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The first Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) that I have seen return to our area for 2015 was silhouetted against heavy clouds just before dawn yesterday. I recognized its call and saw it perched high on a bare tree in the Corps of Engineers park at Stillhouse Hollow dam in Bell County, Texas. I found a spot where it was backlit by some thinner clouds that allowed the faint pink of sunrise to come through. A beautiful start to a rainy but wonderful Easter weekend.
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Gary Holmes, photographer: I have always loved to photograph nature, landscapes, abstract, and other found objects of interest. Although I have staged single and group portraits and still life photographs, I prefer the challenge of trying to capture the unpredictable spontaneity of things and events as they are occurring. I started with a Kodak Brownie as a child, but entered the world of real photography with a Canon AE-1 in the late 1970's. I have successfully s...

Gary Holmes, photographer: I have always loved to photograph nature, landscapes, abstract, and other found objects of interest. I prefer the challenge of trying to capture the unpredictable spontaneity of things and events as they are occurring. I started with a Kodak Brownie as a child, but entered the world of real photography with a Canon AE-1 in the late 1970's. I have successfully sold a number of my photographs on Fine Art America, and have been recognized in international photography venues. Poster sized prints of three of my photographs were recently installed in a new medical clinic building in a major Texas medical center. My photo, "Blue Norther," was selected by the nonprofit Texas Bluebird Society for its 2010...