Late March through Arpil roundup.

Culled through my pictures to update the old bird blog.

Here's a sampler.

Here's a few cedar waxwings from a flock that kept coming back to my backyard pecan tree to feed on the tassles March 29 through March 31.



























The next dates for pictures in April 4. Still gettting rain back then, this year often accompanied by Hail. Plus, I found a dove nesting above 5 feet off the ground in my juniper tree in the front yard.




Splurged on a new camera, a Nikon D60 10.1 Megapixel, and the dove on nest photos from 4-10 are among the first I took:




Django, my Chow-mix conered this Possum on 4-15. Took me a while to figure out how to use the new camera to ge this shot.



April 20th was a big day. Here are all the photos from 4-20. Two baby doves on the nest with pin feathers. Momma on the nest and a starling in flight.






The waxwings had plenty of food this spring so they stayed. Here's a pic from 4-25 in my backyard.



Now near the end of the month, here are the baby doves with feathers this time, 4-27.



My new workplace is right on the Barton creek greenbelt right next to Zilker park. Here are male and female house finches, male and female Cardinals, and what I believe to be a pine warbler, though I never got a clear shot as it hopped and moved so much. Pix from 4-28 to 4-30.










Not pictured here are the numerous house sparrows, great tailed grackles, white wing doves and starlings that visited the house in huge numbers. Also plentiful were cardinals, bluejays, Carolina wrens, Carolina chickadees and mocking birds.

Major Gap!

Between work, a screenwriters group, a new play and volunteering at wildlife rescue, I've scarce time to update this blog. But I have taken some cool photos that I'll get up here as soon as I can. Noticed that the cedar waxwings have stayed through mid may eating mulberries and pecan blossoms even. Also have finally gotten lesser goldfinches to hit my feeders. Pictures with dates will follow, I swear.

Apr 3 at new work place

Got a job down at the Barton Oaks towers near Zilker Park.

got these blurry shots of a ruby crowned kinglet.



































Also this 'dillo right below the tree the kinglet was in.

March reacp post

I went down to SA Feb. 29 on some bixness and my car broke down. While waiting for the repair shot, I chased this mocking bird all over the parking lot. This was the best shot I could get.















Here's a downy woodpecker I shot in my back yard March 2


























Here's a carolina wren singing for his territory March 2

















Here's a shot of a commom grackle (top), then a female redwinged blackbird clockwise from there, and finally a male redwing blackbird at the feeder March 12.



March 13 brought these colorful Northern Cardinals.



On the 25th, I saw my friend the mitred conure and his two monk parakeet friends.




March 28, Cedar Waxwings eating berries



Another Waxwing on the 31st.



Not pictured in March was a few more visits of the myrtle yellow-rumped warbler through about the end of the month eating peanut butter from my feeder, lots of house finch visits, more redwinged blackbirds and a few more visits from the orange crowned warbler.

Bad Orange-Crowned Warbler pix

Pretty sure that was the bird at the feeder today, but this fuzzy blog was the best pic I could get. Didn't take another picture, but I saw the Myrtle yellow-rumped warbler female again at the peanut butter feeder.

Better American Goldfinch pix

Here's some better pix of our little American Goldfinch friends. Took these today.

Coopers Hawk?

Check this guy out. Is this a Coopers or a large Sharp Shinned? I think it's a Coopers.




Sat in the bare tree for about 30 minutes. Then it dove out of the tree and spread its wings when it was just 10 feet of the ground. Very pretty.

New Bird pix

Some new guys at the feeder:

This is the winter plumage of the a female Myrtle Yellow-Rumped Warbler.






How about these winter plumed American Goldfinches

















How about these Purple Finches:




















And this guys not new, but this is the best photo I've even gotten of my Carolina Wren. Usually, these guys are after insects, but I spied them eating peanut butter too.