Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Home at Hornsby

I wrote my master's thesis on sewage ponds and the birds at Hornsby Bend in Austin. I started the Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory while I was starting my PhD program. Now that I am in Austin to finish that up, Hornsby was the first place I went to after picking up the rental car. Just a quick spin around the ponds was great to see old friends like Crested Caracara. Also saw a couple birds that can be tough to find out there some years--3 Common Goldeneyes and a female Hooded Merganser. Good to be home. How often do you hear that said about a sewage pond?

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  1. I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't know that, Rob--belated but no less sincere thanks for the happy hours I've spent at Hornsby Bend!

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  2. .
    Happy Thanksgiving from Texas....

    Troy and Martha
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