Sunday, August 23, 2015

Piping Plover at Hornsby Bend

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Another excursion in search of a Texas rare bird alert. This time to Hornsby Bend waste water treatment plant looking for a Piping Plover.  ...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

Looking for Sabine Gull at Granger Lake

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This afternoon, we took a quick trip to Friendship Park at Granger Lake in search of a reported Sabine Gull ... which we did not find. We sa...
Saturday, July 25, 2015

Purple Martins Move to Capital Plaza

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This year, the roost of the Purple Martins in Austin moved from the Highland Mall, east a few miles to the Capital Plaza Shopping Center nea...
Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Venus Jupiter Conjunction

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I was thrilled to be able to see a very tight conjunction of Venus and Jupiter this evening. Yesterday, the conjunction would have been tigh...
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Monday, June 29, 2015

Summer Birds Davis Mountains

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Here is a slide show of the birds we saw on our June trip to Davis Mountains State Park. We once again hoped to see the Montezuma Quail and ...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

Some June Backyard Birds

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I propped up some dead branches near the house and, with my camera setup inside the house, took pictures of backyard birds as they landed on...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Titmouse Chicks Develop

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This is a continuation of our monitoring of the Black-crested Titmouse pair in our nest box. May 26 - In the evening, I grabbed anoth...
Monday, May 25, 2015

Memorial Day Mammatus Clouds

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After the day of severe weather in Austin with flooding and tornadoes, we observed Mammatus Clouds in the early evening. This is the fi...
Saturday, May 23, 2015

First Titmouse Chick

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This is a continuation of our monitoring of the  Black-crested Titmouse pair  in our nest box. May 23  - Its hatching day and Memorial day...