One two three go.

Okay, here you go, in case the snake eating a frog wasn't the first thing you wanted to see...

World Bird Wednesday

Hey, there's a frog in your mouth.

Whoa. Kinda gnarly, huh? Forgot about this guy (Texas garter snake, I'm pretty sure) - found him in South Texas in May, working hard to get his meal down. It was a little difficult to watch, but he's gotta eat. By a "little difficult" I mean really rough. The frog was alive the entire time, which was about 20 minutes, eyes open and making noises. Oh boy.

I'm a wandering soul

Listen to this song, it may be my new theme song.

People C'mon by Delta Spirit

Butter Butts (II)

Been a while since I've posted these guys, eh? So here's some Yellow-rumped Warblers for you. Back in Tennessee for a bit and found these guys over at Radnor Lake. They weren't too obliging and were staying pretty high up snarfing the crap out of the sugarberries. Mmmm, what a tasty treat. World Bird Wednesday

Over there

Been thinking about Southern Utah a lot lately...this is from a while ago (summer 2008). Maybe I'll head out that way to play soon, hmm...been East of the Mississippi River a little too long. Skywatch

Tennessee Warblers . . . in Tennessee and Mississippi

These guys are everywhere right now, everywhere! You know, they've got places to go. World Bird Wednesday

I crave the desert

Mix and match

A puddle full of good stuff.

Weekend Reflections

Hey look at me, I'm a Magnolia Warbler and you're not.

I was in the Nashville area the last week and while walking around my parent's lake stumbled on a mixed warbler flock. It's been a little while since I've geeked out on birds, so I did a little of that. There were seven different species in the tiny woodlot - Pine, Magnolia, Tennessee, Black-throated Green, Nashville, Northern Parula, and Yellow-rumped.

I managed to snag some pretty good shots but got a little perturbed when the battery died...meh. The flock seemed to be a decent size and I was surrounded by warblers for a while. They were at eye level and only a few feet away a lot of time, but behind really brushy stuff and crazy hyperactive. There were some bugs that just seemed to have hatched and the birds were going to town, snarfing them up.

So here's some Magnolia photos (couple different birds I think) who were strutting their stuff in between intaking hoards of buggers. (you can see the bugs stuck on the bill in that second photo). Below was the spot this one kept going back to - lots of bugs in that spot). Here's a link to another post about Magnolia Warblers - got pictures of the 3rd country record for one in Trinidad and Tobago a couple years ago. Sweeeeeet. Nature Notes

What's that coming over the hill?

Camera Critters

Western Scrub Jay

World Bird Wednesday

Yo, bee.

What do I have to say here? I can't identify bees, who do you think I am? An entomologist? No, I am not. Macro Monday

Daily Dose of Cute

From Mono Lake last summer. These Belding's Ground Squirrels offered up some way too cute photo ops. (There are more of these guys if you search for them in the sidebar).