Here’s a little jewel!!! Lance and I got them just in time for Empids class. By Cin-Ty Lee and Andrew Birch I’ve not had time to review it thoroughly, but the simplicity of presentation and Andrew Birch’s beautiful paintings already impress me!!
Ya’ll may have noticed that we just changed the name of this group to Be a Better Birder (B3) with Travis Audubon. I thought it would fit how Eric and I are using it for all our classes these days. Any former and current students are welcome to post and to comment, but I do…
But the creme de la creme was the hour I spent with this couple underneath the railroad bridge!! They are setting up nest underneath there. Just a delightful way to spend some time!! But they hardly ever came out into the sunlight! But what was really astonishing for me is I was not aware of…
Another beautiful day in Colorado!! With a few stunning birds!!
Trying to get a mental handle on timing of warbler migration in Texas. So, naturally, I put together a spreadsheet! From Ebird data. Send me an email if you want a PDF of the graphs, comparisons (eg. the 2 waterthresh) and etc.
And here’s a few other species — all of which were a bear to catch in a pix.
Love the antics and appeal of the Pygmy Nuthatches!!
Here’s a reminder of 3 field marks for Downy v Hairy Woodpecker. 1 Small black bars on outer tail feathers (Downy). All white for Hairy. 2) Bill shorter than the width of the head (Downy). Hairy is much larger bill, comparable to width of head. 3) Red on back of head on male Downy uninterrupted…
Here’s a few birds from Colorado this week. This Junco was a window strike but we warmed him up and he flew away. Fingers crossed!!
It’s that time of year again. We’re on our 3rd group of Sandhills going over the dacha today 75-100 in each group. (Not sure they’re visible in pix)
