I'd Rather B Birdin': Blue GROSBEAK

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§ Springtime Along the Coast...

HOODED WARBLER
Habitat map: Warbler

BLACKPOLL WARBER [rare in Texas!!]
Habitat map: Warbler

AMERICAN REDSTART
Habitat map: Restart

INDIGO BUNTING
Habitat map: Bunting

BLUE GROSBEAK [Juvenile?]
Habitat map: Grosbeak

LEAST SANDPIPER
Habitat map: Sandpiper

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§ More April Migrants...

Another week of Spring Migration and sightings has now passed. Soon, these beauties will be farther north to their breeding grounds. I mentioned on my personal blog that I got the privilege of seeing a NEW bird these past few days...I have seen a few times, the YELLOW Billed Cuckoo, but never sighted the elusive BLACK BILLED CUCKOO! As I was looking through the camera viewfinder a shadow appeared overhead and I saw the cuckoo. Thinking it was a yellow billed. But moving my camera lens in the direction of the tree, the direction it landed...I could see it was a black billed...no rusty side, no prominent tail striping. Yes, indeed. I love seeing "New" birds without having to travel far from home. Here are just a few photos. I have dozens more to come...

PECTORAL SANDPIPER
Habitat map: Sandpiper
As you can see with the habitat map, they do not reside in USA anywhere...they are migrants only.

SCARLET TANAGER
Habitat map: Tanager

BLUE GROSBEAK
Habitat map: Grosbeak

ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK
Habitat map: Grosbeak

WILSON'S PHALAROPE
Habitat map: Phalarope

SUMMER TANAGER
Habitat map: Tanager

BLACK BILLED CUCKOO
Habitat map: Cuckoo

LINCOLN'S SPARROW
Habitat map: Sparrow

I also took the liberty of making a 25 second video of the Wilson's Phalarope Feeding Frenzy Ritual. In case you're interested: View HERE

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§ Colors of the Wind...

Of course, by now the migrants are out of our area and up to the north. And since it's really too hot these days to do much walking/birding, I am going to share some colorful migrant photos taken earlier this season, and a shore bird for this week's post...

INDIGO BUNTING [male is blue]
photos taken: Paradise Pond
habitat map: Bunting

AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER
photos taken: Indian Point Park
habitat map: Oystercatcher

BLUE GROSBEAK [male in blue]
photos taken: Refugio Texas
habitat map: Grosbeak

PAINTED BUNTING [male]
photos taken: Pollywog Ponds
habitat map: Bunting

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§ Spring Archives

I'm relying on Spring Photo Archives once again. This week I'm sharing these:

MARCH

On Mustang Island, the North Pasture near the ship channel on this day in March, I watched Two Lesser Yellowlegs having a fling!! [I'm not sure if they were courting or demanding territorial rights since the yellow on the legs are really not all that yellow as when in breeding plumage]. I'm still inclined to think it was a courtship ritual being Spring....But the action, for the short time it lasted, was a challenging photo op...

LESSER YELLOWLEGS
photos taken: North Pasture - Port Arnasas, Texas
Habitat Map: Yellowlegs

APRIL

April of this year, it was the best month so far! So many 'new' photographed! Yellowheaded blackbirds, clapper rail, American Golden Plovers, Hudsonian Godwit, upland sandpipers to mention a few. I went into 'new' territory; parks, and experimented on different areas to quickly become more 'hot spots' for me...from the Willows to a couple of parks never before perused, and more places across the channel by making use of the auto ferry ride, etc.

BLACK BELLIED PLOVER
photos taken: Padre Island Nat'l Seashore - C. C. Texas
Habitat Map: Plover

BLUE GROSBEAK
photos taken: Packery Channel Audubon Park - North Padre Island
Habitat Map: Grosbeak

CATTLE EGRET [breeding plumage]
photos taken: Mustang Island - Corpus Christi, Texas
Habitat Map: Egret

MAY

In May, I walked the long grassy trail around the ponds northwest of town, Pollywog Ponds. The trail ends at the Nueces River, and then circles around the last pond to intersect with a 2nd pond. There are THREE ponds..one has been dried up and forested with willow and oak trees ever since we've lived here in Texas. The Least Grebe is a bit scarce, only reaching the upper southern coastal areas of the south in our state. When and if I do see the least grebe, it is rarely a couple. This mating season, I was lucky. According to the Ornithology Lab: "The smallest grebe in the Americas, the Least Grebe inhabits both temporary and permanent wetlands from south Texas to Argentina. Easily overlooked because of its size, coloration, and habits, it remains the most poorly understood of North American grebes."

LEAST GREBE
photos taken: Pollywog Ponds - Corpus Christi, Texas
Habitat Map: Grebe

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§ Springtime Along the Coast...

§ More April Migrants...

§ Colors of the Wind...

§ Spring Archives

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