Hummingbird Chicks
Developing chicks at Mills Pond.

Developing chicks at Mills Pond.

Meadowlarks Split Article at ABA
Got bird # 149 at the Dacha recently (found by Mary)
Here’s a comparison of Semipalmated with a Least. So I think we can see actual black legs here on this sandpiper. It’s a short-winged bird; wings are just atop tail. Bill is short and pretty straight. Overall coloration is fairly pale, not brown. Baird’s and Least are brown-hued birds. Both also have a chest coloration…
First from Lake Balmorhea, 2nd from Choke Canyon Reservoir. ID?
Just added bird 148 at The Dacha: Western Meadowlark. (Note: I don’t have a pix of Western, this one’s an Eastern).
Had clay colored sparrow and black chin hummer for first time this spring at the dacha. Fos white eyed vireo this week. Still have 4 species of winter sparrows, su skins and spot towhee.