actually, the bottom dove was tossing seed to the ground perhaps to provide foraging opportunities for fledglings.
Perhaps he was flirting, or was curious about what was in the chips cup?
🤷🏾♂️dove drama #Birds #TXbirds #Pigeons&Doves the alt #BirdOfTheDay #ECK
Actually I was checking for a delivery, and recorded #BirdCalls seconds after some sort of competition.
(apologies for video edits)
#Birds #BackYardBirds #TXbirds
Cropped close up view of a mourning dove perched on the platform feeder staring at the sparrow, the sparrow innocently looks back at the dove.
A cardinal visits the platform feeder long enough to be photographed.
Attitude and the Picky Eater #BirdWatching #Photography #BirdOfTheDay #Pigeons&Doves #Black&Red #TXbirds #BackYardBirds #ECK
Ross’s Goose
Birding Big Year results through March 2026
#289 species.
2 new lifers: Ross’s Goose and King Rail.
Visited 22 counties in Texas and 4 parishes in Louisiana.
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #texas #tx #labirds #louisiana #LA #nature #wildlife #bigyear #lifer
Zone-tailed Hawk
My Birding Big Year results as of February 2026
#269 species of birds.
23 new lifers including the pictured Zone-tailed Hawk.
Visited 23 counties in Texas and 2 counties in Florida.
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #texas #tx #flbirds #florida #fl #nature #wildlife #bigyear #lifer
Savannah Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow (SAVS)
Stillhouse Hollow Lake -
Union Grove Wildlife Management Area, Texas
January 12, 2026
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #tx #texas #wildlife #nature 🪶
Swamp Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (SWSP)
Stillhouse Hollow Lake -
Union Grove Wildlife Management Area, Texas
January 12, 2026
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #tx #texas #wildlife #nature 🪶
Virginia Rail
Virginia Rail (VIRA)
Stillhouse Hollow Lake -
Union Grove Wildlife Management Area, Texas
January 12, 2026
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #tx #texas #wildlife #nature 🪶
Horned Grebe
Horned Grebe (HOGR)
Stillhouse Hollow Lake -
Union Grove Wildlife Management Area, Texas
January 12, 2026
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #tx #texas #wildlife #nature 🪶
Savannah Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow (SAVS)
Stillhouse Hollow Lake -
Union Grove Wildlife Management Area, Texas
January 12, 2026
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #tx #texas #wildlife #nature 🪶
Northern Flicker
Northern Flicker (NOFL)
Yellow Shafted
Bell County, Texas
January 10, 2026
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #tx #texas #wildlife #nature 🪶
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (YBSA)
Bell County, Texas
January 9, 2026
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #tx #texas #wildlife #nature 🪶
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (YBSA)
Bell County, Texas
January 9, 2026
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #tx #texas #wildlife #nature 🪶
Greater Scaup
Greater Scaup (GRSC)
South Lakes Park
Denton, Texas
January 9, 2026
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #tx #texas #wildlife #nature #duck 🪶
Osprey
Osprey (OSPR)
Northwest Community Park, Fort Worth, Texas
January 8, 2026
#bird #birds #usbirds #txbirds #tx #texas #birding #nature #wildlife
Great Kiskadee
Great Kiskadee (GKIS)
Choke Canyon State Park, Texas
December 19, 2025
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #tx #texas #wildlife #nature 🪶
Pyrrhuloxia
Pyrrhuloxia (PYRR)
Choke Canyon State Park, Texas
December 19, 2025
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #tx #texas #wildlife #nature 🪶
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker (GFWO)
Choke Canyon State Park, Texas
December 19, 2025
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #tx #texas #wildlife #nature 🪶
Green Jay
Green Jay (GRJA)
Choke Canyon State Park, Texas
December 19, 2025
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #tx #texas #wildlife #nature 🪶
Great Horned Owl
Great Horned Owl (GHOW)
Choke Canyon State Park, Texas
December 18, 2025
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #tx #texas #wildlife #nature 🪶
Common Ground Dove
Common Ground Dove (CGDO)
Bell County, Texas
December 16, 2025
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #tx #texas #wildlife #nature 🪶
Vermilion Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher (VEFL)
Lake Alice, Alice, Texas
November 9, 2025
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds
#wildlife #nature #tx #texas 🪶
Long-billed Thrasher
Long-billed Thrasher (LBTH)
Hugh Ramsey Nature Park, Harlingen, Texas
November 8, 2025
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds
#wildlife #nature #tx #texas
Plain Chachalaca
Plain Chachalaca (PLCH)
Hugh Ramsey Nature Park, Harlingen, Texas
November 8, 2025
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds
#wildlife #nature #tx #texas
Harris’s Hawk
Harris’s Hawk (HAHA)
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
November 7, 2025
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #texas #tx #wildlife #nature 🪶
Cape May Warbler in Boerne, Texas January 13, 2026
My Birding Big Year results for January 2026
#188 species of birds.
4 new lifers: Cape May Warbler, Black Scoter, Mountain Plover, Eastern Towhee.
Visited 33 counties in Texas.
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #texas #tx #nature #wildlife #bigyear #lifer
Anhinga
Anhinga (ANHI)
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
November 7, 2025
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #texas #tx #wildlife #nature 🪶
Common Gallinule
Common Gallinule (COGA)
South Padre Island Birding Nature and Alligator Sanctuary, Texas
November 7, 2025
#bird #birds #birding #usbirds #txbirds #texas #tx #wildlife #nature 🪶
