We had our annual Big Sit yesterday, and it was miserably cold and windy. Worst Big Sit weather ever, plus we had it earlier than usual so m...

I pushed myself to go water and service feeders yesterday, even though I end up getting sick when I do it. At daylight, when I stopped by th...

It's bad enough that March is the windiest month of the year, but on top of that, almost every single Feb-Mar everything leafs out, only...

I finally got to the oasis on the 6th of March. Lucifers didn't disappoint! I observed nest material gathering, but couldn't get a d...

My spring will be official when the first Lucifer arrives. Could be any day now, but unless a visitor sees it, I probably won't get down...

It's been a month now since I blogged. That should tell you how boring it's been here. Not one interesting bird to report in the las...

My daughter texted me a screenshot of a youtube interview of me she'd come across. I didn't recognize it by the screenshot, so did a...

The Texas Ornithological Society held its winter meeting in Alpine this past weekend, and a cold one it was! I went to the oasis Thursday af...

Loading in Alpine (Dec 30)   Unloading at CMO (Dec 30) January's nearly half over and it hasn't been totally uneventful. My 83 year ...

The weather had been great all Christmas week, but a cold front was due to hit today. So yesterday, I was itching to go birding before it mo...