Texas Panhandle
Bird Nerd

With only a three and a half hour drive, Rohn and I are able to put the 100 degree days of an Amarillo summer behind us at Sugarite Canyon.

In which I make the move to a mirrorless camera system for my bird photography--the Nikon Z8 and the 180-600mm lens.

In the fall of 2023, the Amarillo area hosted several rare birds--ones that don't reside in the Texas Panhandle or even migrate through,

Summer in the Texas Panhande brings the joy of watching our local nesting birds produce the next generation. And feed them--over and over.

Black Mesa State Park, only 2.5 hours from Amarillo, provides a unique birding experience, as well as archeology, dark skies and history.

I spent three days in December 2022 at the Festival of the Cranes birding festival at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.

Long-billed Curlews are the largest shorebirds in North America. They are easily recognizable by their size and their crazy downturned...

Bald Eagles are nesting in the Texas Panhandle in the 21st century, which they haven't done since 1916.

Photographs of interactions between an intruding Swainson's Hawk, two fierce Western Kingbirds and an Orchard Oriole on a Texas backroad.

After a long winter and an extremely slow start, spring migration is finally bustling at Palo Duro Canyon State Park. While the...

Birding and business in the Texas Panhandle were the topics of discussion between Jason Boyett and me on the Hey Amarillo Podcast.

Whooping Cranes were the big thrill of a Spring Break birding trip to Rockport, Texas, but many other beautiful birds were also spotted.

Some birds, like Ferruginous Hawks and Bald Eagles, only spend the winter months in the Texas Panhandle.

A five-day photo workshop at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge provided me with 100's of inspiring pictures of nature.

A juvenile Red-Tailed Hawk made a photogenic meal out of Prairie Rattlesnake.

Northern Harriers soar over the agricultural fields of the Texas Panhandle all year, but they are particularly populous in our area...

Tips for Better Photography is a presentation both by video and PowerPoint slide show that provides six easy tips to taking better pictures.

The Texas Panhandle was one continuous prairie dog town once upon a time. Observers in the 1870's commented on the endless burrows and...

Red-headed Woodpeckers have found something they really like at McClellan Lake in Gray County (just off I-40 near McLean). I don't know...

Anette Carlisle, education guru and fellow birder, invited me to share a little about Texas Panhandle birding and my now two-year old...