Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Flight

                                                                    Mallard Pair

                                                   Great Blue Heron Diving for Breakfast

                                        Double Crested-Cormorant and Great Egret Landing

                                                    Non-Breeding Spotted Sandpiper

                                      Turkey Vulture with Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Overhead

                                                      Great Egret Dives, But Misses!

                                                           Great Egret Turns About

                                                   Great Egret(Left) with Canada Goose

                                                    Mallard(Right) with Great Egret

                                                       Great Egret "Do a Little Dance"

                                                             Great Egret Departs

                                                         Canada Geese Landing

mid-60's to 70 degrees/cloudy/morning/20 mph wind gusts

All the pictures except the first two, were taken today.  Another one of those rare and wonderful mornings that I so enjoy!

Foggy Day Works

                                                                   Great Blue Heron

                                                  Immature Male Red-winged Blackbird

                                                    Ditto, Eating Sunflower Seeds

                                                      Spider Silk on Sunflower Stalk

                                                                    Ditto

                                                               Sunflower Face

                                                             Ground Spider Web

                                               Great Blue Heron(bottom) with Great Egret

                                                               Great Blue Heron

                                                       See the Spider Webs? (B & W)

                                                               Texas Buckeye

                                                                    Wild Asters

                                                          Great Egret Flying Off

                                                         " Coming In for a Landing"

                                                        Turkey Vulture Landing

                                                Turkey Vulture Roost at Northern Reaches

This foggy morning did not deter me, I welcomed it.  Having done photos on other mornings, it has given everything an ethereal quality.  By the time the fog lifted, I continued on to see if there were any other surprises.  You tell me...

                                                         Immature Mourning Dove

                                                         Two of the Four, Ditto

                                                           Another Perspective

                                                      Nearing Sunset with Cloud Cover

                                                                   Question Mark

                                               Viceroys, Young Wasp, and Japanese Beetle

                                                                  Young Viceroy

These photos were taken over the past couple of days.  Yesterday evening was about 72 degrees, a perfect ending for the day.  Sometimes a picture says more than words...

                                                                 Great Blue Heron

                                                                  Mallard Pair

                                                        Spider with Food Source

                                                                 Mourning Dove

                                                    Tawny Emperor with Japanese Beetle

                                                 Wasps with Japanese Beetles and Larvae

                                                           "The Lovely Couple"

                                               Red-winged Blackbird in Flight Near Sunset

Evening/Light and Variable Winds/83-80 degrees/clear skies

The first three pictures were from yesterday.  The first few days of fall aren't much different than summer, but life is slowing down a little.  Temperatures and the weather is as close to perfect as it can get.  There are a few leaves falling to the ground anticipating the change of weather, but it is slow.  Life is good, and there will be many, many more days of wonderful and beautiful pieces of the puzzle, brought to you by Nature.  Open your eyes and hearts to the beauty around you.

                                                                Great Blue Heron

                                                                 Cattle Egret

                                                             
                                                                    Bald Eagle

               
                 
                                                            Great Egret

70-73 degrees/clear skies/20 mph winds/morning

Today the Bald Eagle came to visit.  He made a couple of passes around the main part of the lake, and frightened away the young Red-tailed Hawk, who headed north.  I managed to catch up to him, but when he saw Bald Eagle the second time, he fled once again.  I'm not sure if he will return.

A dozen Great Egrets were in the area by 9:30, some of which were obvious migrants.  It is not known if they all left together.  I will know more tomorrow.

Green Heron was seen only one day last week, so it is very possible that he has left the area, but that cannot be determined yet.

                                                                  Day Moon

                                                                   Great Egret

                                                   Great Egret Crosses Great Blue Heron

                                                                   Great Egret

                                                        Immature Red-tailed Hawk

                                                              Ditto, Landing

                                                                Ditto, Take-Off

                                                              Ditto, Diving

                                                             Ditto, In Flight

Low 60s/clear skies/20 mph winds/ morning

Another one of those rare mornings at the lake, and what great shots this time around.  The young red-tail still favors one particular area, and he is used to me.  He did a flyby right around me, coming so close, I could have touched him.  Life doesn't get any better.