At first I was dismayed to read that I have the symptoms of a chimp-aholic,* but the more I researched, I realized I was more a chimping...

Here are a few photos from the oasis that I didn't get posted yesterday. This is a Solitary Sandpiper . ...

Friends Ray and Roz Hodson visited this morning. Good thing they did too. If they hadn't, I would have gone to Alpine earlier and missed...

The oasis is greening up more every day, but will probably never look as good as it did before the big drought of 2011. The hills around me ...

When birding is bad I'm stuck with butterflies. Usually that happens on hot summer days, but it sure is happening lately too. I'm ke...

Reports indicate that migration is going good in east Texas. They're always a couple of weeks ahead of us. Most of my nesting species ar...

Most of you probably aren't interested in this, but for anyone who is, here are the data on W. Screech-Owl sightings at the oasis (keep...

Gaura I got a slow start today. Slept in, then hung around the house watering the courtyard. The weather was perfect. Overcast and no ...

Heidi Trudell wins the "birder of the day" award for finding a Black-chinned Sparrow at the oasis. I wonder how long it has been...

It seems every year we get a "norther" after things have leafed out and the new foliage gets zapped. My mulberry trees are loaded ...