I made little progress during the week on the disappearing bird stream, but did find some time to work on it Sunday. We made the area for the waterfall, and I used whatever miscellaneous moss and bull rocks I had laying around. The flow of the water seems okay, it’s still a little deep so…
Butterfly And Wildlife Gardening And Photography
Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas
Author Archives: texdr I’m on a Spring mission. I’m determined to build what I am calling a “disappearing” bird stream for the birds and other wildlife. Not surprisingly, I’ve already made numerous mistakes which has caused me to dig, redig, and dig again. I’m getting to0 old for this, or at least my back is getting to old. …  With the increase in bird activity around the feeders I guess it’s no surprise that a predator would show up. This is a Cooper’s Hawk and it tried most of the day to find a meal and was unsuccessful. I first saw this Hawk early in the morning. It was perched high in a Pine…  I really like these little birds. I like how they constantly are doing their little tweets. I even noticed several at my work today and was pointing them out to one of my colleagues. Then I get to my office and think I have a bug on my shirt and it turns out one of…  I think the mystery Hummingbird is solved. My friend Greg Lavaty came by on Friday so that I could help set up his computer, and if we really got lucky, to see the mystery Hummingbird that has been visiting my Coral Honeysuckle. Fortunately the Hummingbird did appear and Greg and I captured several pictures. Greg…  It was a busy weekend, at least on Saturday. I’m doing a complete redesign of one section of the backyard. My goal for this area is that it will be much more bird friendly. I’ve already planted an Eastern Red Cedar and moved the Yaupon Holly to that area as well. My “plan” is to…  I’m telling you, something strange is going on this year with the birds, at least in my yard. While I’m watching the Eastern Bluebirds, Cedar Waxwings, and the American Goldfinches, Leecy says “hello hummer!” My first thought was it’s too early for the Ruby Throated Hummers to arrive so she’s seeing things, then I saw…  Yesterday we saw 2 Eastern Bluebirds, today we saw 3. There are 2 males (I think) and 1 female. The more mature male was also examining the bird houses. As I said before, hopefully they will decide to build a nest in 1 of them. In the first picture, that is supposed to be an…  Another very warm day today in Houston, and some unusual bird activity for me. For whatever reason, the American Goldfinches arrived today. I counted at least 6. That’s a small number compared to the masses we had last year, but they did appear a little earlier than last year as well. I only have Thistle…  We’re still raising Monarch Butterflies despite it being late January. Of course, this is Houston and today’s temperature was 78 degrees so it’s not like we’re having a lot of cold weather at the moment. I had forgotten how our Maple Tree is a source of nectar for Butterflies and Honeybees until I saw this…  I had quite the surprise today. I was sleeping in a little late since I didn’t have to work today and I awoke to what sounded like an Eastern Bluebird (the windows were open). Sure enough, I peeked outside and there were 2 Eastern Bluebirds singing their dawn song. Here’s what’s kind of interesting about…  I just bought (and watched) a new movie called Metamorphosis: The Beauty And Design Of Butterflies and thought I’d provide a little review. This is one of the best Butterfly movies I have seen. The incredible detail in the video is fantastic! It is also very educational. One of the main reasons I purchased this…  Maggie is my 10 year old (as of January 10) Golden Retriever. She’s had a rough December and January. I take that back. I’ve had a rough December and January worrying about her, she’s just been a little stressed because of her recent visit to the vet. Back in December we took Maggie to the…  I have a couple of exciting news items to share (at least they’re exciting to me). I made an impulse buy over the holidays and bought a new Canon EF 70-200 f2.8 II lens. From most of the reviews I’ve read on the web, this lens gets rave reviews. Since I sold my 100-400mm lens… Hopefully some folks will find this post useful in their Butterfly Gardening. Below is a video that I recorded today of Leecy gluing some Monarch Chrysalises to a piece of cardboard. We tend to do this during Winter months when we still have Caterpillars and Chrysalises and want to protect them from inclement weather (rainy,… |
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