Despite our continual, record breaking heat a drought, I really love this time of year when the Ruby Throated Hummingbirds are migrating through, and sometime soon, the Monarchs will pass by on their to their breeding grounds in Mexico. I’ll start with the Hummingbirds. I love seen this birds jousting for nectar each morning and…
Butterfly And Wildlife Gardening And Photography
Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas
Category Archives: Wildlife Boy did I have a thrill today (I know, it doesn’t take much). I was on a conference call while working and all of the sudden this beautiful orange bird starts feeding off of the hummingbird feeder. I had a hard time deciding if I should stay on the call or run out and try…  This post will contain lots of pictures so give the page a little time to load. Yesterday as Leecy and I were driving back from the grocery store, I noticed a large flock of water birds in this pond on Lake Houston. When I say pond, it’s a pond now because of the drought, but…  I woke up a little early this morning so I could water the Bamboo. It was also the same time that the Ruby Throated Hummingbirds decided it was time to feed. This is the second male I have seen. He’s obviously competing with the Honeybees I also took a brief video, and I got really…  I need to get a few things off my chest (actually just one thing). This drought. It’s driving me nuts. This whole weather thing is driving me nuts actually. On the East Coast they’re flooding. Down here in Texas we’re drying up. Is this the effects of global warming? What will this wacky weather mean…  I’m sorry I haven’t posted much lately. Now seems like a bad time to complain about the weather because of Hurricane Irene pelting the East Coast, but allow me to just briefly mention what the weather has been like in Houston where I live. I’m sure everyone has heard, Texas is experiencing “exceptional drought.” So…  I finally yanked out the camera after taking some time off from photography. It’s been so hot outside I just haven’t felt like taking any pictures. Despite the drought and its effects (very few Butterflies so far this year), the Cardinals appear to have done well. We have several babies that are being fed by… I wanted to get down my thoughts on being a Purple Martin landlord for 3 years now. As usual, it’s been a great experience, and each year has been more successful than the previous year. The first year the Purple Martin house was located a little closer to the pool and it seemed like we…  Update: As of Saturday at 9:00 am, Lil Buddy is not in his nest. Hopefully the process that I did below helped him to fledge. I guess today is day 2 of my attempt to rescue/rehab this baby Purple Martin. I’m calling him “Lil Buddy.” I’ll share with you the full story and intersperse it…  I’ll try to be brief about this, mainly because I’m exhausted. Our last (and living) Purple Martin baby made an unsuccessful attempt to fledge the nest yesterday. When I got home in the evening the neighborhood kids came to my front door to tell me there was a baby bird in my front yard (all…  Although we’ve seen a pair of Ruby Throated Hummingbirds all Spring and Summer, today there was at least 1 extra visitor. It’s a juvenile male Ruby Throated Hummingbird. This little guy was not lacking in confidence as he would fly right above my head for moments at a time. He seemed content on feeding from… We had a terrible day in our Purple Martin Colony today. I’ll describe what happened, and if anyone has any ideas as to the cause, please leave a comment or send me an email. In our Colony, we had one nest with 4 babies, and one nest with a near fledgling (with the bird we…  We have 5 Purple Martin babies who have not yet left the nest. Actually, 4 are in one nest, and one appears to be a fledgling. I say “appears” because when I was looking out the backyard window, I saw something that looked like a little mouse near the garden. When I looked a little… Okay, I’ve done it. I’ve cataloged most all my books. I still have some computer books at work I need to catalog, but for this blog I think I’m complete. I’ve organized the books into sections and I’ll also make the list available for download should you choose to keep it as a reference for… I’m a little challenged right now with photography. It’s so dang hot and humid that I just haven’t been in the mood to go outside to take pictures. Even when I do go outside to take a quick picture, my lenses get so fogged up from the humidity that I completely miss the shot. Fortunately,… |
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