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Lots of these woodpeckers live on our property. They live here year-round and family groups seem to stay together long after the youngsters have fledged and become able to forage independently. I love them. Similar to red-bellied woodpeckers but with a different range. They have a yellow-gold mark on the nape and near the bill (hence the name golden-fronted) and males also have a red spot on the crown.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas during December 2019.
My aunt's garden attracted lots of butterflies and on one spectacular day in October 2020, I had the pleasure of just sitting and photographing as many as possible. Her garden consisted of lots of zinnias with a spattering of lantana, sage, lavender and rosemary.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas
Adult male summer tanager in glorious orange-y red plumage. Stopped to pose on a piece of driftwood in my yard.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas during April 2020
The dainty sulphur is the smallest sulphur in North America. Compared to other sulphurs, the forewings of this species are rather elongated. Dainty sulphurs typically fly just inches above the ground. The upper side is yellow with black forewing tips. They are also called dwarf yellow in some references.
This one was visiting some small yellow daisies during November 2020.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas
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I love armadillos, but do not like to step in the holes they leave behind as they forage for grubs. This young one was out beside the highway and I walked close enough for some shots. The road was on a slope so I was able to position myself at the bottom so the animal was at eye level. This one was very curious and posed for quite a few photos as it sniffed the air and listened to the sounds from my camera. They reportedly have very poor eyesight. Usually they run away very fast when they realize a potential threat is nearby.
Near Rocksprings, Texas in October 2020
Brown upper parts and white underparts, white eye-brow and loud voice for such a small bird. I call these the tattle-tale birds in my yard. They will immediately raise a ruckus when they see anything unusual and alert all the other birds. This one was near George West, Texas in December 2019
Found some wildflowers along the road during our drives through the Texas Hill Country. This is a variety of milkweed and host to many butterflies, including Monarchs. It was on a hillside along one of the roads between Camp Wood and Kerrville during May, 2020
Very tiny orb weaver spiders. I'm not sure of t he species but know by the design of the web that it is in the family of orb weavers. I love wet spider webs. It was a treat to see the one spider with raindrops dripping of of it as it made its way along the edge of a wet leaf.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas on 6/4/2019.
You only see the reddish colored feathers on Inca doves when they open their wings wide. I rarely seem to be quick enough to capture the moment when that brilliant flash of color shows through. But my luck was true on this day as I caught the moment twice. They seem like fairly plain little birds until then.
Inca doves, Montell, Uvalde County, Texas during February 2020
I love bald cypress trees and local "old-timers" said that once upon a time there were a lot of them growing along the Nueces near our area but logging took out many and a huge flood did the rest. My family has planted a few around our property and they are doing quite well. The fern-like leaves or needles turn brilliant shades of orange-red in autumn before the trees go dormant for winter.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas during November 2020
Very small butterfly with blue tinged upper wings and gray below with a pattern of black and white spots. These were feeding on Mexican hat flowers on a pleasant November day
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas during November 2020
This caterpillar is the larva of the Cecropia silkworm moth. It is one of our largest caterpillars. It feeds on many trees and shrubs including wild cherry, plum, elderberry, maple, willow, boxelder, apple, birch, lilac, walnut, pecan, elm, beech and poplar. In the late summer or early fall, the larva spins an overwintering cocoon attached to a twig on the plant where the larva fed. The large adult moth emerges May-July. The caterpillar was beautiful and there were several, quickly stripping the leaves off our young plum tree. I carefully moved the caterpillars to a less desirable and larger wild plum tree nearby and they seemed happy enough there.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas in May 2021
Showing orange and black male perching on a piece of driftwood that is in my yard. The driftwood was the remains of a tree that was uprooted by one of the floods of last year on the Nueces River. It makes a nice natural "sculpture" in my yard as a place for birds to perch.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas May 2020
Male northern cardinal taking flight in a very flashy manner.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas
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This little Carolina wren posed with the chilis in the background creating a nice bokeh effect. These little wrens are year-round residents at our place. Very noisy, beautiful singers.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas in January 2022
I'm not 100% sure that I have the ID correct on this. But the closest I could come to was variegated meadowhawk. This one was in my yard during October 2017. Portland, Texas.
Male black-chinned hummingbird on a dreary day. He was keeping watch over the sugar water feeders.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas during March 2020
Hemiargus ceraunus
A pretty blue butterfly perched on the remains of a Mexican hat flower. This was on a beautiful November day in Montell, Uvalde County, Texas where many butterflies were taking advantage of the remaining wildflowers and nice weather to feast, pollinate and also procreate.
November 2020