More Bluebirds and Other Friends from Peggy Garner Park

Today we have an Eastern Phoebe, a Black-crested Titmouse, a Golden Fronted Woodpecker, and a lot of Eastern Bluebirds.

I hope you enjoy them.

Mystery Solved -- Eastern Bluebird

Two or three times this past month when I take my walk around the neighborhood, I would see these small birds at a particular spot. They seemed to be the size of a finch, perhaps a tiny bit bigger. They were mostly grey to my unaided eyes but when they flew, there was a hint of blue ... I thought; maybe.

I've gone out with my camera on about four occasions hoping to see them but came up empty each time. Now today, I finally found them.

I thought they were Barn Swallows but both Google Images and Merlin both say it is the Eastern Bluebird. Looking at the differences, the tail feathers don't look like a swallow's. These are my first entries of Eastern Bluebirds in my photo collection. Weee!!!!

Belted Kingfisher and Killdear in Tejas Park

I don't see myself as a bleeding heart liberal but I am honestly concerned and confused with the absense of wildlife in our parks today. I see a new toll road, new houses, new construction, new traffic lights. But very little wildlife.

Tejas Park is along the San Gabriel River just as it feeds into Lake Georgetown. It is a reasonable ways out into the "country". Yet, while I'm there, I saw exactly one squirrle, a kingfisher, and small flock of killdears. My app heard a Carolina Wren and a Chickadee off in the distance which is kind of remarkable given how much contruction noise was present. And that's it.

Oh... well... I did see close to a half dozen small plastic bags that have dog poop in them. That also confuses me. Do the people that do that really think they are helping?

Baby Deer and Friends at Lakeline Park

I went out around noon to see what was active and found more than I was expecting. A family of deer came through with mama and two babies. A Summer Taninger. And a Great Egret.

Doeskin Ranch Trail

I've only been to this place once before and it was a short visit but I like it a lot. Many places have just one type of habitate like dense cedar trees, or grasslands, or scrub. But Doeskin has large old trees, some cedar trees, a lot of open gransland, some scrub, and a small creek. BUT... I still didn't really find much wildlife. The traffic from a quiet two lane road is most of what I heard. My Merlin Bird Id app that identifies via sound came up with only three birds. I'm assuming it is the time of year. In any case, here are a few images. I hope you enjoy them.

Various critters at Lakeline Park

There is still no real wildlife besides the usual critters especially at midday which is when I finally ventured out today.

I hope you enjoy these few images.

Sitting Dragonflies and Fishing Egrets

It was actually yesterday that I took these photos. I went back to see if I could find the moth I found before but I didn't see it. I had discovered a place that had lots of dragonflies so I went there and just sat on a stool taking pictures of those that landed. Then when I was done with that, I noticed a Great Egret fishing so I captured some sequences of it. I hope you enjoy the images.