Well, the mystery bird from yesterday apparently has no watch. I sat beneath the same tree today, at the same time, but the tree was rather empty today.
It was rather a dull day for a wouldbe birder. There were a few of the usual old "friends" that I see almost everyday. Just as I was about to head back in I looked up and there went a bald eagle. His head was glowing in the light of the sitting sun and, I hate to use a cliche, but he looked majestic.
Nice way to end the day.
Michael is a former biologist and Texas Master Naturalist. Originally from Newsome, Texas (Between Pittsburg and Winnsboro), educated in Dallas & Garland schools, then off to the University of Texas system where he received a degree in biology and worked as a biologist with the University of Texas system. After many years away from nature and biology, he relocated to the banks of Lake O' the Pines where he has been rediscovering the joys of nature. He is somewhat surprised that he has become a birder. Most of his interest in nature was centered around reptiles. Perhaps just like birds evolved from reptiles starting in the late Jurassic, he has begun his own evolution. During his formal education, his interests in biology/nature grew to include community ecology and population studies, all with a binding of evolutionary processes. He liked birds, but they were secondary at best. All at once he finds them fascinating.
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