Camera Critters Sunday -- Rogers Wildlife Rehab

Believe it or not, this IS the continuation of the pigeon rescue post from yesterday. Scroll down for more photos and details!


Researching proper care and nutrition for a wounded pigeon convinced me that I was not up to the task. So I researched more and found this jewel.



Above is the hospital building where I took the injured pigeon. It was quickly determined that she/he had a broken elbow and a broken shoulder. But the prognosis is wonderful! They can wrap the wing to the bird in such a way that it will properly heal and they expect a full recovery and release back to the wild. AWESOME! For those birds who cannot be returned to the wild, they have a wonderful permanent home here!
This must be their Intensive Care Unit.
As you'll see when you check their website (see link below), they work with schools and other groups, spreading the knowledge and respect of wildlife.

Rogers Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is just south of Dallas in Hutchins. They take in all injured or orphaned feathered friends. If they can survive in the wild after their rehabilitation, they are released. If not, they have a wonderful home here! Be sure to check out their website. They are a non-profit and receive no funds from the government. They depend on volunteers and donations to keep doing their marvelous work. I spent an hour walking around the grounds and was completely impressed by everything I saw. They have everything from pigeons to raptors, water fowl to peacocks. The volunteers I met were very friendly, very dedicated and very skilled. I have more pictures to post tomorrow, so please come back! See more pictures at my other two blogs: Gun Barrel City Daily Photo and Corsicana Daily Photo.
See more Camera Critters over at Misty Dawn's!

Floating Pigeon....

This poor pigeon floated into our cove last night. We scooped him/her out with a fishing net. I will spend the next few days letting you know the "the rest of the story......."

Photo Hunt: Bright

Today's entry in TnChick's Photo Hunt meme is provided by my very BRIGHT nephew, Zach. The image is of my very BRIGHT Corgi, Nate floating on his brand new very BRIGHT float and wearing his very BRIGHT life jacket. Click on TnChick link above to see more entries.

Saturday Photo Hunt: Emotion--ENVY!

Envious that my little brother has a nicer car than I! Shot from

the driver's seat of my Toyota.......

Click on over to TnChick's site for more Photo Hunt images.

Camera Critters Sunday: My little friend is starting a family....

I posted several days ago about the bluebird that's been tapping at my windows. For several weeks, we've watched him checking out every birdhouse in the neighborhood, including these in our yard. Apparently, he finally made up his mind and convinced his mate. Yesterday we caught them carrying building supplies inside the house! Stay tuned for family updates!
In the meantime, check out other posts for Camera Critters Sunday at Misty Dawn's site.

Color Project--- Blue, Take III

If you started out here, you may be wondering where Take I and Take II are. Well, let's take a little field trip! Take I is at my Gun Barrel City Daily Photo Blog and Take II is at my Corsicana Daily Photo Blog. My goal in joining Anna's Color Project today was to shoot all the blue I could in the first five minutes of entering my house. The first shot is my front door, so I'm off to a good start, yes? The others include my inside bluebirds, gifts from special friends DD and BP; one of our favorite games--introduced to us by special friends DH & MC: the wireless router I can't do without; and my one of my 100+ turtles given to me by my special sister-in-law CM! Be sure to click on Anna's link above and see better collections of the color blue!

Sky Watch Friday

I was taking a series of photos the other day to stitch together for a banner for this page....scroll down to the bottom of this page to see it.....and had no idea that I had accidentally--perhaps even miraculously!--captured this Purple Martin in flight. These birds dart around like crazy snatching mosquitoes from the sky, so we all have Martin Houses in our yards to coax them to stay close. They're very helpful in controlling the mosquito population but very hard to photograph. Sometimes we just get really lucky!!

Be sure to click over to WiggersWorld to see more Sky Watch Friday posts!

Two Fer Tuesday Theme Day at Jonna's Life in Shelby County

I took the first photo in April 0f 2007 somewhere between San Angelo and Waco, Texas. When I saw the store in the 2nd shot last week in Austin, I knew I had a series for Jonna's Two fer Tuesday Theme! Check out her theme series by clicking HERE.

In the case of the first store, not only is it closed down but there's really very little to indicate there was ever a town there. In the case of the second store....can you believe it's on 7th street just a couple of blocks from Austin's very active downtown area??