McLennan County RBA

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“Who are you really, wanderer?”

“Who are you really, [W]anderer?”—and the answer you have to giveno matter how dark and coldthe world around you is:“Maybe I’m a king.” – from A Story That Could Be True, William Stafford Harris’s Hawk, also known as Bay-winged Hawk, is a handsome raptor of the southwestern United States down to South America. In Texas,Continue reading ““Who are you really, wanderer?””

Long distance migrants

For survival. Twice a calendar year. We are never the only ones. I had the pleasure of scoping a species I don’t get to see too often. They were somewhat distant, and mostly backlit. Birds are not obligated to present us with good photo opportunities. They are not court jesters. However, on the first ofContinue reading “Long distance migrants”

Goldfinch, none-the-Lesser

Lesser Goldfinch reminds me of many places. My time and work in South Texas. My time and work in parts of the Hill County of central and south-central Texas. Work, play, Life, in the mountains of the trans-Pecos of Texas. Work and play in the American Southwest. Life, jobs, hardships, and letting go, in theContinue reading “Goldfinch, none-the-Lesser”

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”

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”