Today I will 'Spring Forward' my blog from
March 2015 to March 2017!
Time does 'March' on doesn't it! I can't believe it's been so long since I've posted. I haven't stopped taking pictures - just stopped taking the time to post them. So I have some catching up to do!
FEBRUARY FIELD TRIP TO ANAHUAC WILDLIFE REFUGE
We joined up with the Golden Triangle Audubon group for a great day of birding. We're new to the group so we have lots to learn about birding and they were all so helpful.
We walked a loop called 'the willows' where we saw this beautiful bird. This was my first time to see a Vermilion Flycatcher. He has such a brilliant red crown, lower face, and underparts with mostly dark blackish brown elsewhere.
The Sparrows
We saw several different kind of sparrows that I don't normally see at my feeder.
We walked a loop called 'the willows' where we saw this beautiful bird. This was my first time to see a Vermilion Flycatcher. He has such a brilliant red crown, lower face, and underparts with mostly dark blackish brown elsewhere.
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| Vermilion Flycatcher |
The Sparrows
We saw several different kind of sparrows that I don't normally see at my feeder.
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| Savannah Sparrow |
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| Song Sparrow |
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| White-crowned Sparrow |
Water Birds
During the winter thousands of geese arrive at the refuge. We saw a flock of snow geese and lots of different kinds of ducks. I loved these little stilts!
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| Black-necked Stilt |
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| Red-breasted Merganser |
And the highlight of our day was seeing this special bird!
This is his second time to spend the winter here. Normally these owls are seen further west in abandoned Prarie Dog burrows. This one has made a burrow under a piece of concrete and luckily he came out for us and posed for a while.
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| Burrowing Owl |
"Life is a series of thousands of tiny miracles. We just have to notice them."
Mike Greenberg
Mike Greenberg
Have a great day and don't forget to spring forward!!
