Ospreys are a close relative of hawks and are sometimes called fish-hawks. They almost exclusively hunt and eat fish, rarely being seen very far from a waterway. Many of the sources I have read suggests that they don’t live in central Texas, or that they just migrate through and are mainly in Texas during the… Read More Ospreys
It’s that time of year that I can take off hiking after work and have plenty of time before it gets dark with the sun not setting until well after 8:00PM. I don’t so much love the heat of summer but the long days give you opportunity to get things done. So, off I went… Read More Afternoon Scenes from the Wildlife Refuge
I have a planter in my backyard that holds 3 cubic yards of soil. I put it there to grow some vegetables a couple of years ago but I was very unsuccessful with that venture. This year in February I threw three bags of wildflower seeds and a sack of compost into it to see… Read More Backyard Wildlife
Being a bored person with a camera on a holiday Monday morning, I headed down to the fish hatchery to find birds to shoot. The birds love to hang out here for one reason or another and they are easy to find and photograph. Most of the birds are relatively tolerant of people as well,… Read More Scenes at the Fish Hatchery
I went to Enchanted Rock State Natural Area last Sunday for a walk. Much to my delight, the place was covered with wildflowers. So, I have some photos of the wildflowers among the granite to display. These were all shot hand-held on a very cloudy morning, while hiking up the rock dome. The photo below… Read More The Wildflowers of Enchanted Rock
The inconvenient thing about having a full camera, is that they aren’t very portable and packable like a smaller point-and-shoot or phone. The camera and lens are big enough that many times I just leave it behind and then regret not having it when I want to shoot a good photo. The cameras on phones… Read More A Good Walk-Around Lens
One day I was walking through a park and saw several ducks up in a tree. I thought this was a bit odd and later learned that these were black-bellied whistling ducks. Since then, I have seen them around but not very often. A few days ago when driving home from work I saw them… Read More Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks
It was a warm summer morning in February and I went to the city park at sunrise with my camera – this is usually a good time and place to find birds as they love the pond. I guess the only people goofy enough to go the pond at sunrise on a Saturday morning are… Read More Great White Egrets
I was driving out by the lake with my camera looking for birds. I pulled over to the side of the road next to the lake and hopped to see if there were any birds and I didn’t see any on the water, but I looked up and saw an osprey and quickly started shooting.… Read More Ospreys Carrying Things
In some parts of the country December means winter. But as I write this in central Texas right now (December 27), it is about 80F outside and kind of hot. So, there is no chance of snow and most of the vegetation has either gone dormant for the ‘winter’ or doesn’t care and is still… Read More The Color of December
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