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)
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“Thar be Empids…..”
Plumbeous V gazes into distances ……..”thar be Empids out thar!!!”
Black-throated Sparrow
Missed these guys at Sparrowfest this year, so enjoyed them in the Trans Pecos!!
Harlequin Quail (Montezuma Quail)
I was delighted to add this heard only bird to the yard list at our Davis Mountains Resort (DMR) place. Also heard them most of the morning at LE Woods picnic area and saw one briefly. (This iPhone video is from a later sighting in the DMR). Current name is Montezuma Quail, but I learned…
Mercury!!
Forgot to post this one: I’ve tried to see the planet Mercury off and on for about the last 50 years. Being the closest planet to the sun, it is usually in sun or city glare. In March out in the clear skies of the Davis Mountains I finally succeeded!!! Here’s a greatly zoomed in…
Empids by Cin-Ty Lee
I enjoyed Cin Ty Lee’s presentation on Empids at TOS!! He’s got some good material on his website: http://www.cintylee.org/#/guiding-services/ I also notice that Butter Butt’s are scarfing down crushed pecans in the street in several locations.
Rufous Hummingbird
Adult male Rufous.