Palo Pinto Winter
The winter in Palo Pinto county is slowly coming to a close. We missed a lot of the hard stuff. It was a bitter sweet victory. Missing the white stuff and most of the hard freezes; means a surplus of...
View ArticleGreat Backyard Bird Count, so far
Our group ventured west to check out the Palo Pinto Mountain site. I am so ready for a new state park. The location is beautiful. We had two objectives: 1. Count area for GBBC. 2. Inventory area for...
View ArticleGreat Backyard Bird Count, wrap-up
The Sunday Counts… I hit three areas. Mineral Wells City park, Mi Casa, and the Lake Mineral Wells State Park. I counted the state park both days. Posted a few captures at the end. My favorite part of...
View ArticlePalo Pinto Mt. State Park Site
Palo Pinto Mt. State Park Site – initial visit took place on 16 Feb 2013. The team spent its initial visit learning the region. Previously reported, We did spy 22 species of birds and lots of pig...
View ArticleNorthern Mockingbird in Oklahoma
Have you ever been hanging out somewhere and heard several birds singing away… Was there only one ordinary look bird within view? It was probably a Mockingbird. To this day, it is still one of my...
View ArticleFeed Me – European Starling
Aperture: ƒ/5.6 Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T3i Taken: 29 April, 2013 Focal length: 300mm ISO: 400 Shutter speed: 1/320s
View ArticleSpotted Sandpiper behavior
Spotted Sanpiper behavior is pretty peculiar. Take a quick look at the video. Aperture: ƒ/10 Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T3i Taken: 21 April, 2013 Focal length: 300mm ISO: 400 Shutter speed: 1/640s
View ArticleBABIES!!! – Northern Cardinal
This youngster split its time between hollering for mom and falling asleep. Never once moved. We kept a respectful distance. Mom was off catching food while daddy sit up above keeping a close watch....
View ArticleA Taste of Montana Birding
VIRTUAL BIRDING 15 – This gallery consist of 15 birds. Four are “gimme’s” consisting of commons in several states. Three sparrow photos are the same bird. The rest of the 15 may be tough if you are not...
View ArticlePintails in Valier, Montana
Pintails were thick today. They darkened the skies at moments. These photos were shot at close to Lake Francis in Valier, Montana. Post by Eclectic Art of Nature.
View ArticleNoisy Birds
Sprinter is in the air here in Montana… Texas is already hot and we are missing it… still getting nipped with snow and heavy winds here in Shelby. That does not seem to bother the birds much. They are...
View ArticleBirding about Montana
Rough-legged Hawk, Dark-eyed Junco and Ring-billed gull… can you guess which is which? That is of course meant tongue in cheek. We finally got a shot of a Rough-legged Hawk without a fence barring my...
View ArticleSnow Geese on Lake Francis
A couple of weeks ago (03/29/14) Lake Francis had record numbers of Snow Geese. It can get tricky trying to photograph such large numbers with 600mm. I finally gave up on close-ups due to all the...
View ArticleValier, Montana bird finds
Always check your fence lines when moving down a dirt road. Never know what you might find. Took these today in Valier and Williamson Park just south of Shelby. Post by Eclectic Art of Nature....
View ArticleBackyard Birding – Mineral Wells Texas
Sometimes it pays to bird in your ‘backyard.’ As people, we tend to take for granted what is in our proverbial backyard. We tend to think that travelling to other counties and states will yield...
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