I came across this today. ABC news shows a video about the significant Monarch population decline, the reasons for it, and what can be done about it. Well worth watching if you have a moment. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/monarch-butterflies-decimated-torrential-rains-mudslides/story?id=10161340 For what it’s worth, I haven’t seen any Butterflies or Hummingbirds
Monthly Archives: March 2010Since it has been raining all day I thought I would try something new with the birdcam. I brought the birdcam inside and aimed it towards Coco’s (our African Grey Parrot) cage. This is about a 2 minute video clip, although for all practical purposes there’s not much to look at. However, you can hear...  I learned something today that really blew me away. We had 5 shrubs out front, what I thought were Mock Orange plants. I always liked these plants for a couple of reasons. One they smell great in the Summer, and second, they attract Giant Swallowtail Butterflies and Hummingbird Moths. This past Winter they seemed to...  As I was walking on one of the trails I heard the unmistakable cry of a Hawk. I always get confused between a Red Shouldered Hawk and a Red Tailed Hawk. Here’s what I found from reading my Sibley’s Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America. The Red Shouldered Hawk has orange bars across...  Another bird action sequence from Brazos Bend State Park. A Little Blue Heron goes hunting for food. First the bird checks the left hand side. Nothing on the left, how about behind? Whoa! There’s something! Damn, didn’t catch a thing.  Here’s some additional pictures from Brazos Bend State Park. This was actually an accidental picture. I was just trying to take a picture of a White Ibis. It wasn’t until I got home and started reviewing the pictures that I noticed that this bird had caught a Crawfish. In this first picture, you can just... I read this article today in the Ft. Worth Star Telegram. One again, it doesn’t sound good. Monarch butterflies, hit hard by strong storms at their winter home in Mexico, have dwindled to their lowest population levels in decades as they begin to return to Texas on their springtime flight back to the United States...  I intended to visit Brazos Bend State Park to take some pictures of the birds and wildlife. Little did I know the place would be full of American Alligators. I started off seeing some gators swimming through the water. The gator below seemed content to warm up while in the water. Then as I’m walking... Finally! I’m taking a week off from work. Tomorrow morning I plan on heading out to Brazos Bend State Park. A day or two after that I plan on revisiting Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge. I’ll also probably visit the Houston Arboretum, but after that I am undecided. I’d like to try a couple of new... By all accounts, the Monarchs from Mexico should be arriving any day now (in Houston). This current generation of Monarchs have been through a pretty rough life. They come all the way down from Canada to their wintering grounds in Mexico. This year the smallest population ever was observed (1.92 hectares versus the average of... |
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