Marfa Breeding Bird Survey 2024
Another BBS out of Marfa is in the books! Here’s a few participants.
What say ye on the flycatcher? (same bird in 2 pix and a video)








Another BBS out of Marfa is in the books! Here’s a few participants.
What say ye on the flycatcher? (same bird in 2 pix and a video)








Came across this titmouse with an oddly curved tail in the Davis Mountains. Hope they grow in straight next time, buddy!!
Here’s a little jewel!!! Lance and I got them just in time for Empids class. By Cin-Ty Lee and Andrew Birch I’ve not had time to review it thoroughly, but the simplicity of presentation and Andrew Birch’s beautiful paintings already impress me!!
First from Lake Balmorhea, 2nd from Choke Canyon Reservoir. ID?
Speaking of photogenic birds….
Plumbeous V gazes into distances ……..”thar be Empids out thar!!!”
Had 13 shorebird species at Lake Balmorhea this morning. American Avocet, Less Yellowlegs, Greater Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Snowy Plover, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, Long-billed Curlew, Upland Sandpiper, Black-necked stilt, Solitary Sandpiper, Wilson’s Phalarope, and Western Sandpiper. Other birds of interest were: an early Ring-billed gull, Tricolored Heron, Black terns, Forster’s Tern, Neotropic cormorant and Black and…