Black, White and Red-READ all Over...

ANHINGA

Photos taken: Hans Suter Wildlife Refuge - Oso Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas

Habitat Range:

BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER

Photos taken 1] Blucher Park - Corpus Christi and 2] Port Aransas, Texas

Habitat Range:

NORTHERN CARDINAL

Photos Taken: City Parks - Corpus Christi, Texas

Habitat Range:

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Just an update on last week's unidentified bird:
I sent my photo thru email to another birding society, and the response was "Indigo Bunting but afflicted with the absence of melanin" and that I was very lucky to have spotted it. And later responses on the Bird ID forum I utilize had these notations...

"I don't think it's a young Indigo -- that color and patterns don't make sense in that context. I think it's a leucistic adult indigo bunting. The blue color is structural, but it needs a back layer of melanin to absorb the non-blue wavelengths. If a bird were mostly lacking in melanin, this is the sort of thing you'd see."

and

"Indigo Bunting.  It may be luesistic [sic] like posted."

I am more inclined to think it's like Ken stated in his comment.  But, I did some research...I guess it's possible with a Leucistic conclusion.  I'm not agreeing, but I'm certainly not disagreeing either. If I try to change temperature of the image I don't think that's the answer since all the other photos I take with the same camera has the correct coloring of all other birds.].  All in all I learned some valuable info!! A LUESISTIC bird is often found with patches of white, faint color markings,...and/or nearly albino. If interested, read more...

And if you'd like to view several birds that are afflicted with this [I especially was impressed with the white hummingbird!]  ...follow this link

I've had an interest in birds long before now. For decades in fact. My first book I bought - before the internet came around for us all - was a small, hardcover, carry-with-you book. "Birds of North America", a Golden Field Guide published in 1966!! I still have it. Within its pages, I have been marking off which ones I've seen in Colorado and in Arizona, long before I began taking pictures to record my sightings...and I continue to mark the ones I've spotted, and where, here in Texas. I also have a 'coffee table' large bound book of "Birds of North America" by Ashley Knight. It's a great book, very large, and some things written in this particular book, I've not read in others. Also, in my binocular case, I have a book on TEXAS BIRDS that ID birds by color. This past week I found another edition of birding in North America - published in 2012 with over 600 birds. It too is quite a nifty find. Especially the price!! I found it at our local "Half Price Books" on the clearance shelf for $1.00!! Brand new and the cover price was $19.99! As stated on the book jacket - it's become quite a complimentary favorite of my other bird guide books! The more info I find and read on a certain bird, the better!!  The more I study, the more knowledgeable I can be out in the 'field'.  Needless to say, I have 'em, the reference publications, on my desk in the computer room, in the car, and/or on the bookshelves just behind me---

Also, over the last few years, I've begun a new interest in an old fetish...sketching and painting birds I've seen around this part of Texas. I just finished a pencil sketch of an OSPREY --before this one I've painted using the watercolor medium, a BROWN PELICAN and GREAT BLUE HERON. Also, a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, and an INDIGO BUNTING. Years ago, in Arizona, I painted a the male NORTHERN CARDINAL. Also, a colored pencil sketch of a CARACARA.  I'm thinking my next pencil sketch will be another water bird.

...if you wish to view my artwork, the all capital titles are links that will open in a new window.

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