Spent about 4 hours on morning of November 9 staking out Santa Elena canyon overlook with a buddy and some pleasant fellow birders trying to see nutting’s flycatcher. Had to settle for heard only but we heard it about 10 times and have no doubts.
Here’s a short sparrow quiz from the Davis Mountains. Can you do it without references?
Came across this titmouse with an oddly curved tail in the Davis Mountains. Hope they grow in straight next time, buddy!!
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Gulls class starts in 2 weeks !!! If you’re on the fence about gulls — Dive in!!! It’ll be a fun, learning experience !!
Who am I?
Allan and I had distant looks at lawn ornaments in Port Aransas yesterday.
Who am I? (Fort Davis area).
Gathered with friends, love and a random German in Eldorado, texas yesterday for the big astronomical event!!! It was a blast!! If you look closely at the most enlarged pix of the sun, you can see sun spots.
Today I saw my 39th of the 40 shorebird species likely to be seen in Texas for my 2023 scoreboard. Found a WIlson’s snipe at the Pecos River. (Didn’t get a pix today, this was from elsewhere). Saw 32 species in Central Texas (mostly Hornsby and Cedar Point), 1 more in west texas, only needed…
