Week 7 of 52: Mandarin Duck, they have named him Andy this time and hopefully his new mate Ann.
The female does not look like the reference photos of a female mandarin, but doesn’t look like any other duck I have seen either. Hoping it is a young Mandarin female that hasn’t developed her markings yet.
Life is good and I am blessed!
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Finally made my first trip up to Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge looking for the local pair of breeding Eagles. No Eagles found but lots of interesting water fowl and a neat place to explore!
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
Northern Shoveler
Great Blue Heron
Red tail Hawk
Northern Pintail
Flock of Snow Geese
Green Wing Teal
Squirrel Loving
American Wigeon
Life is good and I am blessed!
Kent
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Took my sister and Dave to the Stockyards at Fort Worth. I was super excited when Matt, Ashly, and Layla decided to join us. Layla was really brave and rode Big Jake and enjoyed the cattle drive! She is growing up so fast!
Day with family, Priceless!
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Kent
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Week 6 of 52: Little Layla riding Big Jake at the Fort Worth Stockyards
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My sister and brother in law visited us from Tennessee on their way to Galveston Texas, we all decided to do the JFK Tour. It was extremely surreal and humbling to stand on the X, stand behind the fence on the grassy knoll, and glaze out the window. I was surprised that Dealey Plaza has not changed except the trees have grown larger.
The book depository building
The fence and the grassy knoll.
The Overpass
The angle of the shots.
Excerpt from JFK’s speak he was going to deliver in Dallas.
The view from one floor up. You can’t get to the 6th floor window, it is preserved as it was behind thick plexiglass.
Very surreal as Matt contemplating the shots that changed history one floor below.
The lighting was so perfect we all took turns at the window.
There is a live webcam inside the cardboard box where Lee Harvey Oswald made two maybe three shots.
Across the street from Dealey Plaza is the Old Red Court House.
Statue of George Dealey.
The overall area is much smaller that it looked on the movies and TV. I highly recommend if you are ever in the Dallas area, you should budget a couple hours and take the JFK Museum tour.
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Kent
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