Tree Frogs at The Dacha
Tree frogs have been hanging around my place near Liberty Hill.




Tree frogs have been hanging around my place near Liberty Hill.




Sometimes fascinating nature happens right in your backyard!! We came back from a weekend trip yesterday and were unloading the car, going in and out. I stepped into the front room and felt the air conditioner kick on, blowing from the vents, and simultaneously I smelled an awful, putrid, dead animal smell. We searched around…
Well………………………………….ya’ll have heard me talk about “The Dacha” — my serene place on the North San Gabriel River……….well yesterday it was not so serene!!! I couldn’t get too close when I went out about 2:00pm so you can only see my blue tiny house on wheels in 1 pix. Most of what you can see…
I’m hoping this lead weight I just found on walk will thwart the raccoons from lifting and pillaging my feeder!!!
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…
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…
Not birds, but what the heck: getting some neowise pix