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One of the flycatchers that spend all year with us. Some of them routinely nest on or very close to the house and become quite accustomed to us. I'm always happy to have a bird that consumes lots of flying bugs.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas in January 2022
These bright red flowers caught my eyes with interesting stamen .
Canon 85 mm with 250D Closeup lens | f/2.8 | 1/4000 | ISO 200
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Morning glory bloom in a delicate shade of purple.
Near Rockport, Aransas County, Texas in June 2020
This series shows the various plumages of painted buntings. The mature males are a mix of bold colors: blue, red, yellow, green. Immature birds of both genders are a paler overall green or olive-green. Mature females and some of the young males show a darker, brighter green above, yellow-greenish underparts. As the young males mature, they go through a variety of plumage transitions. Beautiful birds and I'm happy to host them in my yard during the spring and summer months. An immature male - He surprised me with the all-red head but he was with a flock of other painted buntings and all the other ID markers fit. He was really beautiful.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas in May 2022
We have a lot of eastern phoebes residing on our property. They are flycatchers so always welcome. This one posed prettily on the center of three t-posts lined up to mark a newly planted tree.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas.
In Montell, Uvalde County, Texas. The plant is known commonly as autumn sage (salvia greggii). I think this is American bumblebee.
The male summer tanagers in adult plumage are a bright spot of red (almost orangey red) with just a hint of gray on the wings. They sing beautifully and their songs fill the air as they court the females, breed and raise young through the summers on our property. They are birds that arrive in the spring and then leave in the early fall to winter down in the tropics of Mexico, Central and South America.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas in April 2022
Went around with the camera to find interesting subjects covered with morning dew. Flowers just seem to look very pretty all decked out in sparkling drops of water. These are all wildflowers growing on our property during March 2019. In Montell, Uvalde County, Texas.
It's the little details that are vital.
Little things make big things happen.
(John Wooden)
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The males are brilliant orange with contrasting black on the wings, tail, face and throat. They visit our property every spring and summer, leaving during the fall and winter. Always brightens my day when I see them.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas
A small finch. From a distance they appear to be a plain little brown bird. A closer look reveals lots of streaks of brown, beige and white with some yellow and black thrown in. They are very friendly little birds - a couple have even landed on my husband and me when were outside working in the yard. They come to visit us in the autumn and leave in early spring. While they are around the air is filled with their high pitched tweets and buzzy songs.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas in October 2020
This pretty golden dragonfly is likely a red-tailed pennant female - at least based on opinion of someone at bugguide.net. Anyway I thought she was pretty. The small pool of water in the background was reflecting leaves from a nearby tree and created a nice effect.
Rockport Texas during August 2020
Green jays are colorful birds sporting a lime green upper body, blue and black head and yellow underparts. The tail feathers sometimes look turquoise. They are noisy, making a variety of calls including a very good imitation of a red-tailed or red-shouldered hawk. They come to my feeders but prefer to do so only when I'm not out there. Occasionally, however I will have a few cooperative subjects like this.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas in August 2021
In my opinion, the common grackle is not very common looking. The iridescent feathers give this blackbird hues of blue, green, purple and bronze. Other than that, they are generally nuisance birds that tend to take over bird feeders, parking lots, parks and any other space where they might find easy food. This one was seen in Dallas, Texas, in my sister's backyard.
Some say that cardinals bring messages of comfort to those who have lost a loved one. I found this beautiful poem to explain it.
Red Feathered Soul
When you’re lost or feeling down,
Don’t despair, just look around.
God made me red so you would see
That I still exist outside your memory.
I make my visits in bright daylight.
You’ll hear my song in distant flight.
My cardinal song is a call to you,
To tell you that I miss you, too.
I never left; I live through you.
A am everywhere and finally free,
Like love you cannot touch or see.
You’ll see me in the trees and skies.
I didn’t leave, love never dies.
-Elle Bee
This little Lincoln's sparrow, a migratory species that winters in our area, seemed to like the buffet enough to stay longer than the rest of his kind. Usually they seem to move on to nesting grounds by the beginning of May each spring.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas mid-May 2022
Not a particularly desirable insect to have in the garden, but we aren't growing cucumbers and the spotted pattern is quite eye-catching. The goldenrod blooms really attracted a variety of insects during October 2019.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas
Phyllogomphoides albrighti
perched on river rocks beside the Nueces River in Montell, Uvalde County, Texas.
This was an impressive bird to see in Cancun. I waited as long as possible for it to move to a more suitable photo spot but had to settle for shots with the busy background. This is a large heron with a bare yellow patch on the throat, white down the center of the throat to the breast, dark gray or black head and gray body with a pattern of buff colored bars or stripes on the neck (hence the name). This species has only one recorded sighting within the US - in Hidalgo County, Texas. The normal range is in Mexico down into Columbia. Yet another lifer on the books.
Cancun, Mexico during April 2022
Whoops, a little indiscreet moment captured. But they just looked so beautiful among those little flowers with light and shadows all around. There will be more of these brilliant butterflies in the future.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas in November 2021
Some toadstools growing on a grassy knoll at a golf course in Cancun, Mexico. I'm not an expert on fungi so I'm not sure what species this is. But interesting and a nice subject.
A small skipper butterfly with a checkered pattern on the wings. This one was enjoying the prairie verbena in our meadow.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas
This species of swallowtail butterfly is one I haven't seen often on our place. My photos just don't do justice to the brilliant beauty of these fluttering about among the wildflowers in our meadow. They definitely showed preference for the lavender flowers on the prairie verbena.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas.
Not completely sure, but I think this may be a juvenile or femal broad-tailed hummingbird. It was different than any of the others - slightly longer tail, with more white on the tips. Lots of hummingbirds came to my feeders during the summer in through the migration period. Drought led to a lack of wildflowers for nectar and the heat had them looking for places to cool off. I had some blooming plants, although many of them gave up blooming and just tried to survive. I put out plenty of feeders and fresh water sources for them.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas during summer 2020
The long-billed thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre) is a medium-sized resident songbird of South Texas and eastern Mexico.It bears a strong resemblance to its close relative the brown thrasher in appearance, calls, and various other behaviors; however, the two species do not overlap in range except in the winter when the brown thrasher will temporarily reside in the northern range of the long-billed. I have seen this species on my property, but they tend to be rather secretive and rarely come out in the open. My friend has a much better training program that I do apparently. This one came in for some of the goodies on the buffet multiple times.
Uvalde, Texas