Well, I’m in So Texas preparing for my upcoming safari in shorts and temps soaring into the nineties with humidity to match and Moose and Sharon are driving around So Dakota in blizzard conditions, go figure. It really is great to be back in Texas for a couple of weeks. I spent the day at the Weaver’s Ranch photographing and what a great start it was! I counted 23 different species of birds just today only and there are ten more days to go! What an amazing birding mecca is is here. I can hardly wait to share it with my group this next week. I hope they bring enough hard drives for all the images they are going to take home. I shot over 20 gigs this morning and another 12 this afternoon. Groan…I’m going to be up all night editing. I can’t thank Kent & G’Anne Weaver enough for warmly and graciously opening their ranch to photograhers and sharing their slice of paradise with us.

Male Pyrrhuloxia getting ready for a bath

I just love the disheveled look of this Tufted Titmouse in mid bath

A first for my files…a Northern Bobwhite

All images captures with Nikon D3, AF-S 600mm VR with TC-14E on Lexar Digital Media.