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Locality: Hill Country, Big Bend Country & New Mexico - South Llano River State Park, Oliver Lee State park (New Mexico), Davis Mountains State Park and Seminole Canyon State Park/Historic Site. Camera Equipment: Canon Digital Rebel, Nikon CoolPix L3, Canon 28-105 3.5-4.5 II USM lens, Canon 100-400 IS Lens, Canon EW-63II Lens Hood, Hoya Cir-Polarizing |
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South Llano River State Park Drove from Houston to Austin (pick up a person) and then to South Llano River State Park. |
Bird Blind I was really impressed with their bird blind. We saw around 17 species at the blind. The most numerous bird being the Black-chinned Hummingbird. |
Black-chinned Hummingbird This is a male, both sexes were seen either at the flowers feeding or at the pool drinking water. |
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House Finch Female House finch. Thanks Elaine for the ID. Several of these were seen bathing at the pool. |
Lark Sparrow These guys just stayed on the fence posts and stared at us. |
Painted Bunting The female Painted Bunting came down first, then followed by the male. |
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Painted Bunting Such a interesting colored/patterned bird. |
Red-eyed Vireo This bird is actually a lifer for me, officially. Been in many places were it was spotted, at times even next to the person who spotted it, just was too much looking for herps. |
Black-chinned Hummingbird Several hummingbirds visted the feeders at South Llano River State park's headquarters. |
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Purple Martin At a Purple Martin house that is planted by the park headquarters. |
Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox Love the red phase of the Western Diamondbacked Rattlesnake. So pretty. |
Swainson's Hawk Probably a juv. Swainson's Hawk. Not 100% Sure, anybody have any insight? |
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Gambel's Quail One of the top five birds that I wanted to see this trip. The others were Red-faced Warblers, Plainopepla, Montezuma Quail and Golden Eagle. Saw 3 of 5 of them. Not too bad. Missed out on Red-faced Warblers and Montezuma Quail. |
Western Kingbird Saw lots of them during the trip. |
Western Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum testaceus What would I do to find a live specimen? This snake is still on my wish list, never caught one before. |
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Western Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum testaceus Most common snake seen on the roads during hot days. We saw a total of 3 of them on the road. Two roadkills and one alive on road (AOR). |
The Dogs The dogs are enjoying the camp site. I was really suprised that Louie (middle) didn't eat Pancho (left). |
Oliver Lee State Park Sunset at Oliver Lee State Park in New Mexico. At sunset, we went night driving on the road leading to the park. |
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Kangaroo Rat This thing is giving me problems. Only if I wasn't such a lazy butt and picked it up to count the number of toes it has. Ord's Kangaroo Rat has 5 toes while the Merriam's kangaroo Rat has 4 toes. Orb's have the pale spot under ears and eyes, as in the picture. But Merriam's have the more white than black on the tail, which is also in the picture. Lesson from this: count the roadkill's toes. |
Mice Not really sure what species this is. Was going to use the white patch on top of head as a ID mark, but so such luck so far. |
Couch's Spadefoot One of two Couch's spadefoots we saw. I was hoping to see Plains and New Mexico Spadefoots, but no such luck. |
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Couch's Spadefoot This is probably a male Couch's, because of the intense net patter. |
Cactus Wren On the Yucca at Olive Lee State Park. |
Green-flowered Hedgehog I found this new interest in plants, it all started last October. |
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Fishhook Barrel Cactus. |
Brown-spined Prickly Pear |
Frangrant Sumac |
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