Fink Family Farm Bird List

Fink Family Farm Bird List

The only list I faithfully keep is a list of all the birds seen on our farm since we moved here in 1977. I thought it would be fun to add p...

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Baskett Slough Birds, Right Side Up

At my usual stop at the Narrows on Coville Rd. at Baskett Slough Wildlife Refuge, on my way home from picking up horse feed in Dallas, I saw birds that stayed upright this time.  I love Cinnamon Teal.










Johnny was along, so we hiked down the dike road to find the reported Yellow-headed Blackbirds. One kindly popped up for a photograph. Such amazingly handsome birds. With such raucous voices.




I hope the lady we met walking as we were leaving the dike road was able to spot the yellow-headed blackbirds. She had never seen them before.

There is always something wonderful to see at Baskett Slough. And it's especially wonderful when it poses.