Silhouettes
A chance to practice your silhouettes (and to be amazed that Plumbeous V can spell silhouette!![]()
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Only had 1 HO empid on this trip thus far. Near Cuba, NM. Not sure species.

A chance to practice your silhouettes (and to be amazed that Plumbeous V can spell silhouette!![]()
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Only had 1 HO empid on this trip thus far. Near Cuba, NM. Not sure species.

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!!
I’m not at home, but neighbor asking me about ā those birds flying over in V formation ā = Sandhills. Eyes to the skies!! And ears!! My favorite sound!!!
Anybody else see this cool local visitor?
And finally, here’s another cool gull from Corpus. It took me 7 tries over the past 3 years to finally get this gull. He’s been returning to a bait shop there for at least that long. Also compared to Herring in 1 pix.
Thought Iād do at least 1 High Island warm-up post. This time a brief reminder on the 12 regular Texas vireos. Plus 1 rarity. The 1st key to vireos is their song!! Learn it!! Most are quite distinctive, the exception being the 3 in the Solitary Vireo complex. The photos below tell most of the…
Here’s a reminder of 3 field marks for Downy v Hairy Woodpecker. 1 Small black bars on outer tail feathers (Downy). All white for Hairy. 2) Bill shorter than the width of the head (Downy). Hairy is much larger bill, comparable to width of head. 3) Red on back of head on male Downy uninterrupted…