2022-10-04 Davis Mountains
38 Photos

Acorn Woodpecker(Melanerpes formicivorus) |
Description: Joining the Ladder-Backed Woodpeckers at Davis Mountains State Park, was an Acorn Woodpecker community, bringing some lively colors and animation to the campground. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:03 13:30 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: AcornWoodpecker_8507785-DavisMountains-SP |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Acorn Woodpecker(Melanerpes formicivorus) |
Description: Joining the Ladder-Backed Woodpeckers at Davis Mountains State Park, was an Acorn Woodpecker community, bringing some lively colors and animation to the campground. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:03 13:30 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: AcornWoodpecker_8507794-DavisMountains-SP |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
Description: Chipping Sparrows were among the birds I found foraging on the lawns at the McDonald Observatory. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:05 13:01 |
Location:
McDonald Observatory |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: ChippingSparrow_8508476-McDonaldObservatory |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Hackberry Emperor(Asterocampa celtis) |
Description: Sometimes, when I’m on the hunt to meet birds, I’ll get distracted by butterflies, such as this Hackberry Emperor. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:03 13:03 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: HackberryEmperorButterfly_8507733-DavisMountains-SP |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


House Finch(Haemorhous mexicanus) |
Description: House Finches here at Davis Mountains State Park seemed to gravitate to the feeding stations. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:03 13:31 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: HouseFinch_8507803-DavisMountains-SP |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


House Finch(Haemorhous mexicanus) |
Description: House Finches here at Davis Mountains State Park seemed to gravitate to the feeding stations. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:03 13:49 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: HouseFinch_8507845-DavisMountains-SP |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


White-Winged Dove(Zenaida asiatica) |
Description: White-Winged Doves were plentiful here at Davis Mountains State Park, and seemed well-fed from the seeds offered at the feeding stations. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:03 12:58 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: WhiteWingedDove_8507721-DavisMountains-SP |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


White-Winged Dove(Zenaida asiatica) |
Description: White-Winged Doves were plentiful here at Davis Mountains State Park, and seemed well-fed from the seeds offered at the feeding stations. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:03 13:00 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: WhiteWingedDove_8507732-DavisMountains-SP |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay(Aphelocoma woodhouseii) |
Description: Woodhouse's Scrub-Jays roame the campground here at Davis Mountains State Park, often announcing their arrival with boisterous vocalizations. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:03 13:47 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: WoodhouseScrubJay_8507835-DavisMountains-SP |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Description: Joining the Ladder-Backed Woodpeckers at Davis Mountains State Park, was an Acorn Woodpecker community, bringing some lively colors and animation to the campground. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 10:59 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: AcornWoodpecker_8507929-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Acorn Woodpecker(Melanerpes formicivorus) |
Description: Joining the Ladder-Backed Woodpeckers at Davis Mountains State Park, was an Acorn Woodpecker community, bringing some lively colors and animation to the campground. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 10:59 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: AcornWoodpecker_8507950-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Black-Crested Titmouse(Baeolophus atricristatus) |
Description: The Black-Crested Titmouse community at Davis Mountains State Park were scattered throughout the campgrounds. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 12:38 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: BlackCrestedTitmouse_8508075-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Black-Crested Titmouse(Baeolophus atricristatus) |
Description: The Black-Crested Titmouse community at Davis Mountains State Park were scattered throughout the campgrounds. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 12:38 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: BlackCrestedTitmouse_8508080-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Black-Crested Titmouse(Baeolophus atricristatus) |
Description: The Black-Crested Titmouse community at Davis Mountains State Park were scattered throughout the campgrounds. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 12:39 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: BlackCrestedTitmouse_8508112-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Cassin's Kingbird(Tyrannus vociferans) |
Description: I found a group of Cassin's Kingbirds at Davis Mountains State Park concentrated near the lodge built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 12:45 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: CassinsKingbird_8508167-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Cassin's Kingbird(Tyrannus vociferans) |
Description: I found a group of Cassin's Kingbirds at Davis Mountains State Park concentrated near the lodge built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 12:48 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: CassinsKingbird_8508178-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


House Finch(Haemorhous mexicanus) |
Description: House Finches here at Davis Mountains State Park seemed to gravitate to the feeding stations. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 10:49 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/320 |
File Name: HouseFinch_8507885-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


House Finch(Haemorhous mexicanus) |
Description: House Finches here at Davis Mountains State Park seemed to gravitate to the feeding stations. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 11:33 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: HouseFinch_8508018-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Ladder-Backed Woodpecker(Dryobates scalaris) |
Description: Ladder-Backed Woodpeckers here at Davis Mountains State Park were more stealthy than their Acorn Woodpecker counterparts. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 12:50 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: LadderbackedWoodpecker_8508210-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Ladder-Backed Woodpecker(Dryobates scalaris) |
Description: Ladder-Backed Woodpeckers here at Davis Mountains State Park were more stealthy than their Acorn Woodpecker counterparts. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 12:50 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: LadderbackedWoodpecker_8508212-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Northern Cardinal(Cardinalis cardinalis) |
Description: I didn’t see many Northern Cardinals at Davis Mountains State Park, but there was a presence, as evidenced by this bathing female. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 11:39 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/320 |
File Name: NorthernCardinal_8508033-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Rock Squirrel(Otospermophilus variegatus) |
Description: Rock Squirrels here at Davis Mountains State Park loved gorging on the seeds offered to the birds. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 11:10 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: RockSquirrel_8507995-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Western Tanager(Piranga ludoviciana) |
Description: This Western Tanager was probably raised here at Davis Mountains State Park, or nearby. It will soon leave to spend the winter in Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 12:38 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: WesternTanager_8508090-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Western Tanager(Piranga ludoviciana) |
Description: This Western Tanager was probably raised here at Davis Mountains State Park, or nearby. It will soon leave to spend the winter in Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 12:39 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: WesternTanager_8508107-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


White-Winged Dove(Zenaida asiatica) |
Description: White-Winged Doves were plentiful here at Davis Mountains State Park, and seemed well-fed from the seeds offered at the feeding stations. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 11:04 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: WhiteWingedDove_8507962-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay(Aphelocoma woodhouseii) |
Description: Woodhouse's Scrub-Jays roame the campground here at Davis Mountains State Park, often announcing their arrival with boisterous vocalizations. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 10:51 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: WoodhouseScrubJay_8507892-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay(Aphelocoma woodhouseii) |
Description: Woodhouse's Scrub-Jays roame the campground here at Davis Mountains State Park, often announcing their arrival with boisterous vocalizations. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 10:52 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: WoodhouseScrubJay_8507905-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay(Aphelocoma woodhouseii) |
Description: Woodhouse's Scrub-Jays roame the campground here at Davis Mountains State Park, often announcing their arrival with boisterous vocalizations. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 11:09 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: WoodhouseScrubJay_8507979-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay(Aphelocoma woodhouseii) |
Description: Woodhouse's Scrub-Jays roame the campground here at Davis Mountains State Park, often announcing their arrival with boisterous vocalizations. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:04 12:40 |
Location:
Davis Mountains State Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: WoodhouseScrubJay_8508118-DavisMountains.SP_ |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Collared Peccary(Pecari tajacu) |
Description: As I was leaving the McDonald Observatory, I spotted a family of Collared Peccaries, and I could not resist spending some time with them. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:05 12:07 |
Location:
McDonald Observatory |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: CollaredPeccary_8508247-McDonaldObservatory |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Collared Peccary(Pecari tajacu) |
Description: As I was leaving the McDonald Observatory, I spotted a family of Collared Peccaries, and I could not resist spending some time with them. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:05 12:09 |
Location:
McDonald Observatory |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 400 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: CollaredPeccary_8508290-McDonaldObservatory |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Collared Peccary(Pecari tajacu) |
Description: As I was leaving the McDonald Observatory, I spotted a family of Collared Peccaries, and I could not resist spending some time with them. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:05 12:09 |
Location:
McDonald Observatory |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 400 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: CollaredPeccary_8508306-McDonaldObservatory |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Collared Peccary(Pecari tajacu) |
Description: As I was leaving the McDonald Observatory, I spotted a family of Collared Peccaries, and I could not resist spending some time with them. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:05 12:12 |
Location:
McDonald Observatory |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: CollaredPeccary_8508366-McDonaldObservatory |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Collared Peccary(Pecari tajacu) |
Description: As I was leaving the McDonald Observatory, I spotted a family of Collared Peccaries, and I could not resist spending some time with them. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:05 12:12 |
Location:
McDonald Observatory |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: CollaredPeccary_8508372-McDonaldObservatory |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


House Finch(Haemorhous mexicanus) |
Description: House Finches foraged on the lawns at the McDonald Observatory. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:05 12:20 |
Location:
McDonald Observatory |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: HouseFinch_8508383-McDonaldObservatory |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Western Bluebird(Sialia mexicana) |
Description: Western Bluebirds were among the birds I found foraging on the lawns at the McDonald Observatory. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:05 12:55 |
Location:
McDonald Observatory |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WesternBluebird_8508446-McDonaldObservatory |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Western Bluebird(Sialia mexicana) |
Description: Western Bluebirds were among the birds I found foraging on the lawns at the McDonald Observatory. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:05 13:02 |
Location:
McDonald Observatory |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WesternBluebird_8508481-McDonaldObservatory |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay(Aphelocoma woodhouseii) |
Description: Woodhouse's Scrub-Jays were among the birds I found foraging on the lawns at the McDonald Observatory. |
Date Taken: 2022:10:05 12:22 |
Location:
McDonald Observatory |
Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: WoodhouseScrubJay_8508389-McDonaldObservatory |
© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |

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