Our birdfeeder is very busy here.
Brazos
More sound sightings of the owl. Distinctive “who cooks for you” call. Heard him while walking the Hoots Hollow Trail in the evening. Meanwhile…
Brazos bend state park
A couple hundred miles north of Port Aransas, just southwest of Houston, home of the American Alligator. Swamps and trails to explore. Red bellied woodpecker. Carolina chickadee. Tufted titmouse. Ruby crowned and golden crowned kinglets. Hermit thrush. American pipit. Pine warbler. Armadillos. Coons. Least grebes (pretty far north for them). Anhinga. Pileated woodpecker. Yellow bellied sapsucker. Red shouldered hawk. Swamp sparrow. Vesper sparrow. Cardinals galore. Black vultures close enough to hear their wings. Grassy fields littered with robins. They have two birds here we haven’t seen before, the Henslow sparrow (a reclusive little thing), and the barred owl. We heard the barred owl tonight, but haven’t been able to get close enough to see him yet. No sign of the sparrow yet. If we do see him, it will most likely be a fleeting look at his backside as he disappears back into the grass.
Brazos bend
Road trip! Travel day; we’re taking a trip! Time to explore another Texas State Park: Brazos Bend State Park. Forest and swamp. Keep your dog on a leash at all times. Don’t go in the water. Okay. We can stay out of the water.
My wife’s criminal behavior
We used to think I was the only one in our household with a jury-duty-criminal-past….. but noooo. When last we wrote, Judy had received a jury subpoena and rescheduled her date. They told her she would receive another summons before the rescheduled date, but that didn’t happen, so Judy didn’t show for jury duty. The following Saturday, guess what.. the replacement summons, dated in December, arrived. So in a show of good faith, Judy showed up the following Monday at the courthouse, summons in hand, to report for jury duty (on the wrong day). Her efforts were not well received. Not only did Judy not get to do her jury duty, the jury clerk was so offended that Judy would reschedule then not show, she told Judy she would be reported to the judge and the judge would be giving her a call to tell her her fate. That was a week ago. No fate-defining telephone call yet. We’ll keep you posted.