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Old World Species (!)

Those three words have echoed in the distance at certain pre-meaningful moments in this one life. Old. World. Species. I miss those moments, those places, those few people per, those wayward individual youngsters that brought us to those Whens and Wheres. Old World Species. chase.. Glances at European and Asian fieldguides seem to suggest fromContinue reading “Old World Species (!)”

Bosque Carpintero

Another post serving as more a documentation note, as opposed to fine prose. I’ll start writing again, as I have in past blogs… past lives. At the moment I am working out a new-to-me web host and getting in the practice of placing my photos somewhere. Pileated Woodpecker had been reported late 2019 in oneContinue reading “Bosque Carpintero”

Not Much to Look At

… The photos, that is. The bird is quite stunning and not all that common among wintering waterfowl in McLennan County, TX. So I snapped what I could, before it took off. The teal was first discovered 29 December 2019, and has sporadically been seen through 11 January 2020.

New Year, Excellent Bird

First discovered by a group of participants of the Waco Christmas Bird Count, a female basic plumaged Long-tailed Duck was discovered far south of its tundra pond nesting habitat, at the City of Riesel water treatment ponds in McLennan, Co. Texas. Formally known as “old squaw”, the Long-tailed Duck has continued atleast through 9 JanuaryContinue reading “New Year, Excellent Bird”

re-Introduction

I have had blogs before in my life. Two blogs, in fact. Both of which are now defunct, sort of kind of: mwyork.blogspot.com and bigbendnature.com. The latter of those two I like to think is not totally dormant; because it had quite the audience. The former I am not even sure the password to getContinue reading “re-Introduction”