It was hot (92F as I write this), overcast and extremely windy this morning. Most of the birds, and people with sense, were hunkered down in sheltered shade, leaving only birders wandering around stumbling from shade to shade. It was weather that simply saps your energy. In spite of this we saw a few birds and got a handful of photos to remember the day.
I was particularly satisfied with the Black-chinned Hummingbird. It was quite a distance away at the top of a tree, silhouetted against a bright overcast sky. I took an educated guess at settings, released a deep breath and hit the button. Frankly very lucky.
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| Black-chinned Hummingbird |
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| Curve-billed Thrasher |
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| Abbot's Bagworm Moth. |
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| Snowy Egret |
- Gunnar
7 comments:
Beautiful! i really like the grey thrasher as well.
Curved-billed Thrasher. Very vocal. A little like Mockingbirds but less mimics and more composers using borrowed material. We have a pair nesting here in our winter Texas garden at the Alamo Apartments. And yes, that is a plug.
No idea what made that insect nest, but it looks like an art installation.
A landlocked caddis fly?
Haha. A landlocked Caddisfly would be unusual...
The nest belongs to an Abbot's Bagworm Moth.
Thanks Paul.
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