Category Archives: Year 2

Cattle Egrets & Barbie Cars!

We are 15 days and over 650 miles into our bike tour through Texas, the Ozarks, and finally along the Missouri River. Today was a good day for riding and the back roads provided both birding and “purple cow” viewing opportunities! For Molly and me, a purple cow is a unique, somewhat unusual roadside attraction.

Early in the day we stumbled upon where Barbie Cars go to die, a Barbie Car Graveyard! See the photo. Later in the afternoon Molly spotted some Cattle Egrets. It was fun to observe these birds, which do not come north as far as Minnesota utilizing a horse for a more effective hunt for insects! Apparently livestock helps these birds be 50% more productive at hunting. Wonder what the horse gets out of the relationship?!

You may follow our trip diary via the Crazy Guy on a Bike Portal. Here some photos from today.Horse-Cattle-Egret-4_wm

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Texas Two Steppin Birds!

Molly and I continue to bike and bird across Texas. We have now finished the Hill Country and are starting to bike NE towards the Ozark Mountains. Here are a few last photos from the Hill Country where “Two Steppin” birds are not the only ones to make music!

You may view my day to day bike trip diary via the Crazy Guy on a Bike Portal.

Texas State Bird: Mockingbird

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Black Vulture

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The Band at Luckenbach (one of our bike tour stops)

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Biking the Texas Blues!

Yes … we are seeing the Texas Blues! Molly and I are bicycle touring through Texas, the Ozarks, and finally finishing up along the Missouri River. Right now we are working our way through the Texas Hill Country, and singing the Texas Blues! The birds are fantastic, but they are just one part of the “blues” for this is Blue Bonnet season. The roadsides are an explosion of color from all the different wildflowers, but particularly Texas Blue Bonnets. Over the past five days we have cycled 231 miles … here is our tale of blue! (see images).

If you would like to read more about are actual bike touring experience which will see us ride 1,500+ miles following the spring north, follow these links:

This image screams Texas! A Longhorn in Blue Bonnets.

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A Peacock we saw on the roof a rural farm building

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Biking through Blue Bonnets Bonnets

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Willow City Loop Vista (no city for miles … strange name!)

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Another Willow City Loop VistaVista

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Texas Bluebird

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Crested Caracara (also known as the Mexican Eagle)

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Into every life, some rain must fall!

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Our route through today

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