Heidi Trudell found a dark bird flying with the Ring-billed Gulls Thursday, November 8, 2007, around 12:45 p.m. at Lake Kirby, Taylor County, TX. But without a field guide, a definite ID could not be made. I re-found the bird around 4:30 p.m. and managed some photos. We believe the jaeger is a juvenile Parasitic […]

Well, I’ve gone and done it. I’ve birded and taken so many pictures the past couple of weeks that I now have close to 200 pictures for show and tell. But because I’m a nice guy I’ll condense the collection to fifty. No, I don’t have time for that many either. So here’s the succinct […]

It was that kind of morning; a dark foggy cool morning, just right for staying in bed and getting some extra shut-eye. But after the birding-side of my brain argued with the sleepy-side of my brain, I arrayed myself in birding attire, grabbed the binoculars, and headed out the door. A few minutes later I […]

Another quiet week, a little cool spell and a few migrants marked last week’s birding. The above photo of a Green Heron at the Lily Fest in San Angelo was taken by Lorie Black. She said he really put on a show Saturday. He hopped from pad to pad. As it began to sink he’d […]

The beginning of September’s birding has been a little too slow and quiet even for this avid birder’s tastes. It’s hard to top two weeks’ birding in Big Bend last month and I got distracted by club activities, family matters, and football. However a little time spent outdoors quickly rekindled the birding enthusiasm and a […]

What a difference a few weeks make. At the end of July the sounds of begging nestlings and singing adults defending territories filled the early morning hours. Now all is quiet as our breeders are slipping out of the Big Country and heading south for the winter. I caught the juvenile Swainson’s hawk at the […]

Rufous Hummingbirds have hit the Big Country! Member Jay Capra photographed this beautiful male the first week of August at a private residence in the Buffalo Gap area. He says; “I was MOST excited about the hummer, having only seen a Rufous on our place once before and never 2 days in a row. He […]

The first week of August brought several neat photos my way that I wanted to share with everyone. John English went to Colorado and took pictures along steep, winding, narrow mining trails: Larry Millar shares his photos of a Least Bittern taken at Lake Kirby in June: Bill Kerr from Northern Ireland shares photos of […]

The end of July pretty much marks the close to the nesting season in the Big Country. The Dickcissels (above) and Mourning Doves were seen this morning still on the nest or tending young. But the Swainson’s Hawk at Dyess AFB has fledged; the Western Kingbirds and Scissor-tailed Flycatchers are clumped together in family groups […]

I’ve posted bird banding pictures recently, but I just had to share these photos with everyone because how many times do you see a hummingbird in the hand and it’s still alive? Kathy and I went to Christoval to Dan Brown’s Hummer House at the end of June (it was her birthday!) to watch the […]