Your mission if you choose to accept...find the bird--

NOTE: On my personal blog, today, I have a bird image I took last week at Lakeview Park here in town. The bird is nearly camouflaged - like hunting for the renowned children's hidden objects in the book...WHERE'S WALDO. If you'd care to give a go at finding it...be my guest LINK WILL OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW. Click on the thumbnail image below, or skim down to view my other bird photos for the day [or both]:

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ROSEATE SPOONBILL[s]

Oso Bay Observation Deck - Corpus Christi, Texas

BROWN THRASHER

photo taken: Hans Suter Preserve - Corpus Christi, Texas

habitat range map:

COMMON NIGHTHAWK [aka goatsucker]

photo taken: Charlie's Pasture Reserve - Port Aransas, Texas

[common nighthawk and lesser nighthawk are similar except for the white on the wingbar - common nighthawk the white is more centralized - lesser nighthawk the white is closer to the tip of the wing]

GOLDEN FRONTED WOODPECKER

Hans Suter Preserve - Corpus Christi, Texas

TROPICAL KINGBIRD

photo taken: Hans Suter Preserve - Corpus Christi, Texas [last July]

habitat range map:

Another confusing bird to ID --all the references to the habitat range shows that tropical kingbirds are 'non-existent' in my area. But then again, the Wood Stork habitat range didn't show Coastal Texas as being in their range either and we saw one last year [no doubt in my mind and yours if you know what a wood stork looks like]...but, the tropical kingbird's color and markings with the descriptions online show me 99% of the info matches...you decide. According to two bird guide books and wikipedia: An adult Tropical Kingbird is 22 cm long and weighs 39 g. The head is pale grey [check], with a darker eye mask [check], an orange crown stripe [check...it did have this, but nearly invisible in my photo because of the angle], and a heavy grey bill [check]. The back is greyish-green [check], and the wing and forked tail are brown [check]. The throat is pale grey, becoming olive on the breast, with the rest of the underparts being yellow [checkmate!]. The sexes are similar, but young birds have pale buff edges on the wing coverts.

So, I did some online digging, and found this helpful site that may come in handy enough that I added it to my sidebar for future use. eBird Range Map It shows the percentage of sightings in a certain area around the world of any bird that you care to research. Arrows show the area I live, and on the right side of the graphic, it shows a percentage of 0-25% possibility....

connecting to:

Wild Bird Wednesday

Water World Wednesday