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§ Four Photos...
Bud and I finished the living room update. Painting is done, new wiring is done, furniture is moved around, curtain and curtain rods are hung...and our walls are decorated with art work! Done, done, done. I am thinking seriously of taking a few weeks off before we begin in the bedrooms and master bath! I want to see some birds...alive, and in person. It's been way too long since I've been out and about in the fresh air and sunshine!!! This post will be the last of the three week series of photos from my book...
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§ Leonabelle Birding Center....
Bud and I stopped at Leonabelle Turnbull's Birding Center before heading out to lunch. We have taken note of all the other areas we stop to photograph birds, that most places lack in few migrant birds. Nothing typical lately. Dunno know what's up with that. Here are some birds we saw on the lake...
GREAT BLUE HERON
Habitat map: Heron
WHITE PELICAN
Habitat map: Pelican
NORTHERN SHOVELER
Habitat map: Shoveler
BLACK CROWNED NIGHT HERON [juvenile]
Habitat map: Heron
KILLDEER
Habitat map: Killdeer
WILLET
Habitat map: Willet
We also saw Grackles, Stilts, Egrets, Ibis, Cormorants, Lesser Yellowlegs, Long/Short Billed Dowitchers, Green Heron [1], and Laughing Gulls.
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§ Birding...
BLACK CRESTED TITMOUSE
Habitat map: Titmouse
KILLDEER
Habitat map: Killdeer
EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE
Habitat map: Dove
CATTLE EGRET
Habitat map: Egret
EASTERN KINGBIRD
Habitat map: Kingbird
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§ Along Ocean Drive...
With the construction going on at our home this week, I've once again been more or less in another lock-down. But, I managed to get out early Friday morning. But only for an hour before I had to get back and get the car safe under the garage roof. LOL...I like it secure and parked inside, and NOT on the street. Anyway, I left just after sunrise, and drove along Ocean Drive near the NAS [naval air station] and the bay. I figured there is BOUND to be water there, where most of the natural ponds/lakes and riverbeds are dry or drying from our drought. [rain is in the forecast tho this weekend. Keeping my fingers crossed] I parked the car to get out and walk...I saw quite a few different species in such a little time out...
GREAT BLUE HERON
Habitat map: Heron
GREAT EGRET
Habitat map: Egret
KILLDEER
Habitat map: Killdeer
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
Habitat map: Yellowlegs
BLACK SKIMMER
Habitat map: Skimmer
ROSEATE SPOONBILL
Habitat map: Spoonbill
MARBLED GODWIT
Habitat map: Godwit
GOLDEN FRONTED WOODPECKER [juvenile]
Habitat map: Woodpecker
TRI-COLORED HERON
Habitat map: Heron
BLACK BELLIED PLOVER
Habitat map: Plover
WILSON'S PLOVER
Habitat map: Plover
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§ Garden Birds...
It's been a quiet week for birding. The temperatures have soared, a tropical storm in the Gulf as I type this up on Thursday, but we will feel a lot more humidity because of the storm front-if possible! lol], and I have to really stick close to home and do some yard work with Bud before each day gets too hot to be outdoors. We got way behind in the yard cleanup with Erik being here for a week and the flooding rains; waiting for things to dry out so we we're not sinking in the mud...and now, I don't want us to suffer heat stroke [108°-112°F 44.4°C] So, I share the few birds I spotted as I walked the trails through the Botanical Gardens early one morning over a week ago. As you can see, the birds sighted are quite common throughout North America, except for the "Texas Kiskadee"...
EGRETS Herons and ducks on the far side of the larger lake
HOUSE SPARROWS
Habitat map: Sparrow
KILLDEER
Habitat map: Killdeer
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD
Habitat map: Mockingbird
GREAT KISKADEE
Habitat map: Kiskadee
MOURNING DOVE
Habitat map: Dove
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§ Sand Dollar Park Birds...
We have "company" [our son] here for the weekend and into next week. It's been
over a year since we've seen him; blaming the pandemic. And, since we are all now fully vaccinated and
he has time off from teaching 'til Summer Semester at the university, we are
going to take advantage of every minute he's with us. Games, dining out, just
catching up on lost time. So, for this weekend, I hope you'll excuse me from
visiting y'all and know that I truly appreciate you sharing your birds with us
here at I'd Rather B Birdin'. See you next week!!
BLACK CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD
Habitat map: Hummingbird
HOODED WARBLER [female]
Habitat map: Warbler
View of same pelican; upright which I posted
@ Hootin' Anni's weeks ago
BROWN PELICAN
Habitat map: Pelican
SUMMER TANAGER
Habitat map: Tanager
CATTLE EGRET
Habitat map: Egret
ORCHARD ORIOLE
Habitat map: Oriole
PAINTED BUNTING [female]
Habitat map: Bunting
KILLDEER CHICK [with parent insert -there were 4 successfully hatched]
Habitat map: Killdeer
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