My friend Pat made a tuffet for her son. As soon as they put it down, Mr Scurby claimed his new throne.
Mr Scurby’s Throne
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Category Archives: Animals
Black-bellied Whistling Duck on Pole
I managed to photograph this Black-bellied Whistling Duck while it was on our utility pole.
Blurry Killdeer Photos
These photos are blurry, but not intentionally. Killdeer walk a lot on the ground. I thought maybe I could get some good photos. That hasn’t happened yet.
This is one of the parents. It would have been a great photo if I hadn’t chopped off the wing tips. Sigh.
Animals along the Trail
Animals seen on a recent urban hike in Belton, Texas.
Western kingbird on a very grey day
Belton, Texas
Belton, Texas
Belton, Texas
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Cat under a hot tin roof.
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Plymouth Rock chicken. It was outside the fence, trying to get in.
Blurry Bat Photos
My hiking group got together for an evening excursion on a Lone Star Riverboat Cruise along Lady Bird Lake, ending up at the Ann W. Richards Bridge (Congress Avenue bridge) at sunset. That’s when the world’s largest urban bat colony takes flight for their nightly feeding. The number of bats is around 750,000. In June, that doubles when all these females give birth: with mothers and babies, that’s 1.5 million bats. It takes more than an hour for all the bats to leave the bridge.
Looking east of the bridge.
The view from the crane is probably spectacular.
Why isn’t anyone out on their patio? Hmm . . .
It’ll be hard to find a spot on the bridge to wait for the bats.
