South Texas, as always was SO much fun. Even if you choose to do some casual birding you can still hit all the specialties. I took a mini break down there over the weekend to hang with a girlfriend and since we had both been there, each day we slept in and let our bodies [ Read More ]
I digiscoped the following photos using both my Nikon D40 and my iPhone 4s with my Swarovski Scope. Can you tell which ones are the iPhone 4s and which ones are the Nikon D40 photos? 1. Green-winged Teal 2. Northern Pintail 3. Red-eared Slider and Gadwall 4. Red-eared Slider and Gadwall
I think I had the most fun at Sax Zim Bog last weekend since the great owl irruption of 2004/2005. An informal gathering of birders headed up and we started at Hasty Brook. I’ve known Lynne for some time and I’ve always wanted to visit. What a treat to start it off with her deck full [ Read More ]
Turns out that my first bird digiscoped in 2012 is an American robin and I got it by holding up my iPhone to my scope. I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season. Non Birding Bill and I tried to take some time off but with his show, it was a bit more [ Read More ]
Man the final stages of fall migration have set in. Today on my eagle survey I had a flock of tundra swans fly over me. It was really cool because the were headed towards the Mississippi River and I realized that chances were good that the would be included on my aerial waterfowl surveys next [ Read More ]
There have been a ton of eastern bluebird flocks milling about when I’ve been doing my fall surveys. Their calls follow me everywhere on my surveys…and they always sound like they are apologizing for something. One of the birds caught my attention because he was just wacking the crap out of something on the fence [ Read More ]
I saw some flickers learning the ways of the world on my bird surveys the other day. Even though that baby looks full grown, he’s still hoping to be fed by the adults. Old habits die hard. This appears to be a little bit of some father son bonding (they are both male, they both [ Read More ]
No, Mr. Horned Lark, I can’t see you at all. Really.
