Thursday, August 11, 2016

Walking (and Flying) Around the Farm with Camera in Hand

An early morning storm brought six inches of rain to the wheat fields. 
Archer County, September 2016.

Prolific sunflowers. Archer County, June 2015.

Bobwhite quail. Archer County, 2015.

Gabriel stands on a cattle loader. Hartley County, 2010.

Plowed field ready for planting wheat. Archer County, 2016.

Waterways. Archer County, 2016.

Pronghorn Antelope. Moore County, 2016.


Male Lesser Prairie Chickens during breeding season. 2014.
These particular individuals were at the Anderson Ranch.

Standing at a gap. Gray County, 2015.

Sandhill Cranes. Gray County, 2008.

Sandhill Crane. Wichita County, 2014.

Coneflowers. Gray County, 2016.

Pronghorn Antelope. Moore County, 2016.

Black Angus cow with her Hereford calf. Archer County, 2015.

A firefighter rests. Gray County, 2009.

Lightning strike on a tank battery. Gray County, 2009.

Former pumping unit. Gray County, 2009.

Tire tracks lead along the fence-line. Gray County, 2016.

Etchings on an old wall. Gray County, 2013.

Cattle near a ravine. Gray County, 2016.

Cattle drive. Wichita County, 2014.

Cirrus streaks over a barn. Archer, County, 2014.

One of the scarps overlooking a draw. Gray County, 2016.

A cloud rolls over a farm. Gray County, 2016.

Coneflowers along the road. Gray County, 2016.

Cowboy collision. Wichita County, 2014.

Early morning work. Archer County, 2013.

Oil field saltwater damage to the pasture. Archer County, 2015.

A family of Great-horned owls. Archer County, 2106.

Bird's eye view of the Texas Panhandle. Gray County, 2016.

Great-blue heron. Gray County, 2015.

Cars and concrete junked in a ravine, possibly to contain erosion. Moore County, 2013.

Landscape in Moore County, 2008.

Cow and calf in Moore County. 2008.

Hay stacked in Jim's barn. Moore County, 2008.

Muledeer. Moore County, 2016.

Muledeer. Moore County, 2016.

Piglet stampede. Archer County, 2014.

Prairie Dog Town after heavy rains. Archer County, 2016.

Prairie Dog. Archer County, 2010.

Pronghorn Antelope. Moore County, 2016.

Farrier. Gray County, 2013.

Feeder. Gray County, 2016.

Old gas valves, now inoperative. Gray County, 2016.

Seth feeds the cattle with the mule-driven feeder. Moore County, 2009.

Dusting the corn crop. Gray County, 2015.

Flooding after El NiƱo brought abundant rains. Archer County, 2016.
See the two photographs below to show the effect of the drought.

Dry pond after a long drought. Archer County, 2014.

Lee drilling a well. Archer County, 2014.

Timelapse of a bobcat caught on a wildlife camera. Archer County, 2013.

Old barbed wire. Moore County, 2014.

A roll of barbed wire. Moore County, 2014.

Red-tailed hawk. Gray County, 2016.

Helicopter at sunrise, ready to survey the farms. Wichita County, 2013.

At sunset, thousands of geese fly over the playas in the Panhandle. 
In this image, they fly over Charles' home. Gray County, 2016.

Thousands of geese flying over the playas. Gray County, 2016.

A hand-dug water well, a berm, and a flagpole. Moore County, 2014.

Panoramic during the Golden Hour. Gray County, 2016.

Discussion. Gray County, 2015.

Sunrise over the Panhandle. Gray County, 2016.

Flowers and green grass after abundant rains. Gray County, 2016.

A gnarly tree hangs over the draw. Gray County, 2016.

Sage bush in the foreground. Gray County, 2016.

Panoramic of the moon rise. Gray County, 2016.

Tank battery, possibly 1920s. Gray County, 2016.

Panoramic view to the south. Gray County, 2016.

Sunrise. Gray County, 2016.

Sunrise at the fence. Gray County, 2016.

Grass heads backlit by the sun. Gray County, 2016.

Smartweed on the playa. Gray County, 2016.

Rain storm over the wheat field. Archer County, 2012.

Photo taken in 2013, a bad year for rain and hot temperatures. Moore County.

View of the plains. Moore County, 2013.

Through the front windshield. Moore County, 2013.

Scissortail Flycatcher. Wichita County, 2014.

Sunflowers and Snow-on-the-Prairie. Archer County, 2014.

Solar-powered water well. Moore County, 2013.

Storm cloud at sunset. Gray County, 2016.

Water pond. Gray County, 2016.

Tractor on the farm. Hartley County, 2009.

Loading corn into the trucks. Hartley County, 2007.

Corn. Hartley County, 2007.

A grove of trees. Moore County, 2016.

Across the highway, a neighbor placed a wind farm. Gray County, 2016.

An old cattle guard. Gray County, 2015.

A pond serves two pastures. Moore County, 2013.

Sunrise in Hartley County, 2008.

More soon!