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Expect the Unexpected
Backyard | Birds | Hawks | Photoshop | Wildlife

Expect the Unexpected

ByKeith Crabtree May 7, 2020May 7, 2020

It was Friday morning, getting ready for the day. Oh, I forgot to fill the bird feeder with black sunflowers seeds. I better do that. There I was pouring seeds into my bird feeder when I spotted a Mississippi kite perched in the dead honey locust tree that is located at the corner of my…

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From Chile to Canada
Backyard | Birds | Gulls | Photoshop | Texas | Wildlife

From Chile to Canada

ByKeith Crabtree May 4, 2020May 7, 2020

For the last few years, I have noticed during springtime I see gulls flying north. They fly high overhead, but in the last couple of years there seems to be more of them; or, maybe I have just learned to look for them. I have identified them as Franklin’s gulls. It is amazing that once…

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Texas Red
Backyard | Birds | Hawks | Texas | Wildlife

Texas Red

ByKeith Crabtree April 20, 2020May 7, 2020

After gathering my tools, I backed the SUV into the backyard to hook up to the trailer. I jumped out and hooked up the trailer then I got back into the SUV. That was when I spotted a red-shouldered hawk (I am naming him, Texas Red) fly up from the ground on the other side…

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Death in the willow.
Backyard | Birds | Bugs | Texas

Death in the willow.

ByKeith Crabtree September 25, 2017February 2, 2019

The other day I was enjoying watching the ruby-throated hummingbirds fly around the backyard. Currently I have six hummingbird feeders up and going for the fall migration. There must have been 3 or 4 hummers fighting for the feeder closest to the desert willow. I was listening to the hummers making their little chatter. Suddenly…

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There is coachwhip in my backyard.
Backyard | Snake

There is coachwhip in my backyard.

ByKeith Crabtree April 5, 2017February 2, 2019

I told Patti, it is over 80 degrees today maybe I should wait until tomorrow to mow the yard, it will only be in the 60’s. Nope, I am not going to put it off, I am going to get it done. Out the back door with safety glasses on, ear protection in hand, I…

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Backyard | Texas | Wildlife

Backyard Drama

ByKeith Crabtree July 28, 2016

It was a warm summer evening, no it was not, and it was hot and muggy. I decided to do some yard work, but that did not happen. As soon as I stepped into the backyard, it started to sprinkle, not much, but enough to make me take pause for a moment. I heard the…

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