Still hopeful...

Another triple-digit day of hauling water. Saw a selasphorus hummer that I knew I could only ID for certain if I saw the tail spread. So I actually sat down for a bit and waited...

It's an immature male Rufous Hummingbird.

On my way here from Alpine this morning I looked for Burrowing Owls along Terlingua Ranch Road that someone had reported seeing there on the 26th. I did locate one, and got a distant photo of it. I'm sure they're nesting there. They've been nesting there for over 30 years that I know of, but some years they're so scarce that I get to thinking they're gone. I was delighted to see one.