Red-Crowned Parrots and Just for You Richard, Just for You

We had a McAllen Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Contest winner in last week for birding and try as he might, he never saw the Red-Crowned Parrots — most notably the nesting pair in my backyard — or the ubigutous Green Parakeets.  This is genuinely an odd occurs, to bird South Texas and not see these species.

 

My husband, Oscar Gomez took these pictures just a few days after our guest left.  

Sorry Richard.  Maybe next time!

The Two Screeches!

We have been seeing a pair of Screech Owls for several months now.

I had them pegged as Western, my guest thinks Eastern, IDK.  I’m starting to think they might be nesting nearby. We have managed to take some decent photos with a flashlight and a point and shoot.

After my last guest’s visit, I think they (the Two Screeches) feel at home here.  I am so pleased to host them. 

While We Wait For Spring

William Blake (1783)

O thou with dewy locks, who lookest down Through the clear windows of the morning, turn Thine angel eyes upon our western isle, Which in full choir hails thy approach, O Spring!   The hills tell one another, and the listening Valleys hear; all our longing eyes are turn’d Up to thy bright pavilions: issue forth And let thy holy feet visit our clime!   Come o’er the eastern hills, and let our winds Kiss thy perfumèd garments; let us taste Thy morn and evening breath; scatter thy pearls Upon our lovesick land that mourns for thee.   O deck her forth with thy fair fingers; pour Thy soft kisses on her bosom; and put Thy golden crown upon her languish’d head, Whose modest tresses are bound up for thee.

And some random other shots …