Photo Gallery
Photos by Gary Rosenberg
The Texas hill country around Concan is known for cool rivers but in many ways the most spectacular sight is the evening departure of millions of Free-tailed Bats from a local cave….
There are, however, plenty of birds to look at; the celebrated Black-capped Vireo and Golden-cheeked warbler, of course, but also such species as…
…Vermilion Flycatcher.
Moving west the land turns arid and wind-sculpted…
…and in Big Bend we’ll walk up dry washed is search of…
…Lucifer Hummingbird, here a belligerent male on a display perch.
The desert at this season has other attractions too, seasonal flowers will be at their peak and many cacti, here a cholla, will be blooming.
The Chisos Mountains are impressive…
…and we’ll walk up into them in search of…
…Colima Warbler, a mouse on the wintering ground but in spring ever ready to sing from an exposed perch.
The Davis Mountain are cool and lovely too and may be the best place in North America to see the bizarre Montezuma Quail.
Water is a magnet in the desert southwest and at places like Lake Balmorea, one can see almost anything. Here a group of Franklin’s Gulls rest along the lake edge.
Distances are vast in west Texas but that doesn’t mean one can’t cover a lot of ground with style and verve as does the Roadrunner.