Birding

[hookem2010 2609]

Had one of my rarest finds ever yesterday, a pomarine jaeger, flying over a smallish lake in Round Rock. They're basically mean, large gulls that are rare even along the coast in Texas, much less 250 miles inland. I really need to get a camera to at least document these surprises.

The next couple months is my favorite times of year. The first cold snap (hopefully), fall migration with weird shit showing up, and the meat of football season. Fuck yes.

[CycleTex87 2958]

all I got

[hookem2010 2609]

Some nice fall migration in the yard today. Great Crested flycatcher, Nashville and yellow warblers, red-eyed vireo, and was even able to snag a bin pic of a summer tanager.

[Coach pop a bitch 5459]

Everytime I put up hummingbird feeder it gets overwhelmed with bees. Am I doing something wrong

[Masshole Horn 763]

Everytime I put up hummingbird feeder it gets overwhelmed with bees. Am I doing something wrong

Get one that doesn’t have yellow. We switched to all red and no more bees.

[hookem2010 2609]

I've barely touched my bins since baby #2 arrived a month ago, but I did stumble upon a flock of least sandpipers. Wouldn't be particularly notable, except it was my 200th species I've recorded within 2 miles of the Round Rock home we moved to about 2 years ago. Not bad for suburbia.

Nice flyover osprey and sharp-shinned hawks today as well. These birds are about the only reason I know winter is coming.