Texas Panhandle
Bird Nerd

Greater Prairie Chicken in Wray, Colorado Even before first light began to creep across the frost-bitten prairie, hysterical cackling and...

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,

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...

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.

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

Photographing landscapes on the flat plains of the Texas Panhandle is challenging, but Palo Duro Canyon and our big skies help.

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.