Night Flight Tracking
Smithsonian National Zoo Website

Smithsonian National Zoo Website

Are we in the doldrum days for birding in Texas? How do you get your birding fix during June and July? Here’s a couple of fascinating articles I ran across while working various arm-chair birding projects. The Doubtful Birder: Decision Making & Field Identification article David A. Sibley Article on Certainty in Sight Records
Allan and I headed out to Granger area yesterday on our semi-regular NED (Nature Exploration Day). We came across some nice shorebird habitats in wet fields and had 6 shorebird species for the morning. So shorebird season is ON!!! Here’s a few easy-peasy to ID. Didn’t get pix of several distant Am Golden Plover and…
Well………………………………….ya’ll have heard me talk about “The Dacha” — my serene place on the North San Gabriel River……….well yesterday it was not so serene!!! I couldn’t get too close when I went out about 2:00pm so you can only see my blue tiny house on wheels in 1 pix. Most of what you can see…
And here’s a small challenge for you B3 grads (or anyone else): ID this bird and tell us why. What is the diagnostic field mark?
Still from Granger yesterday. Here’s a few shorebirds for any graduate of the Shorebird Class to ID. Look at the flying flock carefully.
Sandhills about to hit a norther today: fallout!!!