Austin, Texas Daily Photo

I suppose this might be considered a form of graffiti. Someone took grackle feathers, plentiful at this time of year when they are molting...

It's theme day at City Daily Photo and the theme is "Municipal Building" so I shot a picture of Austin City Hall, near our c...

These guys each claimed one of these old concrete piers on Lady Bird Lake. They remained there calmly while I went down the hill to frame ...

While the grackles often decide our neighborhood is a great place to roost they don't usually perch on our building, preferring the tr...

We discovered this Painted Bunting on a downtown sidewalk. Breathing but not hopping or flying from the foot traffic.

Jackie shot this picture a couple of weeks ago near Town Lake. Here's what she said about the shot and this flock often seen around Au...

This custom-designed and crafted clock is in the new library. It features likenesses of grackles, among the prevalent species of fowl i...

Jackie sees these Lady Bird Lake geese from her apartment but recently got up close for a photo. Today is theme day at City Daily Photo. T...

Shot from my easy chair through a dirty window. These guys usually get stirred up and show up when the weather is in flux. Except for a wi...

These birds were daring anyone to walk under them on a recent night.

This was the sight that greeted me on an afternoon a few weeks ago. These grackles stick together.

The wading bird waits for some breakfast near a boat stowed for later recreation.  Joggers, walkers and bikers pass nearby on the Lady Bir...

These guys were lined up waiting for a fish to make a mistake.

I'm thinking this is a Black-crowned Night Heron juvenile. What do you think? Spotted on Lady Bird Lake, of course.

This egret appears to be walking on water but really he's wading in the shallows near the Lady Bird Lake boardwalk.

This sweet little parakeet was perched below a fence rail on Lavaca Street between 8th and 9th one recent afternoon. We couldn't begin...

It's funny how different the yellow-crowned nigh heron looks when he stretches up.

Seen early in August from the boardwalk.

Jackie shot this while we were on our boardwalk inauguration adventure a few weekends ago. I believe it to be a yellow-crowned night heron...

This pretty bird was wading along the lakeside trail the other day.