March 2013 racing weekend as yesterday, here’s an image shot from one of my favorite locations at Circuit of the Americas –...
