Sun Dance
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As I was looking out the dining room windows a couple of hours ago, I saw a Cooper’s Hawk (Astur cooperii) fly to the ground. I grabbed my camera off the dining room table and went outside to the deck. … Read More
Pollinator Week
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While walking the grounds of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center a few years ago, I witnessed several pollinators doing their job of carrying pollen from flower to flower. However, little did I know that I was going to have … Read More
Pollinator Week
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This past weekend, I visited the Travis Audubon Baker Sanctuary for the first time. It was a Master Naturalist event hosted by another chapter in Austin. The sanctuary is located just 14.5 miles (a little over 23 km) from home. … Read More
North America’s Largest Heron
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It has not been too long since I had a post about Great Blue Herons. This bird is worth featuring again, especially when all photos here were captured just a couple of hours ago outside my backyard. It all started … Read More
Western Cattle-Egret
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There is a well-known rookery at Murphy Park in Taylor, Texas. Although the park is around 120 acres in size, the rookery is located in a relatively small lake. The big attraction is the sheer number of egrets, herons, and … Read More
Hunter of the Shallows
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An advantage of having a pond behind our house is that I can spend ample time observing the wildlife that comes here, and there is plenty to learn from them! I am featuring the Green Heron (Butorides virescens) this week. … Read More
Shell-ebrate Turtles!
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Just as I did a year ago, today it’s time to shell-ebrate World Turtle Day (May 23). This year, I focus on the Red-Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) or Red-Eared Terrapin. These are a subspecies of the pond slider (Trachemys … Read More
The Elegant Wader
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The Black-Necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) is an elegant aquatic bird in the Americas and Hawaii. Its bright pink legs are proportionately longer than any other bird except the flamingos. They measure around 13 to 17 inches (33 to 43 cm), … Read More
Animal Bloopers
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Lens-Artists Challenge #349: The First Thing I Thought Of… I did a double-take when I first saw this scene at the Leonabell Turnbull Birding Center (Port Aransas, Texas). Does the duck think no one sees it? Well, maybe so, as I … Read More
My Photography, My Rules
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Lens-Artists Challenge #347: Break the Rules! Before I found out there were rules in photography, I was simply shooting what I liked. I agree that rules help make a shot a better image. However, there are times when your intuition speaks … Read More