Familiar Birds in Texas
/Grackles and crows and blue jays….common birds in both Maryland and Texas.
The surprise for me during a recent walk around my parents’ backyard was a Carolina Wren! There must be a nest somewhere in the yard….maybe the woodpile that is inactive this time of year. When I saw them there were clearly two flitting around the yard. My mother said this was the first year she had seen them. Dallas is close to the western edge of the range map in AllAboutBirds.
They are fun birds to watch…if you can find them on the tree trunk or on the ground rustling through the foliage or on the gutter…staying in one place for a few seconds before flittering away. They aren’t showy birds but have lively personalities.
