Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Green-Winged Teal

Last week, I showed you a few Blue-Winged Teal duck visitors. We had a Green-Winged Teal drake stop by, as well.
Pretty green stripe!

And sometimes the head just looks a dark brown.


Alongside a whistling duck.

And the light catches that pretty stripe, again.


Such a beautiful duck!





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Thoughts with our neighbors to the north in Oklahoma.

Monday, May 20, 2013

April/May Wildflowers

I've already shown you our field of bluebonnets.
  Most are now going / have gone to seed.
A few neighbors still have Indian Paintbrushes throwing coral shades about, although their season is ending, too.
A few Texas Stars grow here.

I saved a few patches of Pink Evening Primrose from the lawnmower (with a few Texas Dandelions thrown in.)
Here's some of those Texas Dandelions by themselves.
Delicate spears of Pineleaf Vervain are everywhere.
And bursts of Golden Groundsel appear here and there (at least I think that's what this is!)
I think these are Dewberries, but anything with a vine I avoid like poison ivy. :)
The Indian Blankets (a.k.a. Firewheels) are beginning to take over the front pasture, now, mixing with the hay growth.

Admittedly, I did not work very hard to get these shots (and some are rather poor), and I've missed quite a few wildflowers, but almost all of these were taken with my cell phone as I walked along our driveway. Spring in Texas can be magical.

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Turkey Vultures

These shots are from late November.




 
 
I like these guys. :)

Linking to The Bird D'Pot

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Zebu Babies

Before spring is just a memory, I should show you some cuties in the neighborhood. I've shown you the miniature Zebu cattle before, but they had a few calves this spring that were near enough to the road for me to get some shots. These are from March.
The moms and dad

Just dad

A worried glance towards the calves resting along the fence line

Three cute babies



Sweetest little thing

This mom did not like me looking at the calves.

And the babies were quick to run to her protection.

The end.
Linking to Camera Critters
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