Some whistling ducks are conspicuous; like this Black-bellied Whistling Duck.
Hard to miss.
Slightly more elusive are the Fulvous Whistling Ducks, but I was lucky enough to spot a small flock of them passing a quiet afternoon amongst an assortment of other birds on the bank of a pond.
It can be so messy!
…has wings.
We mean to travel in the van this summer and I want to be able to work comfortably when we’re on the road. When I’m working, I have multiple files open at the same time, one or more usually providing information for the one I’m working on. That single laptop screen just doesn’t get it. This winged-screen attachment feels like a winner. I’ve been test-driving it on the dining room table. I’ll try pairing that with a real keyboard that has a number keypad and that could do it.
Los tres amigos.
The Firebush
The Lantana
And the Esperanza.
All recovering nicely from their winter stress.
Range map. Where it winters. Where it summers. I forgot to include it.
An eastern bird. We’re westerners, so we never saw it before we got here into this eastern tip of Texas.
Here is one for the summer tanager too.
A southern bird. It doesn’t make it to Colorado or the west coast, so we never saw it before either.
