Fresh frog meal

I spotted this Great Kiskadee catching this small frog not far from the visitor center at the Estero Llano Grande State Park today. Right a...

Government suing Nature Conservancy

No matter one's position about illegal immigration, this horrible border wall is not only an ineffective waste of taxpayer dollars but h...

Sickle-winged Skipper butterfly

This is a Sickle-winged Skipper, it's wings being shaped somewhat like a sickle. The top edges of it's wings fold over onto themsel...

Mockingbird view

A common species in the Rio Grande Valley, Northern Mockingbirds are rather handsome. This is another bird at Estero Llano Grande State Par...

Great Kiskadee

Though these members of the flycatcher family are almost 10 inches in length and bright yellow, they are masters of blending into their habi...

Mexican visitor--Crimson-collaredGrosbeak

Today I birded at the Frontera Audubon Center in Weslaco, TX. Though a cold front has moved through and dropped the temps from yesterday...

Hot Christmas Bird Count

I participated in the Christmas Bird Count at Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco, Tx today and it was hot--both in terms of the birds...

Raptor greetings

Though I saw this nice Crested Caracara just a little south of the Falfurrias Rest Stop, I saw 5-6 Crested Caracaras as I drove a county roa...

Happy holidays from the Rio Grande Valley,TX

I haven't been posting as I left the day after my last post on my road trip to the Rio Grande Valley in the far south of Texas. This Bla...

Greater White-fronted Geese

This pic shows some of the flock of 12 Greater White-fronted Geese that are wintering in Canon City. The second goose from the left is one t...

Sap sipping sapsuckers

Today we got blasted by a significant snow storm that hit the Canon City area with moderately heavy snow and brutal cold. As the roads were...

Smallest but most colorful falcon

Though only 9 inches in length, American Kestrals make up for their small size by having the most colorful (at least in the males of this sp...

More bluebirds

These bluebirds were so striking with their chestnut and blue feathers contrasting with the snow, I couldn't help but take a bunch of pi...

Bluebirds and snow

There is nothing like a snowstorm to bring out the bluebirds, they seem to materialize from nowhere when the flakes fall. We had our first ...