hummingbirds

Found a hummingbird feeder at a garage sale for 50c. Cleaned it up, read up on making the nectar, and hung it up in the back yard. Saw the first bird (a brown female?) later that day. Just now a green one was at the feeder.

Here's a page on identification of hummingbirds in Texas.

possum kingdom

A possum wandered onto the back porch; one of the (non-nightvision) security cams picked him up. He wanders up by the chair at around the 15sec mark, and I spotlight him with the q-beam.

He was licking beaded up water off the deck. I guess he was thirsty. He waddled off somewhere after a few mins.

Wiley Coyote

Was out bicycling last night around 11pm, near Glenville/Windsong.

[What appeared to be] a coyote was standing in the road. As I rolled close enough for identification he noticed me and took off into the undeveloped area to the east.

Yes, I lived on a farm and know what coyotes look like.

Mutual of Richardson's Wild Kingdom

Went for a walk with the Dear Wife in the neighborhood and saw a rabbit, more fireflies, and a bat.

I have been reading about bat houses. We will see.