"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
If there was a tiny black egret! Totally new to me. Not something that occurs out west.
Occasionally we see black egrets here amongst the regular white ones. We also have shy pokes down here too. But they ain’t all black
Edit; I think Shy Pokes real name are lesser bittern?
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
You're not fooling anybody Rog, we all know this was your fave when you were a kid
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
You're not fooling anybody Rog, we all know this was your fave when you were a kid
Lol, how many whataburgers and fries have they stolen out of your car or truck when you weren't looking.
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
Have a baby robin on the ground right now in the back yard. This evening momma fought off my dog, a rabbit, mocking bird and a deer. Nobody was getting within 5 feet of her baby.
Feel for the little one out there in the dew of the night, but this is typical robin behavior. You don’t sit on your butt, fly or else.
Wood Duck SandhillCrane Warbling Vireo Blue Jay Cardinal
Went to My Daughter and SIL's place today knowing that Sandhill's generally nest on their place or the neighbors. Wasn't disappointed as they were feeding in an emergent field of corn across the road, and highly visible.
The Woodie was a bonus. The vireo was maybe a miracle.
Have been recording the sound of the Warbling Vireo almost everywhere I've gone in the past week. If they're visible at all, they've just been a too brief unidentifiable blip of movement in the trees. This afternoon, daughter and I were sitting by the pond when 2 clearly visible and identifiable Vireos flitted out of the trees and landed briefly on an arbor archway. Not much bird to feel so big over, but I was as happy with the Vireos as I was the Sandhills.
Used the SIL's camera to get a shot of one Sandhill.