Last visit to Cibolo Nature Park

by | Apr 20, 2012 | Birding

We’re leaving Texas tomorrow and I decided to hike Cibolo Park one last time.  We’ve seen 97 species on this trip and thought it’d be fun to reach 100.  After scanning the feeders and the creek, I hiked through some head high thistle.  Hearing a faint...

Warbler Woods n Cibolo, TX

by | Apr 13, 2012 | Birding

A beautiful morning birding with Tina in Warbler Woods, a private property managed as a bird and wildlife refuge and preserve. It covers 126 acres of varied habitat, NE of San Antonio.  Among the many sightings was a lifer, the Hutton’s Vireo.  We also saw...

The Bike Tree

by | Apr 9, 2012 | Cycling

Years ago, a woman was going to have a dead tree taken down in her front yard.  Her 8 grandchildren had a different idea.  They asked that the tree be saved and if they could decorate it.  Little did grandma know that they were going to spray paint the...

Easter 2012

by | Apr 8, 2012 | Family

This year Easter was spent hiking and exploring with my wife.  We hiked Kreutzberg Canyon and Crownridge Canyon Natural Areas birding and enjoying the end of wild flower season.  Many of the hilltops outside of San Antonio have been scraped cleaned and...