The Green Jay and the Red Bird
In South Texas
It’s how we roll. Alone on the salt flats
Birds in the distance.
That black vulture.
Circling.
Directly overhead.
I know he’s looking at me.
A sure sign of spring
Our local huisachillo. (weesah Chee yoh) A kind of acacia.
They’ve been blooming since the end of January. Happy springtime! Common pauraque
Usually when I send out pauraque pictures I’m describing where the tail is, but it’s obscured. Here is a shot with the tail out in the open.
And here is a head-on shot I don’t usually get.