Birds on my Birthday

Today is my 70th birthday [9th]. I was born during the great blizzard of 48'-'49 and I was so important to the farming community [or was it my mother?] that the county came and cleaned miles of the farmhouse lane of 7-10 foot drifts for me to be born at a hospital - for my family and siblings, I've been a family legend. Bud and I will be celebrating life with dining out and I am going to have my yearly birthday meal....fresh, and fried Jumbo Gulf Shrimp.

I will be absent for the day, and will come visiting with you tomorrow. In the meantime, here are my bird shares for the weekend. I thought better of sharing SEVENTY photos to represent one a year...but, I thought I'd better stick with just a few instead.

VERMILLION FLYCATCHER
photos taken:  Bazemore Park
habitat map:  Flycatcher


PEREGRINE FALCON
photos taken:  Paradise Pond
habitat map:  Falcon

.... the last few weeks when out birding and hiking trails, I have noticed a huge number of American White Pelicans...no matter where I go.  These shared below are from different areas, on different days.  I will specify chronologically where seen in the 'photos taken' section, below...

AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS

photos taken:  1] Hans Suter Refuge 2] Leonabelle Refuge 3] NAS -Naval Air Station and... 4-6] Port Aransas Ship Channel at Community Park -the last photo was most of them took to flight when a large tanker went through.

habitat map:  Pelican

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