Tracking the Meadowlarks Day Two
As promised, I revisited the location from yesterday; time to track down that Meadowlark. This time his flock was with him. Hopefully this group of photos will help you, help me. Eastern or Western? My vote is Eastern. We were looking at lighter tails, maybe less buffy cheeks. The yellow is very distinctive on the [...]
Mineral Wells – Sunday Birding List
The short, it was a great Sunday for birding in my little Mineral Wells neighborhood. I checked off four more birds on my list. Wren, Raven, Bunting, Finch. For me to check off… I must capture clear photo documentation. Keeps me honest! Shameless, non-paid plug… The Canon T3i has made that part of this hobby [...]
Random Nature Photos for July
Month of July, 2012 – While perusing my Mineral Wells neighborhood, I capture random nature photos here and there that have nothing to do with an upcoming post. For no other reason than storage, they get posted at Flash by Z from time to time and deleted off the hard drive. This is one such [...]
Morning walks and birding
It was a gorgeous morning for a quick walk in our little Texas town. Seven a.m. is my favorite time of day; even when it’s prior to the morning coffee. Desi and I quickly dressed before the heat hit Mineral Wells full tilt. I grabbed the XS-1 and off we went. Critters are scurrying about, [...]
European Starlings on the block
It was an early morning walk. The sun was just starting to rise. There is a large bare tree sticking up in the middle of a church parking lot. Unusual place for a tree to be. Even more unusual that it was filled with large black birds with white polk-a-dots. In my 45 years of [...]
