Summer in Sugarite Canyon State Park
Adventures of a new birder from amarillo
Since I started birdwatching (the cool kids call it "birding") in January 2019, I've been trying to discern which sparrow is which, to figure out where to see a variety of birds in the Texas Panhandle, and to learn to compose beautiful pictures of the amazing wildlife I have encountered. This website is a record of that journey.
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Vicki Wilmarth
Birding and Wildlife Stories
- Apr 1
Bird Nerd Buys a Mirrorless Camera
- Nov 17, 2023
Chasing the Panhandle's Rare Birds
- Jul 16, 2023
Baby Bird Season
- Apr 10, 2023
Birding Oklahoma's Black Mesa State Park
- Dec 12, 2022
Getting Better with the Bird Pics at Bosque
- Oct 3, 2022
The Wayward Long-Billed Curlew
- Aug 1, 2022
Bald Eagles Nesting in the Texas Panhandle
- Jul 13, 2022
Western Kingbird vs. Swainson's Hawk
- May 11, 2022
Birding Melrose Woods Migrant Trap
- Apr 25, 2022
Spring Migration at Palo Duro Canyon
- Mar 29, 2022
Hey Amarillo Podcast
- Mar 21, 2022
Inland Birder in a Coastal Paradise
- Feb 15, 2022
Winter Birds of the Panhandle
- Jan 25, 2022
Photo Workshop in New Mexico
- Jan 4, 2022
Upping My Landscape Photography Game
- Jan 4, 2022
The Red-Tailed Hawk and the Rattlesnake
- Oct 13, 2021
Northern Harriers Silently Glide over Panhandle Countryside
- Sep 15, 2021
Tips for Better Photography
- Jun 13, 2021
Burrowing Owls are Summer's Entertainers
- Jun 4, 2021
McClellan Lake Birding and Camping
- Feb 15, 2021
Snow Birds
- Jan 5, 2021
Birding Hot Spots in the Texas Panhandle
- Dec 21, 2020
Bird Nerd on a Podcast
- Dec 20, 2020
Christmas Bird Count 2020--Amarillo
- Nov 15, 2020
Cooper's Hawks Nesting in our Yard in Amarillo (Updated)
- Nov 13, 2020
Why eBird?
- Sep 15, 2020
Swainson's Hawk Migration Begins
- Jun 6, 2020
Birding a Different Part of Texas
- May 20, 2020
Mystery Birds
- Apr 20, 2020
The Reopening of Palo Duro Canyon State Park
- Feb 17, 2020
The Eagles of Amarillo
- Jan 21, 2020
Bosque del Apache Should Be on Every Birder's Bucket List
- Dec 22, 2019
Buffalo Lake's Boisterous Northern Shrike
- Dec 15, 2019
Christmas Bird Count 2019--Amarillo
- Dec 13, 2019
Yellow-Headed Blackbirds By the 100's
- Dec 9, 2019
The Great Varied Thrush Stakeout of 2019
- Dec 4, 2019
Playa Lakes are the Lifeblood of the Texas Panhandle
- Dec 3, 2019
Aoudad Sheep in Palo Duro Canyon
- Dec 3, 2019
Palo Duro Canyon Beauty
- Dec 3, 2019
Palo Duro Canyon Bird Blind
- Dec 2, 2019
Ferruginous Hawk (dark morph)
- Dec 1, 2019
Northern Parula in Palo Duro Canyon
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