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Texas Red
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…
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Spotted this Sharp-shinned Hawk in our front yard on Christmas Day around 3:45 pm. 1/1000 sec at f/8.0, 400 mm Canon EOS 7D
Death in the willow.
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…
From Chile to Canada
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…
Birds eye view of the Bald Eagle nest at Smith Rock State Park.
400 mm 400 iso f5.6 1/1000 Morgan and I were thrilled to watch the Bald Eagles take care of their fledglings. We were on the canyon wall looking into the nest. It was amazing. June 1, 2015, Smith Rock State Park, Oregon.
The other side
How does a roly poly (Pill Bug) get to other side of the pond? Hitch a ride on Western Cottonmouth of course! ISO 400 400mm f/8.0 1/250 sec with flash (better beamer) Sept 11, 2010, Old Bison Ranch, Texas 8:27 am