This is the view from my front porch, looking east.  My binoculars, spotting scope, and camera
are never far away, and I spend as much time as I can enjoying this scene, and documenting the birds, plants, critters and changing weather photographically.
Sometimes I have access to excellent  optical spotting scopes as you can see to the left. Actually, we were bored one drizzly weekend and set up our 10" astronomical telescope to see what we could see. We were able to count the tail feathers on some shorebirds 1/2 mile away! For astronomy and
astrophotography from our observatory, see Michael's Horizontal Heavens Observatory
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My bird photo album is
organized by season--based on when I see a particular species in my
yard. There is also a page for photos from Other Locations.
I'm slowly working to document the plant life and critters (mammals,
insects, amphibians, reptiles) found on my acre of Hill Country
property. Look for the Flitters and Spinners page for bugs, and
the Critters, Crawlies, and Slitherers page for most other animals. A Texas Weather page documents the awesome display Mother Nature frequently puts on.
If you are looking for a particular bird species, and aren't sure what page I might have it on, check my Yard List & Photo Index. Not all photos are linked here, but the list will give you an idea of what page to check.
Alternatively, the links below will take you to pages with species roughly grouped by type.
For more info on me, please see Who I Am
For current weather conditions at my location, see the National Weather Service Forecast for Rural Blanco County, Texas: Local Weather
for Leslie's Location
Technical Note:
This web site was developed in
Frontpage 2003, and is best viewed using Internet Explorer. Users
of Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome may not see captions on PhotoGallery
pages, due to transparent colors. If you click and drag under a
photo, as though highlighting text, the captions and descriptions should
appear. I'll keep looking for a fix for this....
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