Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Another Try With Monarchs

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Last year about this time, Danielle tried raising a monarch caterpillar . Unfortunately, the butterfly appears to have succumb to a protozoa...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Triple Conjunction

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October 20 - I dragged myself out of bed before 6:00 this morning to have a look at the triple conjunction ... yeah, that's pretty earl...
Saturday, October 17, 2015

Another Brown Booby at Windy Point

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Another Brown Booby has made an appearance at Bob Wentz Windy Point Park in Lake Travis. This time a juvenile. This pelagic bird is rarely ...
Saturday, October 10, 2015

Monarchs at South Llano

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This evening, after a frustrating afternoon trying to see turkeys, Danielle found a roost of Monarch Butterflies in a grove Frost Weed near...

Birding at South Llano River

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Below is a slide show of from our quick weekend trip to the South Llano River State Park . This park has some nice bird blinds and we were l...
Thursday, October 1, 2015

Watch 'em Burn

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At lunch today, I opened this fortune cookie. I am guessing that there was something lost in the translation. They could have chosen ...
Monday, September 28, 2015

Lunar Eclipse Trip to Inks Lake

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Last night was the "Supermoon Lunar Eclipse," and eclipse that got alot more media attention that previous eclipses in this tetrad...
Saturday, September 26, 2015

Night Heron and Berry Springs

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Quick jaunt to Berry Springs park near sundown to see what birds were to be found. A few blue-gray gnatcatchers were foraging in the brush a...

Test of Canon Extender

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Trying the Canon Extender EF 1.4x III today on the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS II USM and Canon 7DII .  My earlier tests with the Kenko 1.4 a...
Friday, September 18, 2015

Suckers Wanted

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A quick Google search on "Volkswagen" today provides many articles on the blatant cheating Volkswagen engaged in to defraud the ...