12/24/2011 Backyard Birds on Christmas Eve

I stepped out into the backyard this morning, Christmas Eve, and thought it would be a wonderful day to take some pictures.  The backyard was alive with an abundance of birds attracted to to the various feeders we had set up.  Here are some of the results.  I believe the first photo is of a Carolina Wren, the second a Chipping Sparrow, and the third a female Cardinal.  I also saw Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Bell’s Vireo, and numerous other birds.  It was a good day.   Here is a link to these and some other backyard photos.     link

(btw.  I changed the ‘Galleries” layout in order to make it a little easier to use.  Let me know if there are any problems with the new access.)  Merry Christmas!

06/07/2011 Prothonotary Warbler and Eastern Phoebe at Fort Worth Nature Center

Here are a few of photos taken at the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge a couple of weeks ago.  We had been sitting on the Boardwalk for an hour or so when the Warbler landed and posed in a nearby bush.  The Phoebe has been visible frequently over the past few weeks as it supported a nest made in the boardwalk itself.  link