Lucifer
At Davis Mountains Cabin (The Land).

At Davis Mountains Cabin (The Land).

Ok, here’s where birding gets tantalizing (?) frustrating (?)…….again!! We were just out on a snow walk in garland near a wooded creek. I heard an owl. I heard it twice give 3 note, medium pitched hoots — lower pitched than Saw Whet, and Northern pygmy, higher pitched than Long eared — not screech, not…
Thought I’d do at least 1 High Island warm-up post. This time a brief reminder on the 12 regular Texas vireos. Plus 1 rarity. The 1st key to vireos is their song!! Learn it!! Most are quite distinctive, the exception being the 3 in the Solitary Vireo complex. The photos below tell most of the…
Anyone want to try this bird Virginia found at Lake Creek Trail this morning? The lousy pix is all me
Interesting Blue Jay vocalizations this morning in Hyde Park on my walk. 20-30 blue jays over a 100-125 yards were all making the same teedle call. Went on for over 5 minutes. Also some of the clicking or croaking noise they make. Since FB doesn’t have an easy way to add mp3 file, ill email…
Here’s one i know u wont have trouble with. but for those of you up to the challenge, i’d like u to detail the differences between this bird seen at mills pond this morning, and others of the “solitary Vireo complex”. (actually I think this is 2 individuals, same species).
Ok, here’s a mystery bird for the current shorebird class. (if you’re not in the class feel free to email me if you figure out the answer). I recently emailed a demonstration of how to take a stab at identifying distant shorebirds in bad photographs. Here are some really bad photographs (distant digi-scoped). But if…