Texas Trip Day 5 & 6

Saturday June 29, birding in the morning then hanging out with Nan & Min in the early afternoon.  I made barbequed pork in the crockpot and the family all got together.  Late that night pregnant Jessica, Doug, Rachel and Joey showed up.

1. Mystery sparrows
2. House sparrows
3. Common grackles
4. Starlings
5. Rock doves
6. Mourning doves
7. Mocking birds
8. Crows
9. Cardinals
10. Great egrets
11. Flicker
12. Road runner!
13. Eastern phoebe
14. Yellow billed cuckoo!
15. Eastern bluebird (juvenile)
16. Red tailed hawk
17. Red bellied woodpecker
18. Painted buntings!
19. Barn swallows
20. Black vultures
21. Lark sparrows!
22. Turkey vultures
23. Scissor tailed flycatchers!
24. Cliff swallows
25. Grasshopper sparrows
26. Dicksissel
27. Great tailed  grackles
28. Purple Martins

Cotton tailed bunnies

Mama with two babies white tailed deer

Sunday June 30, Dad drove me to the airport, I flew to SLC, then picked up my car and drove home. Finished listening to the Lonely Men book.  

Birds from early in the week:

1. Red shouldered hawk

2. Swallow tailed kite (new one for me!)

3. White winged dove

4. Cattle egrets

6. Eurasian collared dove

7. Kildeer

Texas Trip Day 3 & 4

Thursday June 27, breakfast at Inn (quiche, tea, potatoes, sausage, fruit) lots of chatting. Family picked me up and we drove around a bit looking at houses then headed for Italy.

Friday June 28, running errands with Mom & Min, dinner impromptu family get together

Trip to Texas Days 1 & 2

Monday June 24, work, listen to Lonely on the Mountain on the way to SLC, stay in hotel

Tuesday June 25, fly to Dallas, picked up by Min, Nan, & Syd who drove me to Nacogdoches and dropped me off at the Brickhouse Inn http://www.thebrickhouseinn.biz/.  The search committee+ took me to dinner at Auntie Pasta’s http://auntiepastas.com/: "PAN SEARED TILAPIA Pan seared fillets topped with sautéed tomatoes and Dijon peppercorn sauce." (I had them put the sauce on the side) Served with garlic mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables and Key Lime Pie.

The drive was gorgeous and the company outstanding. We talked and talked and talked... Nacogdoches is lovely with lots of trees. It really is a forest and even has hills.

June Miscellany

We did lots and lots of yard work, drop load after load of stuff off to DI and mailed several packages (mostly of books) to Nanette. Joe Roth helped us by fixing/coating our fence. It looks very good and the back gate now opens and closes beautifully.

Jeff and Randi came up for Uprising, we (Shanna & I) did not attend that but did make it over to Loretta's house for an afternoon visit. It was good to see them.

Yay for the repaired and coated fence!