Bud and I took a day trip to Goose Island [near Rockport/Fulton/Lamar, Texas] the other day. There was a reported Bald Eagle in the vicinity. Tho we didn't spot the eagle, we were surprised to see three Whooping Cranes in the field, feeding along with the Sandhill Cranes and Cattle Egrets!! While taking a series of photos of a Red Tailed Hawk on a power pole, I sighted above my left shoulder two of the three Whooping Cranes flying in to land. I decided to go through my bird photos and 'collect' for this post birds throughout the year; in flight...
OSPREY
photo taken: Sunset Lakes - Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat map: Osprey
WHOOPING CRANES
photos taken: Goose Island State Park - Lamar, Texas
habitat map: Cranes
GREAT EGRET - FORSTER'S TERN
photos taken: Leonabelle Wildlife Refuge [Port Aransas, Texas] -- Padre Island National Seashore - Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat map: Egret, Tern
LITTLE BLUE HERON & WHITE IBIS
photos taken: Charlie's Pasture - Port Aransas, Texas -- Indian Point Park, Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat map: Heron, Ibis
BROAD WINGED HAWK & ROSEATE SPOONBILL
photos taken: Rose Hill Cemetery - Corpus Christi, Texas -- Leonabelle Wildlife Refuge - Port A, Texas
habitat map: Hawk, Spoonbill
BROWN PELICAN & BLACK SKIMMER
photos taken: Packery Channel - Corpus Christi, Texas -- Indian Point Park - Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat map: Pelican, Skimmer
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER & PIGEONS
photos taken: Sunset Lakes - Portland, Texas -- Lakeview Park, Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat map: Oystercatcher, Pigeons [everywhere]
NORTHERN PINTAIL & [Harlan's ?] RED TAILED HAWK
photos taken: Sunset Lakes - Portland, Texas -- Chapman's Ranch - Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat map: Pintail, Hawk [Same as Red-tailed...but this I found]
- Range: Migratory - breeds in Alaska and northwestern Canada and winters from Nebraska and Kansas to Texas and northern Louisiana. This population may well be a separate species.
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