Monday, September 11, 2017

Scarlet Tanager at Warbler Woods

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This weekend Danielle and I drove down to Warbler Woods, a private bird sanctuary in Cibolo, TX. We had a very relaxing day. Among the birds...
Friday, September 8, 2017

Hawks Make a Visit

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After not seeing any Red-shouldered Hawks for a month or so, a pair has been hanging around the yard this week. There are two of them callin...
Thursday, September 7, 2017

More Solar Activity

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During the total eclipse last month, the sun sported two active regions AR2671 and AR2672. These gave added interest to the partial phase im...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Great American Eclipse

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A year ago, Danielle and I started planning with her brother Ross and his wife Jill an "expedition" to see the Great American Ecli...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Goodbye Vali

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We put our dear companion Vali to sleep today. He was diagnosed with primary lung cancer a couple of months ago. Words cannot describe th...
Sunday, June 18, 2017

Red-shouldered Hawks Have Fledged

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The chicks have now fledged and are flying ... sort of. They are not very graceful but they are making forays out of the nest tree towards t...
Thursday, June 8, 2017

Martin Changing of the Guard

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This morning, two of the chicks in gourd #1 fledged, one about 9:30 and the other at about 13:00. This evening, the five resident adults and...
Sunday, June 4, 2017

Hawks are Branching

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All three juvenile Red-shouldered Hawks are now "branching."  That is, they are hopping out of the nest and onto nearby branches. ...
Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Hawk Chicks Waiting for Mom

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Some nice views of two of the Red-shouldered Hawks in the nearby tree sitting and waiting for the "food lady" to show up. The larg...