Can-o-Cattle-Egret
A cool sight this morning: 200 or so cattle egret on Thaxton road south of McKinney falls SP.

A cool sight this morning: 200 or so cattle egret on Thaxton road south of McKinney falls SP.

Git yer bins on !! https://birdcast.info/
Suggest we keep an eye on the birdcast website over the next few nights and during the rest of fall migration.
On Saturday Eric texted me about Franklin’s gulls at Hornsby and I was sorry to miss. But on Sunday driving back from Dallas I hit the mother-lode!!!! I watched for at least 45 minutes and guestimated 3000-4000 gulls went by!! What a blast!!! And you’ll never guess the wonderful nature setting where I witnessed this………………………………….
Eric and I had an interesting time during April watching the radar for birds and especially cold fronts that might mean a fallout. I may be wrong, but I think this radar depiction shows migrating birds (light blue) and then an approaching cold front (April 20, 2025). The birds seem to shy away from the…
Indeed!!!
I’m realizing I neglected to post anything on me, Eric and company’s trip to High Island and East Texas last April. In 2021 we had a fallout early in the week and then good birding all week culminating with Virginia, Eric and I watching orioles, grossbeaks, warblers, etc. streaming through the trees at Smith Oaks….