May 31 – Meadowlark with 2 crickets

May 31 – Short-eared owl flying by

May 31 – Short-eared owl – last light

May 31 – Short-eared owl diving in front of me.

May 31 – Shortie in the grass

May 30 – Sandhill Crane near nest at Benton Lake

May 26 – Yellow Warbler

May 25 – Cinnamon Teal

May 25 – Yellow-headed Blackbird

May 25 – Great Horned Owlet at Giant Springs

May 17 – Yellowstone Raven

May 11 – Kestrel, King of the voles

May 11 – Landing Kestrel with vole

May 9 – White-faced Ibis

May 9 – Black-necked stilt

May 9 – Eared grebe pair in pond 3

May 8 – Duck and Antelope at Benton Lake

May 8 – Male and Female scaups with a Eared grebe

May 7 – Sandhill Crane flying over marsh

May 1 – Red-napped sapsucker with his telltale sap holes

April 29 – Shortie in late evening

April 28 – Short-eared owl on a mullein stalk

April 28 – Avocets mating rituals

April 27 – Swainson’s Hawk on usual tree at Benton Lake

April 27 – Blue-winged teal pair

April 27 – Giant flock of Avocets at West Bank park – morning

April 26 – 19 Avocets at West Bank Park

April 26 – American Avocet flying along the channel

April 11 – Goose nest on River drive

April 26 – Fresh hatch on River Dr.

April 25 – Flicker fight at Giant springs

April 24 – Male Sharp-tailed grouse dancing

April 24 – First burrowing owl

April 24 – Canada Goose with chicks

April 23 – First Swainson’s hawk of the season

April 23 – Male ring-necked pheasant on Sheep Creek road

April 23 – Golden Eagle flying

April 18 – Honker Hilton release

April 21 – Loon on the river

April 21 – Ring-necked duck displaying for nearby lady

April 19 – Mountain chickadee warns Red-breasted nuthatch

April 5 – Redtail on Sheep creek road, Cascade

April 15 – Osprey pair at Cascade

April 15 – Lone Sandhill Crane

April 14 – Tree sparrows have arrived

April 14 – Shortie backlit by sun

April 9 – Short-eared owl at Baker road

April 10 – Northern Flicker drumming on our chimney cap

April 6 – American White Pelican going incognito.

April 6 – Pretty pair of pruning Pelicans

April 4 – Heron fishing techniques

April 7 – Upside down yawn from an American White Pelican

April 6 – Osprey in our neighborhood

April 5 – Red-tailed hawk on a pole

April 4 – Short-eared owl flying by

April 4 – Short-eared owl flying towards me

April 4 – Short-eared owl in the blue hour

April 4 – Shortie hiding in the grass

March 26 – Common Goldeneye at Benton Lake

March 18 – Morning: Sandhill flying over farmer’s field

March 18 – Evening: Sandhill Cranes landing in field

March 18 – Evening: Sandhill Cranes flying over

March 18 – Evening: Sandhill Cranes in stubble field

March 18 – Morning: Sandhill Cranes taking off

March 18 – Morning: Sandhill Cranes landing

March 17- Evening: Sandhill in a farmers field

March 13 – Barred Owl in middle of the afternoon

March 13 – Blue Jay in Julie’s backyard

March 13 – Red-bellied Woodpecker in Julie’s backyard

March 1 – Female and Male Green-winged Teal Ducks

Feb 28 – Brown Pelican sunning at a marina

Feb 28 – Brown Pelican flying along jetty

March 2 – White American Pelicans telling pelican jokes

Feb 28 – Long-billed Dowitchers

Feb 28 – Blue Heron at the Rockport Rookery

Feb 28 – 2 Blue Herons at the Rockport Rookery

Feb 28 – Blue Herons at the Rockport Rookery

Feb 28 – White morph of a Reddish Egret

March 8 – Tufted Titmouse at Glennie’s House

March 8 – Turkey Vultures grounded during 18 hour rain

March 1 – Spoonbills at Aransas Pass

March 1 – Brown Pelican floating near the jetty

Feb 24 – Julie’s backyard birds

Feb 20 – Redhead Ducks on the river at Giant Springs

Feb 19 – Our very own Sharp-shinned hawk, called Bill

Feb 15 – Pair of Huns in late afternoon

Feb 12 – Short-eared owl with vole

Feb 12 – Short-eared owl with vole

Feb 9 – American Coots have the best feet

Feb 9 – Shorty on the raptor route around 5pm

Feb 9 – Ring-necked Pheasant in snow

Feb 9 – Male Gadwall

Feb 9 – Bachelors, Canvasback and a Ring-necked Duck

Feb 8 – Female Common Goldeneye

Feb 8 – Northern Flicker preening

Feb 8 – Golden Eagle near nest

Feb 6 – Male House finch with yellow

Feb 6 – Gray-Crowned Rosy Finches

Feb 6 – Horned Lark floof on 10 mile road

Jan 24 – Pgymy Owl at Yellowstone

Feb 5 – Subadult eagle steals fish from adult

Feb 2 – Flicker on the ground

Jan 28 – Juvenile Bald Eagle and Magpies

Jan 28 – first Short-eared owl of the year

Jan 28 – Sub-adult Bald Eagle with breakfast

Jan 28 – Bald Eagles on a fence

Jan 25 – American Dipper with insect

Jan 25 – Raven flyover

Jan 25 – Wilson’s Snipe, Lamar Valley

Jan 23 – Eagle leaving tree

Jan 20 – Sharp-shinned hawk in tree

Jan 18 – Dark-eyed Junco floof in a lilac bush

Jan 17 – Young Barrow’s Goldeneye

Jan 15 – Friendly Chickadee

Jan 14 – Female Mallard landing

Jan 14 – Raven and Eagle with a carcass

Jan 14 – Rough-legged hawk on a sprinkler

Jan 13 – Rough-legged hawk near Ulm

Jan 8 – First time Hairy woodpecker in our backyard

Jan 6 – Juvenile Bald Eagle at Giant Springs

Dec 31 – Western Grebe after a bath

Dec 30 – Chickadee at Giant Springs

Dec 24 – Canada Jay gets a Christmas peanut

Dec 20 – Crow at West Bank

Dec 20 – Snow geese from above

Dec 20 – Snow geese at West Bank Park

Dec 19 – Crows at West Bank

Dec 14 Gray crowned Rosy finch at Kitty’s house

December 5 – Rough-legged hawk

Dec 2 – Pheasant

Dec 2 – Hooded Merganser

Nov 27 – Sharp-tailed Grouse on high wire

Nov 26 – Rough-legged Hawk

Nov 26 – Geese at grain field in the morning

Nov 28 – Golden Eagle on top of Grain bin

Nov 26 – American Kestral at the corner of River Rd and 10 mile road

Nov 26 – Sharp-tailed grouse at Kitty’s house

Nov 24 – Gray Crowned Rosy Finch at Kitty’s home

Nov 24 – Sharp-tailed grouse in a row

Nov 24 – Dark morph Rough-legged hawk

Nov 19 – Tundra Swans at Benton Lake NWR

Nov 19 – Female Northern Harrier at Benton Lake NWR

Nov 16 – Sharp-tailed Grouse

Nov 7 – Still 75 Tundra Swans at Benton Lake NWR

Nov 7 – Snow Geese from 1 mile because of hunting season.

Nov 6 – Swan conversation

Nov 6 – Swan and ducks

Nov 4 – Juvenile Bald Eage on pivot sprinkler

Nov 4 – Gray Partridges, known as Huns (Hungarian Partridges)

Oct 31 – First Bufflehead of the year