Josey Ranch Park in Carrollton, Texas
/The baby ducklings I posted about yesterday were the spring highlight for me at the part….but I was pleased with other sites too.
The buttercups in the grass…and the serendipity of catching a butterfly in flight between flowers.
The male grackles were facing off…asserting their dominance.
There was a scissor-tailed flycatcher that posed on a post for picture.
I hadn’t realized how similar they looked to mockingbirds that are also in the area….except for the vary long tail.
I saw two pairs of ducks (other than the mallards) that are probably getting ready to leave for their breeding ground further north: gadwalls (photo is of the male)
And northern shovelers. Both were probably more numerous in the area a few weeks ago.
There was a squirrel that did not look happy for me to walking nearby as
An American coot that didn’t seem to know I was there at all.
My round-trip walk was about 2 miles…good exercise…and a good outing for some photography.
