2021-01-08 A Visit To Langtry Texas

Black-Throated Sparrow(Amphispiza bilineata) |
Description: These Black-Throated Sparrows probably stay all year here. A half mile southeast of Langtry Texas flows the Rio Grande. A short drive from the settlment brings the traveler to relatively undisturned Chihuahuan Desert habitat. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 11:15 |
Location:
Rio Grande Overlook |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: BlackThroatedSparrow_D5X9425-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Black-Throated Sparrow(Amphispiza bilineata) |
Description: These Black-Throated Sparrows probably stay all year here. A half mile southeast of Langtry Texas flows the Rio Grande. A short drive from the settlment brings the traveler to relatively undisturned Chihuahuan Desert habitat. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 11:17 |
Location:
Rio Grande Overlook |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: BlackThroatedSparrow_D5X9443-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Black-Throated Sparrow(Amphispiza bilineata) |
Description: These Black-Throated Sparrows probably stay all year here. A half mile southeast of Langtry Texas flows the Rio Grande. A short drive from the settlment brings the traveler to relatively undisturned Chihuahuan Desert habitat. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 11:58 |
Location:
Rio Grande Overlook |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/8000 |
File Name: BlackThroatedSparrow_D5X9597-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Brewer's Sparrow(Spizella breweri) |
Description: These Brewer's Sparrows come to Texas to hang out with the Black-Throated Sparrows who live here. A half mile southeast of Langtry Texas flows the Rio Grande. A short drive from the settlment brings the traveler to relatively undisturned Chihuahuan Desert habitat. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 11:14 |
Location:
Rio Grande Overlook |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: BrewersSparrow_D5X9382-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Brewer's Sparrow(Spizella breweri) |
Description: These Brewer's Sparrows come to Texas to hang out with the Black-Throated Sparrows who live here. A half mile southeast of Langtry Texas flows the Rio Grande. A short drive from the settlment brings the traveler to relatively undisturned Chihuahuan Desert habitat. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 11:16 |
Location:
Rio Grande Overlook |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: BrewersSparrow_D5X9436-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Brewer's Sparrow(Spizella breweri) |
Description: These Brewer's Sparrows come to Texas to hang out with the Black-Throated Sparrows who live here. A half mile southeast of Langtry Texas flows the Rio Grande. A short drive from the settlment brings the traveler to relatively undisturned Chihuahuan Desert habitat. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 11:57 |
Location:
Rio Grande Overlook |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/8000 |
File Name: BrewersSparrow_D5X9583-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Cactus Wren(Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) |
Description: Cactus Wrens and Rock Wrens play regularly in this cactus garden. In Langtry Texas there is a museum run by the Texas DOT and dedicated to the memory of Judge Roy Bean, who was a colorful Texan figure in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Outside the visitor center is a lovely cactus garden replete with many of the native birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 8:43 |
Location:
Roy Bean Visitor Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: CactusWren_D5X9071-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Cactus Wren(Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) |
Description: Cactus Wrens and Rock Wrens play regularly in this cactus garden. In Langtry Texas there is a museum run by the Texas DOT and dedicated to the memory of Judge Roy Bean, who was a colorful Texan figure in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Outside the visitor center is a lovely cactus garden replete with many of the native birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 8:45 |
Location:
Roy Bean Visitor Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: CactusWren_D5X9127-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Golden-Fronted Woodpecker(Melanerpes aurifrons) |
Description: Golden-Fronted Woodpeckers are the dominant woodpecker in this part of Texas. In Langtry Texas there is a museum run by the Texas DOT and dedicated to the memory of Judge Roy Bean, who was a colorful Texan figure in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Outside the visitor center is a lovely cactus garden replete with many of the native birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 9:24 |
Location:
Roy Bean Visitor Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: GoldenFrontedWoodpecker_D5X9232-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Golden-Fronted Woodpecker(Melanerpes aurifrons) |
Description: Golden-Fronted Woodpeckers are the dominant woodpecker in this part of Texas. In Langtry Texas there is a museum run by the Texas DOT and dedicated to the memory of Judge Roy Bean, who was a colorful Texan figure in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Outside the visitor center is a lovely cactus garden replete with many of the native birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 9:24 |
Location:
Roy Bean Visitor Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: GoldenFrontedWoodpecker_D5X9240-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Golden-Fronted Woodpecker(Melanerpes aurifrons) |
Description: Golden-Fronted Woodpeckers are the dominant woodpecker in this part of Texas. In Langtry Texas there is a museum run by the Texas DOT and dedicated to the memory of Judge Roy Bean, who was a colorful Texan figure in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Outside the visitor center is a lovely cactus garden replete with many of the native birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 10:05 |
Location:
Roy Bean Visitor Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: GoldenFrontedWoodpecker_D5X9305-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Golden-Fronted Woodpecker(Melanerpes aurifrons) |
Description: Golden-Fronted Woodpeckers are the dominant woodpecker in this part of Texas. In Langtry Texas there is a museum run by the Texas DOT and dedicated to the memory of Judge Roy Bean, who was a colorful Texan figure in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Outside the visitor center is a lovely cactus garden replete with many of the native birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 10:06 |
Location:
Roy Bean Visitor Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: GoldenFrontedWoodpecker_D5X9334-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Lark Bunting(Calamospiza melanocorys) |
Description: Lark Buntings breed in the Texas Panhandle and north to Canada, but come to southern Texas to spend the winter. A half mile southeast of Langtry Texas flows the Rio Grande. A short drive from the settlment brings the traveler to relatively undisturned Chihuahuan Desert habitat. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 11:22 |
Location:
Rio Grande Overlook |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: LarkBunting_D5X9472-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Lark Bunting(Calamospiza melanocorys) |
Description: Lark Buntings breed in the Texas Panhandle and north to Canada, but come to southern Texas to spend the winter. A half mile southeast of Langtry Texas flows the Rio Grande. A short drive from the settlment brings the traveler to relatively undisturned Chihuahuan Desert habitat. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 11:45 |
Location:
Rio Grande Overlook |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/8000 |
File Name: LarkBunting_D5X9516-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Lark Bunting(Calamospiza melanocorys) |
Description: Lark Buntings breed in the Texas Panhandle and north to Canada, but come to southern Texas to spend the winter. A half mile southeast of Langtry Texas flows the Rio Grande. A short drive from the settlment brings the traveler to relatively undisturned Chihuahuan Desert habitat. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 11:47 |
Location:
Rio Grande Overlook |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/8000 |
File Name: LarkBunting_D5X9545-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Lark Bunting(Calamospiza melanocorys) |
Description: Lark Buntings breed in the Texas Panhandle and north to Canada, but come to southern Texas to spend the winter. A half mile southeast of Langtry Texas flows the Rio Grande. A short drive from the settlment brings the traveler to relatively undisturned Chihuahuan Desert habitat. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 12:05 |
Location:
Rio Grande Overlook |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/8000 |
File Name: LarkBunting_D5X9640-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Lark Bunting(Calamospiza melanocorys) |
Description: Lark Buntings breed in the Texas Panhandle and north to Canada, but come to southern Texas to spend the winter. A half mile southeast of Langtry Texas flows the Rio Grande. A short drive from the settlment brings the traveler to relatively undisturned Chihuahuan Desert habitat. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 12:10 |
Location:
Rio Grande Overlook |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/8000 |
File Name: LarkBunting_D5X9646-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Northern Mockingbird(Mimus polyglottos) |
Description: The State Bird of the Lone Star State. In Langtry Texas there is a museum run by the Texas DOT and dedicated to the memory of Judge Roy Bean, who was a colorful Texan figure in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Outside the visitor center is a lovely cactus garden replete with many of the native birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 8:49 |
Location:
Roy Bean Visitor Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: NorthernMockingbird_D5X9137-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Phainopepla(Phainopepla nitens) |
Description: Most days I'm sure the calls of these birds are common in the cactus garden. In Langtry Texas there is a museum run by the Texas DOT and dedicated to the memory of Judge Roy Bean, who was a colorful Texan figure in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Outside the visitor center is a lovely cactus garden replete with many of the native birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 8:30 |
Location:
Roy Bean Visitor Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: Phainopepla_D5X9055-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Pyrrhuloxia(Cardinalis sinuatus) |
Description: Hanging out with the sparrows at the edges of the Rio Grande. A half mile southeast of Langtry Texas flows the Rio Grande. A short drive from the settlment brings the traveler to relatively undisturned Chihuahuan Desert habitat. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 12:05 |
Location:
Rio Grande Overlook |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/8000 |
File Name: Pyrrhuloxia_D5X9634-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


White-Crowned Sparrow(Zonotrichia leucophrys) |
Description: In the cactus garden, these were the only sparrows I met. In Langtry Texas there is a museum run by the Texas DOT and dedicated to the memory of Judge Roy Bean, who was a colorful Texan figure in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Outside the visitor center is a lovely cactus garden replete with many of the native birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 9:32 |
Location:
Roy Bean Visitor Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: WhiteCrownedSparrow_D5X9270-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


White-Crowned Sparrow(Zonotrichia leucophrys) |
Description: In the cactus garden, these were the only sparrows I met. In Langtry Texas there is a museum run by the Texas DOT and dedicated to the memory of Judge Roy Bean, who was a colorful Texan figure in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Outside the visitor center is a lovely cactus garden replete with many of the native birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 9:32 |
Location:
Roy Bean Visitor Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WhiteCrownedSparrow_D5X9275-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker(Sphyrapicus varius) |
Description: Well away from the dominant Golden-Fronted Woodpeckers, I found this sapsucker at work in this tree. In Langtry Texas there is a museum run by the Texas DOT and dedicated to the memory of Judge Roy Bean, who was a colorful Texan figure in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Outside the visitor center is a lovely cactus garden replete with many of the native birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:08 9:08 |
Location:
Roy Bean Visitor Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: YellowBelliedSapsucker_D5X9153-Langtry-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |

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