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Got lucky and captured this with great timing. They were waiting for Mamma to feed them.

This tom was courting three hens on the front lawn.

This is the only Olive Sparrow we saw on our trip. They are very shy, tending to skulk deep in the thorn scrub. On past visits I tried to track down singing birds to no avail so was very pleased to get this photo of a singing bird. This rather drab, unassuming bird has a patchy distribution...

An Osprey shortly after catching a fish.

The wind caught some feathers on its head to give it this mohawk. I thought I'd post a more dignified photo of my most recent uploaded subject.

Action shot of the diva of the raptors. Taken through a Kowa TSN-883, 25x Magnification, Phone Skope adapter for my iPhone 8+

Killdeer

Red and Raspberry. These were the first two guys back to the feeder after a heavy downpour.

Another kitchen capture.

*Doing the dishes...looks out the window....OMG!....runs n gets camera, shoots through kitchen window* Gotcha Mr. Nashville Warbler!

Took me a while to figure out this was a juvie female. The beak gives her away and the fact that there were other RWB's in the area. Hope I'm correct! At Huntington Beach State Park, SC

Sandhill Crane male standing guard while his mate finds food

Sandhill Crane female

Sandhill Crane male standing guard as his mate enjoys some nourishment

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus megapotamus) male quenching its thirst from a mud puddle.

Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) male and female.

A male house finch coming in for a landing at the bird feeder

Note the massive bill. This is the largest kingfisher in the Americas. Since the 1960's it extended its range in Texas where it was formerly a rare visitor to the lower Rio Grande. By the 1990's it expanded north along the Nueces River into Uvalde County. This female was the only one I saw on...

Eastern Bluebirds - Daddy with one of the babies that fledged on 4/21.

A male Eared grebe (breeding plumage) diving for food on a pond.

A male White-faced ibis (breeding plummage) foraging along a stream.

Lick Creek Park, Raccoon Run Trail through the bottomlands.

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1st yr bird.