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A Year of Birds on the Brain
It’s Christmas day, and I am ridiculously excited about two of the presents I received – an audio CD of bird songs from Jason to learn how to identify species by ear, and a birding journal from my mom. “It’s so funny that you got so into this bird thing,” he says, “considering you’re so…
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Cross Creek Ranch: Where Nature Resides
Scenes from dawn to dusk at Polishing Pond, an area within the Cross Creek Ranch neighborhood dedicated to nature. The fifty acre series of connected ponds acts as an engineered water quality basin, filtering water for use in irrigation in the nearby community. It also attracts a LOT of wildlife, mostly birds. Although primarily waterfowl can…
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Kaleb: Destroyer of Peace and Serenity
My second child is sometimes a bit of a mess. He doesn’t really know how to be quiet. Given that, we should have known better when we decided to bring him into the forest with us when we stopped in Bear Creek Park to look for the rare and elusive Greater PeeWee. However, what are…
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Brazos Bend, Take Three
November 29, 2014 Pilant Slough Trail. Wheels turning on slightly damp fine gravel paths. Watch out, I say to the little one, watch out for the rocks in the path. Stay on one side of the trail, announce yourselves to the pedestrians, tread lightly, go quietly. We step off the path for a moment.…