2010-04 Hill Country Photo Safari with David Cardinal Photo

Landscape

Prickly Pear, Texas Bluebonnets & Bitterweed.

Enchanted Rock Area, Texas, April 28, 2010

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Creek

Enchanted Rock Area, Texas, April 28, 2010

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Wildflowers

Enchanted Rock Area, Texas, April 28, 2010

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Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

Laurels Ranch, Block Creek Natural Area, Kendall County, Texas, April 28, 2010

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Black-chinned Hummingbird

Archilochus alexandri - female feeding on Nodding Thistle.

Laurels Ranch, Block Creek Natural Area, Kendall County, Texas, April 28, 2010

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Black-chinned Hummingbird

Archilochus alexandri - female.

Laurels Ranch, Block Creek Natural Area, Kendall County, Texas, April 28, 2010

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Painted Bunting

Passerina ciris - male fluffing.

Laurels Ranch, Block Creek Natural Area, Kendall County, Texas, April 28, 2010

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Painted Bunting

Passerina ciris - males responded to a recorded bird call that we were given to use.

Laurels Ranch, Block Creek Natural Area, Kendall County, Texas, April 28, 2010

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Painted Bunting

Passerina ciris - males are very pretty.

Laurels Ranch, Block Creek Natural Area, Kendall County, Texas, April 28, 2010

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Eastern Black Swallowtail on Nodding Thistle

Papilio polyxenes & Carduus nutans

Laurels Ranch, Block Creek Natural Area, Kendall County, Texas, April 28, 2010

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Giant Swallowtail onNodding Thistle

Papilio cresphontes & Carduus nutans

Laurels Ranch, Block Creek Natural Area, Kendall County, Texas, April 28, 2010

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Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica - all were busily gathering mud for nests.

Turkey Hollow, Block Creek Natural Area, Kendall County, Texas, April 28, 2010

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Eastern Fox Squirrel

Sciurus niger

Turkey Hollow, Block Creek Natural Area, Kendall County, Texas, April 29, 2010

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Eastern Fox Squirrel

Sciurus niger

Turkey Hollow, Block Creek Natural Area, Kendall County, Texas, April 29, 2010

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Monarch on Nodding Thistle

Danaus plexippus & Carduus nutans

Turkey Hollow, Block Creek Natural Area, Kendall County, Texas, April 29, 2010

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Eastern Phoebe

Sayornis phoebe - there was a nest above a light on the porch with 3 chicks.

Turkey Hollow, Block Creek Natural Area, Kendall County, Texas, April 29, 2010

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Black-chinned Hummingbird

Archilochus alexandri - male feeding on Nodding Thistle.

Turkey Hollow, Block Creek Natural Area, Kendall County, Texas, April 29, 2010

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Black-chinned Hummingbirds

Archilochus alexandri - females feeding on Nodding Thistle.

Turkey Hollow, Block Creek Natural Area, Kendall County, Texas, April 29, 2010

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Brown-headed Cowbird

Molothrus ater, male.  There was a trap on the property to reduce the population of this parasitic bird.

Turkey Hollow, Block Creek Natural Area, Kendall County, Texas, April 29, 2010

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Chuckwagon

Turkey Hollow, Block Creek Natural Area, Kendall County, Texas, April 29, 2010

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