To Thwart the Racoons
I’m hoping this lead weight I just found on walk will thwart the raccoons from lifting and pillaging my feeder!!!



I’m hoping this lead weight I just found on walk will thwart the raccoons from lifting and pillaging my feeder!!!



Just back from several days in Terlingua, Fort Davis, Big Bend area. Saw about 60 bird species, but overall low in numbers. Best bird probably Townsend Solitaire. Here’s some cool non bird animals we saw — the “B” trifecta — Black Witch, Badger & Bear. That black blob is the bear. We pointed it out…
Nature finds a way: this guy was sacked out on the neighbors roof in Hyde Park today!
After all the record cold, I was amazed to see a bat at dusk tonight in Hyde park!!
Non-avian denizens of the deep.
Here’s a few denizens and scenes from the Davis mnts. this week. The warbler was our 70th species for the cabin!
Made an early morning visit to Hornsby yesterday. I don’t recall seeing the water levels in ponds quite this low. Lots of floating mats in pond 1W and an island has appeared in pond 2 that birds are enjoying. 14 species of shorebirds including American Golden Plover is a pretty good total for Hornsby. Here…