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Photo taken shortly after the family moved to Midland, Texas in 1923. https://www.eskotaroad.net/nostalgia daily 0.75 2022-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1480384546671-ZQ3CCUKY8GFHA05JXMWP/image-asset.jpeg Nostalgia 1980. Gruene Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1488560472964-WRW8VNTKDWJX98PM7TZC/image-asset.jpeg Nostalgia Visiting the place I call "Bradberry Knob" in San Augustine County, site of the log cabin where my grandmother was born and raised. All that remains are the footings for the limestone chimneys and the old water well, seen here. Feb 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1483457713839-BSWMF5USYZMOQ1GPZS13/007_web.jpg Nostalgia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1478042826319-FSQBV1M2FO1Y0L8SARAZ/image-asset.jpeg Nostalgia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1517281135809-ZYS748LTG2WWX0JIYBA0/AAA.jpg Nostalgia On the occasion of our 36th Wedding Anniversary in 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1480390502653-NFKHCJ9EOGTTDAIQRZHH/image-asset.jpeg Nostalgia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1478042062829-NMFC0UGPWIX4HHBGBUTM/image-asset.jpeg Nostalgia Eunice High School homecoming royalty, Eunice, New Mexico, 1975 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1477706838237-85IPYN2GL98LN4BGI51E/image-asset.jpeg Nostalgia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1477634489687-XNAV00GIVOIOZRWQXQ9X/image-asset.jpeg Nostalgia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1480385857203-XDH4JRIB9PZKI3LY1TSK/image-asset.jpeg Nostalgia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1540321780115-R12MUK6X0CLG4RVSVYMI/37_SixFlagsRestored.jpg Nostalgia Photo taken at Six Flags Over Texas amusement park, Arlington, Texas in the summer of 1980. They had a new Polaroid Photo Booth, one of the first with instant color film technology. It took a single shot as opposed to the typical 4-shots-on-a-strip format that produced photos in black & white (sepia). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1477607149614-TSNUGGTM8E0LBS00FLIO/image-asset.jpeg Nostalgia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1480527673529-ZR2F74TCF074UT17R8OF/010_A_Scan-141005-0002_b_WC.jpg Nostalgia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1478041635711-2F1ZL68Q8YPIRG63I96A/image-asset.jpeg Nostalgia Andra Kay Chamberlin, circa 1981 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1478580849630-AN4EKUZ549FE1128TYTN/image-asset.jpeg Nostalgia At Fort Worth's historic Stockyards Hotel. 1987 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1483457895213-XYAQICYTZG2K1NHVJ741/ZZcan-151204-0002.jpg Nostalgia San Antonio, January 1980 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/27b06c0c-b4ae-4756-8ef4-1197dd57c539/image-asset.jpg Nostalgia Circa 1962 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1482270532045-UDUSU0GNCSNWTX1H689Q/image-asset.jpeg Nostalgia The Three Musketeers: Susan, Andra, Debbie. Midland 1978 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1480384478991-QFNCXRYD75HPJ2SB86NR/0002.jpg Nostalgia January 1980. At "the Farm" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1478042742206-K3Z0QPHHMV1RUP71E0JW/006_Andy_16x9+%282%29.jpg Nostalgia Ft. Davis National Historic Monument, Ft. Davis, Texas April 1983 Photo by Chuck Chamberlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1483456707193-ABQQ5PMFIDCJMYRI1XB2/image-asset.png Nostalgia At Forest Oil, 1979 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1478580939080-XIUA0EMG1TCKIOWJZW27/image-asset.jpeg Nostalgia Bruce, Gay Nell, Andra, Chuck. Ovia Spicer (seated). 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Photo by Chuck Chamberlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1488555021160-TEVIHHLERL7SPWP47E2F/image-asset.jpeg Photos On a very quite, still, foggy January morning, at Mountain Island Lake just outside of Charlotte, North Carolina, I noticed this guy quickly and silently gliding across the smooth glass-like water. It looked like a ton of fun, and I was envious enough to momentary consider trading my camera for his kayak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1483456050994-2E7W5B7TKNYB2ZOVJ9N4/TexonTracksLg2.jpg Photos The Orient Railroad tracks at Texon, Texas.Photo taken just south of the Santa Rita #1, the discovery well of the vast Permian Basin oil region of west Texas. Photo by Chuck Chamberlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1483456246206-92M13W3MQ38H3XAZ75OY/image-asset.jpeg Photos South Padre Island sunrise, 2005. Brings to mind the old adage "red sky in morning, sailor take warning." The morning red seen in this photo was Hurricane Rita slowly moving across the Gulf of Mexico towards Corpus Christi, Texas. The storm would later make a northward turn and strike land near Port Arthur and the Texas/Louisiana border. Photo by Chuck Chamberlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/2b5b4c93-9275-491a-aa2d-4956577bf412/9C725440-A70B-4F0E-A5A0-3BB3846D8907.jpg Photos - Make it stand out Disco agreed to sit for his portrait today. What a good bird! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/f2afc01a-ebb4-4ebb-9a84-f93ccd9b7500/HoodedMerG-G.jpg Photos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1488554727474-Z2QQW21RNAD9M4QKVHWA/image-asset.jpeg Photos I love taking photos of ducks and shorebirds because of the effect of light reflecting on the water. It makes the water silver and mirror-like. In the shadow of this American Avocet (winter plumage) you can see underneath the water's surface. Shot taken in San Diego in January 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1480609741805-QMIU01QWBT06CDKVKFED/image-asset.jpeg Photos Terlingua, Texas – (Sept 27, 2008) If you find yourself in Big Bend National Park and you get tired of your own camp cooking, do what I do. Buzz on over to Terlingua and visit the Starlight Theatre. Actually, it is a restaurant housed inside of an old 1930’s movie theatre, but they do have live music (locals) some nights and occasionally well-known artists stop by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1477581900238-84VKUCAO94S6X2NP0CI7/image-asset.jpeg Photos Bahama Pintail. Huntsville, Alabama October 2016. Photo by Chuck Chamberlin In October two of my sisters and a brother-in-law visited from Texas. My older sister Janet has taken up birding and she was interested in seeing and photographing birds to add to her list for 2016. I guaranteed her that we would see at least one bird in Huntsville that she didn't have on her list. This little guy was photographed at a local park and he helped me make good on my promise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1489156663049-TRGLGG84AHT9M2DJHEDH/image-asset.jpeg Photos San Diego, California February 2, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/6d684611-e73f-4236-8afd-8e951f3edaf8/WilsonsPloverG-G.jpg Photos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1540836749516-AY7JROZLHS5TWJWCTN51/Biscayne.jpg Photos Old Car City, northern Georgia, October 2018. Photo by Chuck Chamberlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1483456094967-SWY7QYH4TP8AHD8RK99I/image-asset.jpeg Photos Detail of sculpture - Haley Library, Midland, TX Photo by Chuck Chamberlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1483456121864-EVHDWKMDB1ODSQGSI1ZQ/image-asset.jpeg Photos O'Neal #1D, Midland, TX. Photo by Chuck Chamberlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1478055697798-CKJHIEMV2JXCGDMBMM1O/image-asset.jpeg Photos Inside the Capitol Dome, Texas State Capitol, Austin, Texas. Photo by Chuck Chamberlin, 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1483456071274-TTJKABIG5SP37VZ848W0/image-asset.jpeg Photos Near Highlands, North Carolina. 2013 Photo by Chuck Chamberlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1644466395519-5ORUUQXM7CKNWFRTKDN5/CozumelDeparture3.jpg Photos https://www.eskotaroad.net/willie daily 0.75 2019-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1477862947188-6BK4MAA1UMOIJIPI5Z1T/image-asset.jpeg Willie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1547768279412-C55SKR3C6Q89QBZ4NR5N/Willie2.jpg Willie https://www.eskotaroad.net/button daily 0.75 2019-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1477861404400-KMY2HS2Q31NYZ8S9E5P4/image-asset.jpeg Button https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1547766967998-SSLAVDZX52F2MJPQNY70/Button2.jpg Button https://www.eskotaroad.net/2017-birds daily 0.75 2025-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/f509afe8-e3e4-433b-9561-43e002804cf5/2023_424_OlivesidedFlycatcher.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/6b23249a-f26c-43ce-aa22-97b9c142de0f/413__EurasianWigeon.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Most years, there are reports of one or two Eurasian Wigeons spotted hanging out with the American Wigeons at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Northern Alabama, but we had never seen one. When we heard there was one spotted in Huntsville at a local spring we hurried over to try to see it. Yep, there he was. Looks like this bird, with a leg band, is possibly an escapee from a private collection. But maybe not, he was free to come and go so that makes him wild and others of his species are occasionally seen in he area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/fa738ec1-ec55-44b6-89db-571a08eb79ae/2023_425_AmericanFlamingo_B.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Hurricane Idalia (August 2023) raked the western coast of Florida and apparently displaced some of the American Flamingos normally only seen in that state. A week later Flamingos were seen in Ohio, Central Alabama, along the Texas coast, and on a small farm pond in south-central Tennessee. That pond was only 45 minutes from our house so off we went on a flamingo chase. Only this juvenile was present at the time we were there. But another chase, another Lifer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/56f87b15-d89a-469e-a2cc-32e81f83e362/2023_422_CanyonWren.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: On a visit to the famous Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre I noticed this little Canyon Wren. The amphitheatre is impressive and I suppose the Wren decided to check out the acoustics. He sounded great from high on a ledge, wish he would have gotten down on center stage for a better test. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/f05d72ef-9e00-4d5e-8bd7-097fb37efdfe/2023_410__WTHawk.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Winter resident south of Houston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619885987173-BQEXFMHUJ2KAGIHR0VQK/2021_369GreatWhiteHeron.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: Unique to south Florida and the Florida Keys, mainly within Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge and Key West National Wildlife Refuge. Birds forage on large, continuous turtle grass beds during a limited fraction of the tidal cycle. Destruction of seagrass beds by boating impacts directly by limiting the availability and quality of forage habitat causing the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service to manage specifically for this bird in those areas. Originally thought to be just a white color morph of the Great Blue Heron, recent research suggests that it is at least a subspecies of it. Some preliminary unpublished data suggests that it may even be a completely separate species. It is not ABA countable but I am considering it a separate species. Similar to a Great Egret at first glance but differs by exhibiting yellow legs instead of black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/451f6877-c017-42bb-a8f1-b0f01fbadcbe/2024_429_Aplomado+Falcon.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Okay, I know this is a very sub-par photo, but this rare falcon was a lifer for me and I could not get close enough for a better shot. Someday I will, and I will replace this photo at that time. Meanwhile, If anyone wants to sponser me with a better camara setup or funds to spend 4 or 5 days in Texas at Mustang Island State Park you can contact me through the contact page of this site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/7768239f-907b-47e9-b2da-362994e5677f/2022_399_YTWarbler_2.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Another “lifer” that Andra spotted. That’s two for the year. Guess I better keep her around and take her birding more often. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619917857388-8H9R17CXUKJGHPMI3XI5/2021_375IndianPeafowl.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: In Florida, peafowl are fairly widespread in much of the peninsula, with a total population probably in excess of 1,000 birds. Robertson and Woolfenden (1992) wrote that “[f]ree-ranging individuals have been reported for decades at scores of suburban and rural localities...However, it is uncertain to what extent the apparently feral populations are independent of domestic flocks.” Twenty years later, the situation remains muddled, but many flocks are periodically culled by local governments, implying that the flocks are assumed to be largely feral. The species is seemingly a candidate for eventual ratification by the FOSRC as a countable exotic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/0fcdc7bb-db65-4f0e-9692-4169121d2178/2023_415_Ring-neckedPheasant.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Introduced to the U.S. from Asia in the 1880s, pheasants quickly became one of North America’s most popular upland game birds. We saw our first pair in Iowa, then later we saw several more in Nebraska. Supposedly they are sometimes hard to see so I guess we just got lucky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1621443980039-N31ZUS8VB50R2D1YP6PH/2021_397BlackpollWbr.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Got this photo with thanks to Andra. She spotted the bird and called me over to point him out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/fc352360-c3c3-4683-a4b4-0fc9bca849a8/2023_423_MississippiKite.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Soaring high over Big Johnson Reservoir near Colorado Springs, Colorado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1621425381714-SZWN595TBT74IBR313JN/2021_394LeastTern.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Not on the seashore but at pond where I would least expect to see a Least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/3a91fc61-3c29-4646-b987-9bb3c186b35e/PurpleSandpiper.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out I have been trying for a long time to see one of these and finally did. Photographed at Cape Charles, Virginia, north of Norfolk across the Chesapeake Bay bridge/tunnel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/c20a36f8-f4e1-4d36-9d81-6e74f022d175/2023_419_DuskyGrouse.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Yet another bird that I would have missed except for Andra’s keen eyesight. And then again, some birds seem to just want you snap a photo of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/9cb453ac-d3c4-4a47-a002-3217d5abc17b/GooseBanner2.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/e3766ba9-136b-4063-8b32-024e5617ea5a/2023_411__SEOwl.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Short-eared Owl hunting over the grass and scrub of Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge south of Houston on a cloudy day in mid-February. A wing shot is about the only photo you can get of this bird. They roost on the ground hidden among the tall grasses of the coastal prairie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619889734484-HHQDA56IWOKRJAMXS47N/2021_370White-crownedPigeon.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: A South Florida / Florida Keys specialty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/ebe3a72c-a3d6-4301-bd12-ed0482be32d3/2022_405_TownsendsWarbler.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Only had time to fire off about three quick, poorly focused shots of this guy. This will have to do until I can get a better photo. A resident of the Pacific Northwest that was only migrating thru Southeast Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1611166366181-EG6I0EPBHMOCZ3NB0IGD/2021_361_RedJunglefowl.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: A descendent of birds brought from India to the United States in the 1960s as part of an unorthodox government program to restock the depleted American landscape with foreign game birds. In Georgia more than 2,000 Red Junglefowl were raised and released from a hatchery outside of Fitzgerald. Because the town offered protection from most predators and a steady diet of garden insects, a mostly pure population flurished here while the rest quickly disappeared. If you are a serious ABA “lister” the only places were you can count a Red Junglefowl are the state of Hawai’i, Key West, Florida, and Fitzgerald, Georgia. The story about these chickens intrigued me so I had to do what a good birder would do, that is, travel to Fitzgerald and get an “official” Red Junglefowl. Read about the Fitzgerald chickens here: http://mag.audubon.org/articles/birds/stalking-wild-ur-chicken https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/f4c1d7cc-f9e1-4994-8612-15719b948830/2022_398WilsonsPlover.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: And we are off and running on another year. First new “lifer” for 2022 was this little Wilson’s Plover that Andra spotted taking a bath in a shallow tidal pool at a park in St Pete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619840207780-1YZC39XJR2WNJPO23FCC/2021_365CommonMyna.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: Escaped or released cage birds from southern Asia that are thriving very well in the area south of Miami. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/856ed7ee-0123-4451-a59c-616081778a7d/427_Cattle+Tyrant.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: This South American flycatcher showed up in Corpus Christi this past fall and created quite a stir among U.S. birders. It is speculated that he/she hopped aboard a northbound ship and disembarked once it reached Texas. The bird is a big celebrity and dosn’t appear shy about posing for photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619974208778-AIVV369DH3O6UHVNZWHN/2021_378PipingPlover.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1612200302128-5Z92ZCCPJ2UIFFKXL0EV/2021_362_TundraSwan.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: I had to reach way out for this guy because I could not get any closer. Maybe I will get a better photo later. This lone Tundra Swan has been hanging out with the Sandhill Cranes at Wheeler NWR for about a month now. He is a little out of his normal range but maybe he has made some good friends and hates to leave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/3591dfc0-8b13-4d3d-830d-9831315f47b6/2022_401_LuciferHummer.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: We went to Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary probably because it is the most reliable place to see Lucifer Hummers in SE Arizona. Saw the first one after only about 30 minutes (spotted by Andra), but had to wait an additional hour for this particular bird to reappear. My first photographic efforts were bad so I was pleased that we “staked out” the favorite Lucifer feeder and waited. After the long wait I had grown restless so I started moving around which led to me spotting bird #402 - the Bronzed Cowbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/95e144d5-e916-43ff-80c8-6eb7b6fe12c9/2022_408_WilsonsPhalarope.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Since I don’t live in Phalarope breeding country I have to get this bird during migration season. I continually missed it up until now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/e1dcf9de-131f-4237-908f-23a9c1513bd5/2023_420_Violet-greenSwallow.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Me - trying desperately to track a flying swallow well enough to get a recognizable photograph. Andra - “Why don’t you just photograph that one sitting over there on that post?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/dca86807-befa-41db-90e3-91c079ee443e/2023_418_PrairieFalcon.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Admittedly, this photo is not sharp and of high quality, but I might not get another chance at a Prairie Falcon. If I do, I promise to work harder to provide you with a better image of this beautiful little raptor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/b208c890-1f3b-4349-812c-f8eb5479ea59/2023_414_EurasianTreeSparrow.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: In late April 1870, a shipment of European birds from Germany was released in St. Louis, Missouri, in order to provide familiar bird species for newly settled European immigrants. The shipment included 12 hardy Eurasian Tree Sparrows. These chestnut-capped, white-cheeked arrivals prospered in the hedges and woodlots of the region, ultimately spreading through northeastern Missouri, west-central Illinois, and southeastern Iowa. If you are passing through St. Louis and you have not seen this species you owe it to yourself to check ebird for the location of recent sightings and go for it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/7c6a2177-514d-4565-8ee3-4d0495133c5c/2022_404_Red-facedWarbler.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Now that I know where and how to look for these guys I can’t wait until I get to try again. With a little luck and patience I feel I could get a much better photograph. (Another bird that Andra spotted for me) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619984764620-NI64WIDEXKTU059APII0/2021_384ChimneySwift.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: A wing shot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/17027478-0b1b-49f9-a573-c1f46789878d/2023_417_Whimbrel.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: It was a wet, drizzly, morning and we were on the way to Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge in the sandhills region of western Nebraska. We had left the pavement behind a few miles north of Oshkosh and were now about 20 miles down a gravel road with another 18 to go. The clouds had grown darker and darker as a light rain had begun to fall. Road conditions had grown progressively worse and we faced the threat that the pending deluge might trap us without an escape route in an area with no cell phone service. So reluctantly we turned around. It was then that Andra spotted this Whimbrel feeding in the prairie grasslands. That was not an easy task because besides the wet weather, dense smoke from Canadian forest fires blanketed the entire landscape as if it were a very foggy morning. Scientists at the Center for Conservation Biology (CCB) and the Canadian Wildlife Service have tracked 3 Whimbrels on a 15,000 mile loop migration from breeding grounds along the Mackenzie Delta in western Canada to wintering grounds in Brazil and back again using different routes. The route was broken up into 4 major flights including: 1) Mackenzie Delta to the east coast of Canada where they join up with Hudson Bay Whimbrels 2) Canadian coast to Brazil over the Atlantic, 3) Brazil to the Gulf of Mexico, and 4) Gulf of Mexico over the central plains of the U.S. to Mackenzie Delta (Hudson Bay Whimbrels use a different route on this last leg). Nebraska Audubon records show that these MacKinzie Delta Whimbrels pass through during a very restricted window of time roughly defined by May 10th thru May 20th. We spotted our bird on May 18th. What are the odds? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619899103083-E5NJPC3VXHA5APXSGG2E/2021_374Ovenbird.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: In case you were confused like me, this is a warbler of the shady woods where it walks with deliberate steps on the forest floor, holding its short tail cocked up higher than its back. Although it is not especially shy, its choice of habitat often makes it hard to observe. The name "Ovenbird" is a reference to the bird's nest, a domed structure with the entrance on the side, like an old-fashioned oven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619877633705-G80BEQIP47QI8YG6UL5H/2021_367GrayKingbird.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: Widespread in the Caribbean, this big flycatcher enters our area mainly in Florida. There it is numerous in summer, mainly along the coasts, less common toward the north. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619984710001-OWEG3Z51XY7NOB3R16UM/2021_383GoldenwingedWbr.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: It’s a lot easier to stumble upon a warbler like this than it is to get a decent photograph of said bird. Sometimes I fail completely. But then other times I get lucky for a brief, fleeting second, and then . . . click! . . . . . Don’t ask me about the Blue-winged Warbler I failed to get. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1620055907210-DHZ52S0OA2Z6QGSUEJ4T/2021_389LeastFlycatcher.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: Did I ever mention to you that I hate to try to I.D. Empidonax flycatchers? The eyering should make this a Least, at “least'“ that’s my call. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/313e874a-3d77-4c52-a71b-bc0c5477ffc3/2023_416_White-rumpedSandpiper.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: On the Platte River south of Kearney, Nebraska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619984822312-C9CR0MJR70YKF8VH0LE0/2021_385Veery.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: Part of a High Island bonanza. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619842051966-0H7OBVA58FEAXVJ6BDFQ/2021_366Red-whiskeredBulbul.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: Another naturalized bird found only in south Florida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619897617494-2BYFGLLR1N2F275EIZN2/2021_373SootyTern.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: Found in warm tropical seas, generally far out at sea, wandering widely but often following warm-water currents. Avoids shallow waters and areas near mainland coast. Nests mostly on small islands, on open sandy beaches with sparse vegetation. The Dry Tortugas is the only reliable place in the U.S. to see this bird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1620056996679-M0BFLQPPAKD2S21IKYX2/2021_390WillowFlycatcher.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: Did I ever mention to you that I hate to try to id Empidonax flycatchers? Oh yeah, I think I did on bird number 389. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619920712051-1358DLBC5EZS9RUP061L/2021_376Swallow-tailedKite.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: Only had one chance for this bird. Traffic on the main highway I was traveling on when I first spotted him did not allow me to get into position for a much earlier and better shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/8a63600a-6098-4436-8678-b89c07ea0418/2022_403_PlumbousVireo.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: This guy popped up right in the middle of my efforts to photograph a Red-faced Warbler. Got three quick shots mainly because I didn’t know at the time that he was a “lifer” for me. Plumbeous means “of the dull gray color of lead.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/7e6ee490-5e86-4338-ac15-130062c57b98/2023_412__CacklingGoose.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Four subspecies of the Cackling Goose (separated out from the 11 subspecies of Canada Geese in 2004) differ in size, structure, and plumage. The largest is traverneri and is often called the Taverner’s Goose. This subspecies most closely resembles the Canada Goose and is hardest to differentiate. The goose above is only slightly larger than the mallard hybrid pictured with it. On land it blended in with mallards and domestic ducks so well that it took a concentrated effort to find it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/c7f1caf2-6100-472c-a4e1-7530acb2bd8d/StiltBanner2.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/10bf3a74-fa59-4ca9-9fda-aed3aec337c6/428_GraycollaredBecard.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: First-ever sighting of a tropical Gray-collared Becard in Texas had birders excited and flocking to Resaca de la Palma State Park. I found the bird by observing other birders as they combed the dense woods on a very cold and damp morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619922396404-SJAMZP5T94DZYNHAVTGI/2021_377NandayParakeet.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: Recognized by its black head (and formerly called Black-hooded Parakeet), this species was originally found in the central interior of South America. It has been popular in the cage bird trade, and Nanday Parakeets that have escaped from captivity have established large feral populations around Los Angeles, in the Tampa Bay area of Florida, and along Florida’s southeastern coast. Smaller numbers are seen elsewhere, including other parts of Florida and near Phoenix, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619895346977-GRAMZJTVUWXFINQ15ZVR/2021_372BrownNoddy.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: Found over warm seas of tropical oceans, often very far from land. Seldom comes near mainland coast anywhere, except when driven there by storms. Nests on tropical islands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/28da69bb-38bf-4f49-878b-9b5102c6ce19/2024_431_Broad-winged+Hawk+copy.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/f0474d8b-2664-4a61-a894-a4e1a2bec2b3/2023_426_AnMurrelet.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Every once in a while you get a chance to see a rare bird, or a common bird way out of it’s normal range. This Murrelet showed up in Chattanooga and caused a stir amongst the birding community. This is a pelagic (sea going) bird usually only seen way off the Pacific coast of the northwestern U.S and Alaska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619988669980-2QNRXLUSMPOYIR9LK4K5/2021_387EgyptianGoose.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: Native to Africa, this odd goose is popular in zoos and aviaries. Escaped birds have established wild populations in Florida, Texas, and California, and free-flying escapees are sometimes seen elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619893315646-K4QU9PE9ZLWQNAX50RBY/2021_371Scaly-breastedMunia_R.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: Native to southern Asia, this small waxbill is a popular cagebird. Escapees from captivity have established wild populations and is now widespread and common in coastal California, from San Jose to San Diego, and other local populations are established around Houston, Texas, at a few spots farther east along the Gulf Coast, and in southern Florida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1621288323170-EPNNUWNPFZ14QKCMRRVS/2021_391BlkthroatedBlueWbr.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Never got much of a chance to photograph this bird out in the open which would better display his magnificent colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1621443516996-MSFPU8GFEJP6QF38KSDZ/2021_395RedKnot.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: There are 36 or so Red Knots in this photo and this was the north end of a group of about 100. The locals said the Red Knots were just now beginning to show up on Delaware Bay, I was disappointed that we could not find a place that would allow us to get a little closer to enable a better photo. A boat would have been nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/bd440960-bb6a-4676-a985-b15907c61a96/2022_407_MexicanDuck.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: A new species of duck that was once considered a subspecies of Mallard. Found only along the border of U.S. with Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/92a3c3dd-8f78-4bd1-ac4e-34d259276246/HornedOwl2022.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1931bdc9-9127-4ce1-972f-bca8533b1d63/2022_406_RivolisHummer.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: I kept missing this Hummingbird each time I was in a place where they visited feeders. They fly in, quickly feed for a matter of seconds, then disappear again. But persistence finally paid off and I was rewarded with this photo. It fails to adequately show the magnificent colors of a bird that was known up until recently as the “Magnificent Hummingbird.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1621443894956-ABKV46ZQLE46WFN8LH41/2021_396BlackurnianWbr.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Had a great day at Magee Marsh in Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/690c9e08-1200-4779-8efd-79c868a4e8a6/2022_400_Rufous-wingedSparrow.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: This sparrow is a Mexican species and is only found in the U.S. in southeastern Arizona. Andra saw him first. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/a563d24a-9a73-4942-a6b7-1fe61eacd46f/2021_386_Am+Bittern_R.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: Nemesis bird conquered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619974265235-SYLPVFA5V215KLCH0AAX/2021_379WesternSandpiper.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: I went to Ft. DeSoto State Park outside of St Petersburg hoping to photograph a Wilson’s Plover. Did not see one but I did get two other birds, the Piping Plover and this Western Sandpiper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1612200610353-7UX2EUY5FL1LRAR3WMQQ/2021_363PurpleF.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: Finally! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619978937612-J5P1VRTBAEXVYKVJDH53/2021_382KentuckyWbr.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: Another prize from a birding trip to High Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619840143314-7NU10YNOWMO9QAHVA9W9/2021_364GlossyIbis.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: Fairly common if you go to the right area. I had to get to an area where these birds replaced the more common White-faced Ibis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/7c4de2f4-251d-4997-a9d3-0ffac07682ef/HarrierBanner2.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1f495ca5-181b-4975-a592-b4deecc7c75e/2021_392SeasideSparrow.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: Voted “Best Bird” of my trip to Delaware Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619883031748-IF8UDLY8KKF8EBDVPIAS/2021_368MonkParakeet.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: These birds, native to Argentina and popular in the pet trade, have been established in various cities beginning in the 1960s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/62d4f87a-2075-42c8-8620-ca97f15ff955/2023_421_ClarksGrebe.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: “Wait, that grebe on the right has white above his eye.” Andra had been studying the three grebes far across a small reservoir through her binoculars for several minutes. I said “are you sure?” They were too far for my zoom lens to get a steady and clear image. “I’ll go get the spotting scope” she volunteered and off she went. Meanwhile I sat and hoped that people walking over on the other side would cause the grebes to approach our side a little closer. After a quick look through the scope she declared that she was indeed correct. Great, we had found a Clark’s Grebe. We had come up empty at several previous locations over the past few days. After a very long wait, which the bird we were after spent napping with its bill tucked under a wing, I decided that my only opinion was to make a rather long walk to the other side all the while hoping that the bird didn’t counter my move by swimming closer to this shore while I was gone. It worked. The bird finally awoke from its nap and I was able, with the aid of a 600mm zoom, to snap the photo above. Mark another one up for Andra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/a1a26191-efad-4744-ab80-2f93b965dbf8/2022_409_PinkfootedGoose.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: This Category 4 (very rare vagrant bird) showed up on Andra’s iphone as a ‘Rare Bird Alert’, so after some discussion, and having to wait a couple of days for a weekend, we where off on a ‘Wild Goose Chase’. It would probably be our only chance to ever see this species, so the six-hour drive was not much of a factor. The coordinates shared by numerous other birders led us right to the bird’s location, and other birders present pointed him out to us. Much too easy for such a hard bird to get. Oh well, I can do easy-peasy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/30355117-418e-4492-ade2-98bdc8a9ce52/2021_388BairdsSandpiper.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: When you least expect to see a shorebird . . . . then POW, there some are! Now to stay composed enough to get a decent photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1621362748629-QZH8XK1YXY9KENR0TQTY/2021_393BlkbilledCuckoo.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: The best I could do. When you know they are there and they know you are there looking for them. This cuckoo was looking back to see if I was looking back to see if he was looking back to see if he was looking back at me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1619974471903-7HSVKT8LV16I2EOVMNB7/2021_380LaWaterthrush.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: It was a dark and overcast day when I found this Louisiana Waterthrush deep inside the Indian Mound Park at Dauphin Island so you will have to excuse the grainy photo. I will replace it if I get a chance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/c938ac4e-aea8-4b61-b30d-0697ac8100d2/2021_381WormeatingWbr.jpg BIRDS SHOT NOTES: It is such a treat to go to High Island during spring migration. You can get chances to photograph many different songbirds as they feed and rest on their way north. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1bc2158e-95ff-4518-9fe1-484431c92ffc/2022_402_BronzedCowbird.jpg BIRDS - Make it stand out SHOT NOTES: I have been on the lookout for this bird for a couple of years, especially in S. Florida, S. Texas, and SE Arizona. I get the feeling they are getting to be more common in those areas. The red eyes are a major field mark for this species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1644354126160-ZGAOKSNZ9IUM7TSOP3FG/Curve-billBanner2.jpg BIRDS https://www.eskotaroad.net/andras-cool-bugs daily 0.75 2023-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1543624229891-AKRW9Z0EYKPT78PXKG3C/hermitcrabsized.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs [Brownsville, Texas] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1543624302223-WWCMU5IVT01W4CJ3EHEF/bf2sized.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs [World Butterfly Center, McAllen, Texas] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1cf433f7-4c22-41c1-a1e7-c58f1847d2b5/DSC_0033.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs - Make it stand out I missed a very good chance to get a great, clear photo of this Gila Monster as he lay on the edge of the road. Despite his sluggish movement, I still had to recover from the shock of what I was seeing to get this shot. He was the first ever “wild” Gila Monster that I have ever seen. [SE Arizona] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/8bf2e4ad-33a7-4169-8dc8-274cc03076dd/DSC_9235.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs - Make it stand out Andra said “Look! There’s a Mexican Sister butterfly!” I photographed it for her but found out later that is is the closely related and similarly patterned “California Sister”. But now I know what the “Mexican Sister” looks like, might see one of those in the future. [Garden Canyon on Fort Huachuca, SE Arizona} https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/12d9e3d3-a9ee-486e-a26a-15e43b900813/Photo+May+05%2C+12+11+03+PM.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs - Make it stand out Patterns created by a succulent can be very interesting especially if there is color also. It helps that cacti and succulents are my favorite group of plants. {SE Arizona} https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1621305394294-ILYHC8ZIU9G1GNJO7HQO/zDSC_1631.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs - Make it stand out On a beach in the Lone Star State, what else would you expect? [Texas] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1529375466501-UGND1HWOWL68L2LG6JY9/_CWC0197b.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs [Huntsville, Alabama] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/c6e84242-ad71-4565-906f-0994d96d2cbf/DSC_9575B.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs - Make it stand out Sitting and waiting for hummingbirds at Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary was made more enjoyable by this little pocket gopher who insisted on feasting on the array of native flowering plants that had been carefully tended in order to attract the birds. Probably a Botta’s Pocket Gopher based on the locale. [SE Arizona] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1ac0be37-f914-4ae6-b02e-ec107f94d228/dove2.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/d43f93e5-2fa9-4cea-86a8-c31721323a34/IMG_0941.JPG Andra's Cool Bugs - Make it stand out [Moab, Utah] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/0b337a07-c2bb-4051-94c6-81d812168613/DSC_0995.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs - Make it stand out There are some people who think the desert is ugly and barren. They just never stop to look, for there is great beauty and diversity in the desert. [SE Arizona] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1543624257194-ZTXRJIWTPBT1KQSUG2TY/tortosesized.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs [Brownsville, Texas] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/b667d3a2-d868-43bc-a3a7-1efc4318aa6a/YardTriplets.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs - Make it stand out Chipmunk youngsters in our back yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/3d3e1e2e-fa0f-45f0-8a90-9a127eab6ebd/_CWC2290.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1620270216688-9CFWI3NBDCG4ETR2BM72/DSC_9482.JPG Andra's Cool Bugs The common Diamondback Watersnake Nerodia rhombifer. [Uvalde, Texas] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1525697301335-EL697Z48S8HKW831WU0J/DSC_56.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1544243668976-JWA3YLUAWYSLI6LL5O36/gsnake2.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs [Brownsville, Texas] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1588648666036-O5QQ35U8JJ5X3UJTI736/WheelerMoccasin.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs - Make it stand out Water Moccasin about to cross the road at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge near Decatur, Alabama. That sucker was huge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/3565108e-690b-4672-b9e7-91b3c1f4f797/redbud.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1529965480179-CE7PS6KMFWEMXG6RCUDF/_CWC0965.JPG Andra's Cool Bugs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1525662150951-85GGCEDSKITNJZIZ85EA/D2.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1620270541419-GBD8OLCJV9AFRPVKQHHB/DSC_5014.JPG Andra's Cool Bugs The Peter’s Rock Agama lizard, an invasive species from Africa, has escaped captivity in southern Florida and appears to be multiplying. Its range has been expanding, with observation reports from as far south as Big Pine Key. They eat insects but the problem is some of their favorite insects happen to be several endangered species of Florida butterflies. [Homestead, Florida] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1533517265538-L4JG44XYUG7DO5WCEY6Y/skink.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs A commonly seen Skink around our backyard in Alabama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/54130add-5855-48b6-bc07-feeef06ba324/_CWC2511.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1543624204691-Y7IFFVKI555EOTQEETYJ/bf1sized.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs Okay, get out your butterfly identification books and name this one. [World Butterfly Center, McAllen, Texas] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1620271320580-IEJ1HJ1X6439T52DQV4O/DSC_5041.JPG Andra's Cool Bugs Birding in South Florida can get slow at times and if it does you can turn your attention to other wildlife, and you truly might see anything. [South Florida] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/1543972174015-QJNQLMPTA706PLALTCRD/_CWC3956.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs [Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park, McAllen, Texas] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/15fe7c4a-1815-4c8f-af9b-198a864d9619/DSC_0294.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs - Make it stand out This page is not for birds but I could not resist posting this cute little Bewick’s Wren that we saw in Green Valley, AZ. [SE Arizona] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/7275d9c8-3151-445b-8563-cb4860ffb271/DSC_0040.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/b7f922dc-397e-46a5-b31e-d6e86b43c3d6/turtle.jpg Andra's Cool Bugs - Make it stand out What lurks in the deep dark waters? . . . . Oh, it’s just a Red-eared Slider. 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[Sep 13, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/54ecefbc-6ec6-4b2d-b872-af202b00dcc5/shot3.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Steel scribed with pattern and ready for the band saw. [Sep 11, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/fef00737-ad2f-4aba-898a-2b905baed6fb/33a.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Buttons and Swingers made and ready to be added to spurs. I found this step to be a challenge, but I think that I learned from my mistakes and the whole process should get easier on any additional spurs that I might make. [Jan 15, 2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/ee89f99f-6ae2-4f83-8e4c-76a92eeb635a/shanksRough.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Rough-cut Shanks [Oct 9, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/ba70acc1-484d-409f-be6d-93239bae5cbb/32a.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Shanks have been welded onto the Heel Bands. Not the greatest job but it gives me hope since I know I have room to improve. [Jan 11, 2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/3ee60987-6be5-4623-a258-7ffb99dd1c01/26.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Don’t get too excited, these parts are not assembled. I just took this opportunity to lay them up together to check on my overall design. I went with a shorter Shank and bigger Rowel than you see in the “inspiration” photo and I’m wondering about overall scale and balance. I guess it’s okay. I’ve come this far so I suppose I’ll continue on. This is a sneak preview of what “chamberlin 01” will look like when finished. [Nov 30, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/52e16394-485c-44f0-b758-383599f4b70d/shot5.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Some progress [Sep 14, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/050e16ad-a937-46ec-8222-02a1a669a39c/23a.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out After the initial bend using the bending machine, I still have to do some final tweaking to get the shape right. That involves this jig, some vise grips, a heavy hammer and wooden block, and a number of sharp blows using said hammer and wooden block on the Heel Band that has been heated to a cherry red with a torch. [Nov 28, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/045a5790-ffe2-4cc3-a2a2-84a0611d2a90/28.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Finally finished my 2x72 Belt Sander build. It seems to be running and tracking at the present, however, I am already planning an improvement. My home-made tracking device seems to be a little wonky and I don’t think it will be reliable in the long run so changes will be made. In the meantime I will start testing it out. I still need a platen (hard steel surface just behind the vertical part of the belt). [Dec 22, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/4b9a92d2-bf85-484f-b299-29549a5d31b9/30.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Tapered vs un-tapered: On the left is a tapered band and illustrates the look most spur makers prefer. It appears more refined and pleasing to the eye. On the right is a band that has no tapering, It appears heavy and blunt and clunky. The band on the left also has some rounding from top edge to bottom edge that does not show up very well in this photo. The right band is one I use for a pattern to get the hanger slots and swinger holes correct, plus the overall length and shape of the ends. I also used it to test my cold-bending process. It possibly could be finished out someday to become part of another pair of spurs. [Dec 27, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/5aa9fd1f-42de-4096-b352-2b494981e1e5/29.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Back in the shop after taking a break for Christmas. I am tapering the Heel Bands using my newly built 2x72 Belt Sander. The bands are heavy and clunky-looking until you taper the ends, then that transforms them into a more pleasing look. The taper starts a little past the mid-point and gets thinner towards the ends. The back center of the band, where the shank will be attached, is left full thickness because that is where the strength of the spur band is concentrated. [Dec 27, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/ee8e841d-125a-484c-a437-4ffab2f97c21/rowelgrinding.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Cleaning up the rough-cut rowel on a rowel jig using a course grit sandpaper on an angle grinder. [Sep 29, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/0cafb9ca-d326-4409-bb44-048c40b2e706/roweldesign.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Rowel design on Adobe Illustrator. I initially went with the 12 point rowel but was not satisfied after the rough cut. I have much to learn and my first efforts were not good. So I decided to back down to a nine point rowel (top row) and had better results on the rough cut. It took me a short time to get comfortable with Adobe Illustrator because I have not used it much in the past. The process is to print the design out on label paper, peel the back off and stick your pattern directly to the steel. [Sep 21, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/3650bb54-2fba-4fc3-a3fd-ccb415d204b7/21a.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out I searched Youtube for a better way to bend the Heel Bands than the old hammer and brute force method. I came across one video where a metal bender was used and it looked a lot easier. I decided to get one to make my life better, a very versatile apparatus that can be used in a lot of different ways during metal fabrication work. [Nov 28, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/0f41a2f9-8307-4380-afda-36a45e0ee51f/spur17.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Added my Maker’s Mark to inside surface of Heel Band. [Nov 4, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/afdb2d0f-4c95-4dbf-9f8a-c3a8ad48ca75/row8.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Cutting out a Rowel on the band saw. [Sep 26, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/4d145192-530b-4e1c-a018-5cbff5dd4378/38.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out I started on this project on September 1, 2022. Today is February 2, 2023. After five months I am officailly calling “chamberlin 01” done. Most of my time, when I devoted time to this project, was spent learning by doing, learning by watching videos of how others go about it, and learning by experimenting. I also had to gather several special tools for a workshop and find out where to acquire the raw materials needed. I thought that my first attempt would be full of flaws and blemishes, and I was correct. But each mis-step marks a lesson learned through experience. And it has been fun. As my old boss Bill Hodge used to tell me, “If you’re not having fun then you’re not doing it right.” [Feb 2, 2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/5a581cdc-81e3-4e35-a5e2-80515572a4dc/shot7.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out The drill press is being “pressed” into service. [Sep 17, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/896ba0c8-191b-4858-8a7f-58c9bfed5c55/20-1.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out After working on my first Heel Band I decided that the jig needed some modifications to make it easier to anchor the band while heating and setting the final shape with a hammer and block of wood. I put the heel band back on to test these modifications. I think this will be easier and work better. [Nov 27, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/e80aca0d-62e3-4742-99e3-98e6de5bdae3/shot8.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out “Steel” more raw materials have arrived for making future components. [Sep 18, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/64ff3e0b-9d12-478c-87a8-7c8be5485fa1/36.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Spurs are now completely built, but my job is not done. There remains a great deal of clean-up and final polishing, plus any adornments that I might decide to do. I’m kind of itching to do some decorations and maybe even some engraving, but that might have to wait for another pair. Decisions. [Jan 26, 2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/5e734779-6fed-4b32-9350-2e5ba395c775/shot1.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Raw Material: 3/16" (.188") CR 1018 Steel 1 1/4" x 9" [Sep 1, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/5c071cc1-f362-4a5c-9d2e-ea2d89779b00/shot2.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Another component: 3/16” Steel Rod [Sep 5, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/2d75978a-13c7-4790-b036-36da4e72beb3/39.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out I love this pair of spurs because I made them with my own hands, and I love them not in despite of their flaws, but because of their flaws. No one, and no thing is perfect, and flaws make us that level of uniqueness that gives interest to life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/ef7561c3-3d28-46b9-a70d-6a03e2f18ea2/grindingedit10.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out A little bit of cutting, a little bit of drilling, a little bit of grinding and now the two pieces depicted in photo one have been transformed into these (granted the top piece still needs the mill scale ground off). This is only a rough finish but they are now ready for the second phase. [Sep 20, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/293c56a8-86d3-4afe-9c52-8561f971ea4c/19.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out A quote that I came across one day while sifting through Youtube videos looking for “how to” tips for working with metal. Spoken by an artist named “Barbie the Welder” as she was helping someone who was attempting “art” welding for the first time. I try to live by this message each time a step or process that I perform on this project turns out to be less than I desired. [Nov 6. 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/503883dc-2daa-4535-920a-944774dfdc8c/shot6.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out The file is your friend, the file is your friend, the file is . . . . [Sep 16, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/d3dfe300-4968-4ad4-9f8a-2e66d2a67cd8/35.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Two spurs with Buttons attached. I am down to installing the Rowels and then the final grinding, sanding, polishing and cleaning. [Jan 15, 2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/72127be6-37a2-4561-b9cf-bbfef1c282ce/20.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Heel Band Bending Jig used to bend Heel Band pictured in Photo 18. This process involved a hammer and arm muscles for a basic cold bend, then heat was applied to band to get the final shape refined. For the second Heel Band I have decided to use a Metal Bender for the first step, the cold bend, then use this jig and heat to refine to final shape. That will save wear and tear on my arm and shoulder muscles. My motto has always been “Work smarter, not harder.” [Nov 26, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/31aed637-31c1-4b3a-98af-b6946f5e4071/22a.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Close-up view of Heel Band number two in the metal bender. SWEET! [Nov 28 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/415b2397-cecf-4ce9-997e-c7c7382450f9/rowelsRough.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Rough cut Rowels before filing and finishing. [Oct 9, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/2040f064-042c-4583-8ccc-5a111d5b4947/18.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out One Heel Band bent to shape, one more to go. [Nov 6, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/8f1cbd2a-fc91-4b63-be1c-dd80ddcb6d34/34a.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Showing the welds on the inside of the Heel Band that attaches the Buttons and Swingers. The ugly stage before clean-up. This is actually on the second spur and I did a much better job than on the first spur, so I guess one does get better with experience and practice. [Jan 15, 2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/c395adad-154b-413d-84d4-c7cfcf4a0b3a/25a.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Heel Band in the vise during initial “clean-up” work. I need to get a basic smooth and shiny finish before proceeding to the next phase. [No 28, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/90fa8533-1942-4774-91a8-c5b3a2adc4c5/31.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out I have come to a critical part of this spur build, the part where I must weld the Shanks to the Heel Band. The last time I welded anything was the mid-1970s. I have decided it would be best to practice a bit before diving into the deep end. The UPPER LEFT was my first weld in 45 years or so. Yikes!. UPPER RIGHT was my second weld that I then ground down to see it’s internal state. LOWER LEFT is a group of beads that I ran during my third or fourth practice session. Compared to my first effort of just running a straight bead I am getting better. LOWER RIGHT is my latest effort. I feel like I have shown improvement. Soon I will try my newly acquired skill on the real item. Here’s hoping I don’t screw things up. [Jan 9, 2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/efdf0984-1607-484c-ba00-709e475eba61/24a.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Second Heel Band done to match the first. [Nov 28, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/b67dd77d-58b3-477f-8fa2-3e26eb5c86dd/shoptour9-25-22.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Where it happens, aka the Sweat Shop. I refer to it as my “Shop Lite”, not really a well equipped shop but it is what I have to work with for now. There are some upgrades that will be required a little further along. [Sep 19, 2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/b63a41d3-6503-4e21-a41a-909205ee85c3/37.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out After several hours of grinding and sanding, sanding and grinding, sanding and polishing I have decided the time has arrived to call it “done.” [Feb 1, 2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5811523fe4fcb59d13a1c96c/80dc104b-009b-425a-8eae-5d5870909db9/shankscuttingRough.jpg Something Cool - Make it stand out Cutting out the Shanks on a band saw. 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