Lots of New Things to See
Lots of New Things to See, as you may know we have been trying to chase 70 degree weather this winter. Our first time doing this and so far it has been working pretty well. It has been into the freezing temps at night here and there and our water pump froze once on the RV, but husband is really good at fixing anything. He had it back and running in no time.
My bird count has been going up really fast, my last entry into the log book was 124 birds. But I still have more birds to look up because I just don’t know what they are. I believe I will go get a bird identification book. We have been in many places with no internet, so the book would be handy.
Below is a preview video of where we have been. I do have a You Tube channel, because I like to document all that we see with video as well as photos and share them both with all of you. What we see is just temporary, it becomes history the minute I snap a photo.
Eastern Towhee
Road Runner
Scorpion
Hawk, but I don’t know what kind yet. If any one knows let me know and I will add it to my list.
The world is changing fast, but nature is alive and well, we must not trade it for the things of man. Humans tend to destroy but nature will rebuild when it is left alone, nature teaches us how to survive in our creators world.
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32 Replies to “Lots of New Things to See”
Extremely fond of bird with red eyes – not sure where you took that shot, but them and the Spotted look very similar from the front like that. If you are are further west than middle of Texas keep an eye for those to add to your count if you do not have that. Love Roadrunners (have one permanently on my leg). That scorpion looks scary – never actually seen one of those in the wild. Not a great hawk ID’r, but my guess would be a red-tailed although they usually have a light to dark bib, but the hood looks pretty close. Congrats on increasing your bird count.
The Towhee was taken just NW of San Antonio, I will keep my eye open for the spotted. I went and bought a bird book, makes it much easier to find birds especially when there isn’t any internet. That scorpion was so small, I did not see it until husband pointed it out.
If you get a chance, stop by Guadalupe River State Park – they have a very nice blind there (grab yourself a Lesser Goldfinch there if you do not have it) and the river there is very picturesque (there was a Green Kingfisher there when Linda an I were there in January.
We wanted to camp there, but it was booked. I will add it to my list.
That was an awesome video Sandra … the drone captures a lot and you have seen so many landscapes since you embarked on this trip. Did the drone cause all the white birds to fly … a few of them flew up, then the rest that were further away also took flight. Your vehicle looked so small from up high, then suddenly you got closer. That was a beautiful bird, red with the black wings at the very end of the video. Very nice … and now I know what a Roadrunner looks like … not at all like the cartoon, but very nice plumage and I like those stripes at the side of its face. That is a huge amount of birds to have documented. You really should be in contact with the National Audubon Society with that bird count and photos once you get home and have more time to be in one place and not out exploring.
Thank you Linda, I will contact the Audubon, I forget about them, those birds were in Louisiana, a surprise to see there that time of year. Yes, those birds were close to the road and were flying when we drove up to them. So husband took the drone up and it was quite high above them and they probably could here it. It was like poetry in motion.
Yes, I like how they all took flight at once – a blur of white over the water. Very nice.
That was a great video Tell your husband I loved the areal work. Was he flying the drone taking pictures while the van was moving?
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Thank you Mr. Ohh, I will tell him. He is getting really good at it and trying all the features that it has. He still gets a little nervous flying it over water. 🙂 Yes, the control was sitting on the dash as we were driving and he set the drone to circle around us as we drove. So he does not have to touch the controller, it is running a program. Pretty cool to see. 🙂
That’s amazing. I have no idea what I’d do with it but I want one of those!! 😲😮😀
They are fun, and you can use it to see the top of your house without having to climb up there, if you needed to. Or hook a leaf blower to it, I am thinking like you now. 😅
These are great ideas. Has all that traveling warped your mind? If so, keep it up I like it!! 😂🤣😂
Thoroughly enjoyed your video, Sandra. Your husband got some amazing footage with his drone.
Thank you Beth, he is getting a lot of practice in with it. It is fun to see this amazing place we live from above. 🙂 have a wonderful day Beth
Gorgeous photos!!!!
Thank you very much 😊
That Eastern Towhee is gorgeous
They are so colorful and such bright eyes. 😊
I like your closing remarks. I grew up perturbed at tree huggers, since the trees provide goods to builds houses, etc. But I wrote recently about a beautiful forest that was cut down. I finally found out why. They are building a housing development. I know why, because I was in the Corps of Engineers, in construction, but it hurts my feelings that they clear cut everything and leave countless acres naked for decades, since the new owners of the house may never plant a new tree. And now I am seeing the result of the naked hill. Less deer, less wild turkey, less of everything, all for a dollar or two, there are already houses galore, many never sold.
That is it exactly Mark, I have seen that also. Some of these new housing areas are building 4 story giant houses, and no one has big families anymore. All those houses will be old and empty one day because people are living beyond there means. So many folks don’t care about nature, there are to many distractions that always involves money and things. They do have good conservation land management areas where they replant trees after harvesting, so that is one good thing.
Beautiful bird pictures with also the scorpion, which is not a bird.
Yes, I just had to throw that one in, my first time seeing one. 😊
Excellent photography!
Thank you very much 😊
Welcome
What nature builds, man will try to improve and/or destroy. We pave over nature and plants almost immediately start growing in the cracks. We can travel worldwide to see man’s ruins, but in nature we see climate change (not always caused by man).
yes, I agree. Amazing how man made things will be overtaken by nature like dandelions and such when we don’t keep ahead of it.
The road runner is cute!
They are very colorful 🙂
That’s a great video you made, it’s has real professional documentary quality. You must have good drone skills too. I look forward to see all your adventures in the comming blogs. Many greets and travel safe.
Thank you Rudi, husband does all the work with the drone. He really enjoys it.