Happy Thanksgiving! I don’t have any turkey-related pictures to post today but I’ll finish this short series of bird images with another pelican....
I’m staying with the bird pictures today. Here’s another of the Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias) from Fort Morgan beach in Alabama. This...
One of the things I enjoy about travel is that the wildlife that is commonplace at your destination is often novel and exciting to visitors. Here’s...
I headed off this morning to take pictures in Fort Morgan and, after doing that, took a walk over to the beach where I noticed a large group of pelicans...
We’re on a road trip this week and today’s stop is Orange Beach, Alabama. Despite the cold, I took a wander along the beach and pointed a camera...
A white-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica) seen from one of the bird blinds at Pedernales Falls State Park near Austin, Texas on October 25th, 2021.
Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) in Louisiana. During an airboat swamp tour, we came across of flock of a hundred or more of these birds feeding in marshy...
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.
