Bat
After all the record cold, I was amazed to see a bat at dusk tonight in Hyde park!!
After all the record cold, I was amazed to see a bat at dusk tonight in Hyde park!!
Sometimes fascinating nature happens right in your backyard!! We came back from a weekend trip yesterday and were unloading the car, going in and out. I stepped into the front room and felt the air conditioner kick on, blowing from the vents, and simultaneously I smelled an awful, putrid, dead animal smell. We searched around…
Made an early morning visit to Hornsby yesterday. I don’t recall seeing the water levels in ponds quite this low. Lots of floating mats in pond 1W and an island has appeared in pond 2 that birds are enjoying. 14 species of shorebirds including American Golden Plover is a pretty good total for Hornsby. Here…
Non-avian denizens of the deep.
Nice and cool on the Oregon Coast!! Here’s a few birds and sea creatures. I’ll let you gull aficionados give me an ID on these west coast gulls. Hint: 3 species.
On return from Davis mnts today I made my regular stop at the pecos river on the outskirts of Iraan (that’s “Ira — Anne”). There I found a Least Flycatcher and a low altitude Uppy flyby. But what really JAZZED ME!! was the apparently healthy population of minnows and I believe Pecos Pupfish (will be…
Just back from several days in Terlingua, Fort Davis, Big Bend area. Saw about 60 bird species, but overall low in numbers. Best bird probably Townsend Solitaire. Here’s some cool non bird animals we saw — the “B” trifecta — Black Witch, Badger & Bear. That black blob is the bear. We pointed it out…