This is the time when the rodeo and stock show gets into swing. Our rodeo runs for a couple weeks with about ten performances. Plus we have a parade and of course, a carnival at the fairgrounds. Great fun for everyone. I did take my camera out there one year. I sat in the stands with an original Canon 100-400mm zoom lens. After leaning around the guy in front of me with his ten-gallon hat, I was able to get this shot.

Bull Rider
But, the birding goes on. Here are a few shots I have captured since my last post a few days ago.
We have friends down in Eldorado, Texas, about 40 miles south of San Angelo. Suzanne Johnson called us and said that a Greater Scaup had been seen at the city water ponds there. We high-tailed down there Monday morning. We saw several water birds; ruddy ducks, shovelers, coots, pintails, a Lesser Scaup, but no Greater Scaup. However, it was fun spotting this Marsh Wren, that was co-operating by hopping around in plain view outside the reeds. Here are two of my favorite images of him.

Marsh Wren

Marsh Wren
Those two images were the only keepers that I got on that little trip.
This morning, Thursday, we woke early hoping to get some birding in before the predicted winds got up. It was very cloudy and it looked like a threat of rain but that didn’t materialize. But to me, cloudy overcast makes for great photography. But on the other hand, it can also keep the birds down when it is cool like this morning at 41 degrees. But we made the best of it. I managed to get these nice photos. I hope you like.

Northern Cardinal

Golden-fronted Woodpecker

Ladder-backed Woodpecker
I guess that will do it for this post. Hopefully, I will be going back out in a few days to grab a few more photographs.
Incidentally, on the birding side, Ann and I have seen 86 different species to begin our quest to see how many different birds we will see for the year. Our goal is 200.
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HAPPY BIRDING!!!!!