With the rest of week with rain in the forecast, I just had to get out. And today was just beautiful out. So off to the grasslands we went!

Welcome to Looking Out In North Texas. I plan to post photos and comments about what I'm finding. I have posted pdf files of my books. I have made available to all for free. As I find new stuff I will be updating the books. So you may want to download them again after a time. Lots of cool stuff to see and enjoy! So I will keep looking out and hope you will too. Thank you, Mary
A splendid day!
Many colors for winter
Thought this was interesting article you might enjoy:
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Keep looking!
Baby pine cone
Keep looking!
Orange tack
Here are the rest of the photos from yesterday's grasslands adventure.
30 mph
30 mph was our high wind gust this afternoon. That did not stop me from heading over to the grasslands. We were mostly in low areas so the wind was not bad. The bird highlight was when a we saw a Red-tailed Hawk come screaming overhead chasing a Cooper's Hawk. Cooper's quickly left the area.
Keep looking!
19 and plus...
I decided to do my-before-lunch walk at 9am this morning and on a whim I decided to make a list of birds. It had been a long time since I had used ebird. I was pleasantly surprised on the ease of entering the species than what it use to be, after getting out of the location as Mexico instead of Texas LOL. Here is my list:
Curry Ranch
Jan 13, 2021
9:17 AM
0.75 miles
Traveling
All birds reported? Yes
51 Minutes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 2.3.1 Build 2.3.8 2 Turkey Vulture
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker -- male
8 American Crow
1 Northern Flicker -- Yellow shafted
1 Loggerhead Shrike
1 Blue Jay
1 American Robin
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2 Eastern Bluebird
5 Purple Finch -- 2 males at least 3 females
4 Savannah Sparrow
10 American Goldfinch -- in neighbor's field in a Bois D'arc
8 Dark-eyed Junco
8 Harris's Sparrow
1 LeConte's Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
18 Western/Eastern Meadowlark
5 Northern Cardinal
Number of Taxa: 19
The afternoon walk bird count...
Curry Ranch
Jan 13, 2021
3:26 PM
Traveling
1.13 miles
49 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 2.3.1 Build 2.3.8
4 Black Vulture
4 Turkey Vulture
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1 Blue Jay
7 American Crow
1 Hermit Thrush
2 American Robin
1 Vesper Sparrow
2 Savannah Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
2 Western/Eastern Meadowlark
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
5 Northern Cardinal
Number of Taxa: 14