Red-bellied Woodpecker Austin
Woodpecker’s namesake.
Red-tailed Hawk Project
Some of you may have seen this elsewhere. If you want to delve further into RT hawks this may be the place https://redtailedhawkproject.org/ Also a FB group. Red-tailed Hawk Project
Cattly Tyrant Corpus Christi
Who am I?
ID Bird
Who am I? (Fort Davis area).
Starlings
These guys are pests to native species, but there is some interesting plumage this time of year.
Shorebird Mystery Bird
Ok, here’s a mystery bird for the current shorebird class. (if you’re not in the class feel free to email me if you figure out the answer). I recently emailed a demonstration of how to take a stab at identifying distant shorebirds in bad photographs. Here are some really bad photographs (distant digi-scoped). But if…
Rufous Hummingbird
We have at least 3 rufous hummers at our Fort Davis place. The notch in R2 (2nd tail feather (retrices) from the middle) in one of the pix is diagnostic. Full adult male just showed up!! (more pix to come)
Least Flycatcher
Had 3 Least Flycatchers giving their “whit” calls in a loose flock this morning at my place (The Dacha). (Pix from last winter).
Gray Flycatcher
Davis Mountains in May. Can anyone ID?
Bushtits
Something I just learned: male Bushtit dark eyes, female light.