Hale county, sorghum crop and rainbow


Hale County rainbow by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

Rainshowers and sunset


showers over umbarger by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

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Thunderstorm


thunderstorm by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr[/url] by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr



sun and clouds by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

Hard to believe that just last spring, we had enough rain to produce wildflowers and refill playa lakes.

I could be wrong, but I bet these are the same types of flowers that gave rise to the name of the city, Amarillo.


heron and wildflowers by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

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Long shot of above


playa, heron, wildflowers by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

classic plains storm


thunderhead by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

Yet another sunset


sunset by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

Surprise, more sunsets!


sunset II by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr


sunset III by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr


sunset IV by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

Thanks Canyon for updating. I really enjoyed the Thunderboomer pics.

Seeing those cotton stripping pics took me back to when I was innocent and 12 helping out on the farm.

Keep up the good work CA

OOPS

Just realized I double posted one picture above. Fixed it with a new 1st pic in the 2nd post from the top.

I can smell the rain in those pics.

Great horned owl in the neighbor's tree this afternoon.


IMG_5644 by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

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My first great owl that I saw was early morning outside of Lakeview, Tx. The Lakeview in Hall County, not the one on Brazos County.

The Owl I saw, I thought it was a small child. It was sitting by the edge of the road and I really thought it was waiting on a bus. It was huge for a bird.

Beautiful birds. I have seen a few in the oaks of east texas flying around.

Fantastic!!

Canyon we have two greats at our farm. Really cool owls

I don't have any photos, but I once worked a farm that had barn owls. Those are Very Cool birds as well. I'll have to look, I may have some burrowing owl photos. They're just flat out funny to watch.

I like to come back and visit this thread every couple of months. GREAT stuff!

Today on the farm, found the smallest horny toad (Texas Horned Lizard) I've ever seen.

[/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/p27WYM]IMG_6159 by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

[/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/p2oeE6]IMG_6163 by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

[/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/p27NRV]IMG_6164 by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

That is a tiny one. They must be having a good year this year. I bet I have seen 300 horned lizards this summer.

EDIT: Sorry, I don't know what happened to these pics. Maybe I linked them from Facebook and the link is now dead. Will try to fix it.

I check this forum every day just in case CanyonAg has posted something. These pictures are awesome. I will be coming back to this thread to give each one the close attention it deserves.

I was quail hunting on my grandparent's place near Stamford a few years ago. There's one particular area along the creek that is very brushy, so I had to stoop over and scramble through. When I finally got through the worst of it, I stood up and found myself face-to-face with a horned owl at a range of about 6 feet. Scared the pellets out of me!!

I've seen them in our little urban village of Lubbock as well. Had on sitting on the top of a power pole in our alley a few evenings last fall.

Awesome birds!

Canyon, I was in Shamrock the first of Sept for a dove hunt. I had never heard quail singing like that in the evening before. I have always heard them in good years, but they were all around us and there were many. It is going to be a good year. I have a new Shorthair pup, so I am excited about the season in Childress.

So Texas Farm Bureau just put up a video featuring a very nice young man. I've known him, his parents and grandparents all my life. He has a sister class of '92 and some Aggie cousins. As a bonus, I linked another neighbor from Hale Center, an artist who's little brother is a close friend.

So these will be duplicates for those who hang out on the Outdoors Board. I posted them there, and realized that I never posted them here, as promised.

Burrowing Owls thread on Outdoors, has some other great owl photos.

https://texags.com/forums/34/topics/3010865

My photos, also posted there:

That last is not a good photo, but look at his pupils.

Great pics, just saw this thread for the first time. Thanks for sharing your photos. I'm from Clovis and no longer live there, but these make me want to go back (until I think about the wind and blowing dirt :-) )