Nashville Warbler in Lady Banks Rose... harder to hide when drought has made all the leaves drop off!
7.9.2023 16:12Nashville Warbler in Lady Banks Rose... harder to hide when drought has made all the leaves drop off!Flowers in a Pride rainbow on our patio
5.6.2023 21:52Flowers in a Pride rainbow on our patioFor most of my life I only knew bluebirds from photos or videos, then in 2018 a sighting of one in my yard astonished me.
Last summer a pair of bluebirds showed up occasionally. This spring a pair has been seen every few days. I'm still astonished, and grateful
Birds seen in my yard today: Robins, Starlings, Cardinals M&F, Lesser Goldfinches, House Sparrows, Cedar Waxwing, Blue Jays, White-wing Doves, Black Crested Titmice, Carolina Wrens, Bluebirds M&F, Yellow-rumped Warblers, House Finches, Mockingbird, Chickadees, Redwing Blackbirds F.
7.3.2023 00:24Birds seen in my yard today: Robins, Starlings, Cardinals M&F, Lesser Goldfinches, House Sparrows, Cedar Waxwing, Blue Jays, White-wing...Texas Mountain Laurel is blooming but we hit 90F today so they can't last long. Think I will cut a few for fragrance inside
23.2.2023 00:42Texas Mountain Laurel is blooming but we hit 90F today so they can't last long. Think I will cut a few for fragrance insideSquirrels are so destructive they're hard to like, but I do admire and appreciate their incredible gymnastic talents! #squirrelappreciationday
22.1.2023 04:32Squirrels are so destructive they're hard to like, but I do admire and appreciate their incredible gymnastic talents!...For a minute or two I thought this squirrel was dead... then an ear twitched. Popped up all frisky half an hour later.
19.1.2023 03:13For a minute or two I thought this squirrel was dead... then an ear twitched. Popped up all frisky half an hour later.A new kind of woodpecker at the birdbath today - I think it's a sapsucker but what kind? The deep freeze of February 2021 left a lot of dead wood to attract them!
7.1.2023 22:41A new kind of woodpecker at the birdbath today - I think it's a sapsucker but what kind? The deep freeze of February 2021 left a lot of...The birdbath fountain had to shut down after being encased in ice last week but the playground was reopened a couple of days ago - Lesser Goldfinches are happy #birds
31.12.2022 20:12The birdbath fountain had to shut down after being encased in ice last week but the playground was reopened a couple of days ago - Lesser...Proof that Bell, Book and Candle can go under #ChristmasMovies
21.12.2022 04:33Proof that Bell, Book and Candle can go under #ChristmasMoviesToday I saw a Crested Caracara for the first time... make that 2 Caracaras! They were in our parkway here in NW Austin and the photo was taken through a dusty window. #Birds #Raptors
1.12.2022 04:32Today I saw a Crested Caracara for the first time... make that 2 Caracaras! They were in our parkway here in NW Austin and the photo was...Live oaks and pecans don't get much color so the star of fall right now is this Oak Leaf Hydrangea. Had one in Illinois, too!
28.11.2022 04:35Live oaks and pecans don't get much color so the star of fall right now is this Oak Leaf Hydrangea. Had one in Illinois, too!