I'd Rather B Birdin': Solitary SANDPIPER

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§ Pollywog and Bazemore Area...

All these birds were seen, among others [doves, pigeons, mockingbirds, sparrows, egrets, grebes, turkey vultures, silts, kingfisher, ibis, cardinals, green jays, and ducks], at the same areas while walking the trail around the two lakes and through the heavy growth of trees...Pollywog Ponds and Bazemore Park.

GREAT KISKADEE
Habitat map: Kiskadee

RED TAILED HAWK {?} perhaps a juvenile...dark head, spotted belly band
Habitat map: Hawk

CRESTED CARACARA
Habitat map: Caracara

OSPREY
Habitat map: Osprey

SOLITARY SANDPIPER
Habitat map: Sandpiper

GOLDEN FRONTED WOODPECKER
Habitat map: Woodpecker

RED SHOULDERED HAWK
Habitat map: Hawk

BLACK VUTLTURES
Habitat map: Vulture

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§ In the Merry Merry Month of MARCH...

During this time frame, as I type this up, we are still 'free' to go out and exercise outdoors but still keeping the distance of 6-10 feet away from others. I'd prefer to only go out 'in the public' when buying groceries. If I wanna walk/go birding, I seek out the less traveled. This is a larger city, and with most all now unemployed, no school, and staying home without travel, the parks are quite over-crowded if you get there after 9 a.m.

I know of two areas around close by that are 'less traveled'. One is for car travel only. The other, maybe 100 [high estimate] out of 1/2 million people here and in the suburbs even know of this place. I can go here, and literally be the only one there. And a big plus, it's a bird haven for most of the twelve months in a year.

So, these that follow are just a small load of photos taken the end of March -all birds seen on this post were at Pollywog Ponds...

....walking around the larger of the two ponds, I happened to look up and thought I saw a bird on the power line tower. I snapped it in case if flew off before I could get the zoom lens adjusted. Once the zoom was ready, I focused on the tower and the hawk was looking right at me. You don't suppose it saw me among the trees, along the trail yards, and yards away? Probably!!!

RED TAILED HAWK [?]
habitat map: Hawk
length: 19-25 inches
wingspan: 46-58 inches

...then, just after I spotted the hawk, from my peripheral vision, I spotted a quiet [always mostly silent] sandpiper scouting out the banks of the water's edge...

SOLITARY SANDPIPER
habitat map: Sandpiper
length: 8 inches
wingspan: 16 inches

...after the large pond was circled twice, I ventured over to the smaller pond nearby. The trail was not maintained [I assume it's because of the lack of workers that are temporarily laid off] and the grasses were nearly knee high. But I traipsed on. Sparrows, small shorebirds [I don't know what they were, since I stayed in the grass where I could see where my footing went in case of snakes -we have water moccasins, coral snakes, and copperheads here in the vicinity, so I don't go off the path much when I can't see below the soles of my shoes.], ibis, woodpeckers heard, kingbirds, and I think I heard a kingfisher [not sure].

Anyway, I saw these beauties...

INDIGO BUNTING
habitat map: Bunting
length: 5.5 inches
wingspan: 8-9 inches

GREAT KISKADEE
habitat map: Kiskadee
length: 9.5 inches
wingspan: 15 inches

BLACK BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK
habitat map: Duck
length: 21 inches
wingspan: 30 inches

Nearing the car where it was parked, a beautiful cardinal tried to hide from me. How can you miss something so bright and beautiful? Besides, it's definitely one of my favorite birds. Since childhood even. That was eons ago too, trust me!!!

NORTHERN CARDINAL
habitat map: Cardinal
length: 9inches
wingspan: 11.5 inches

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Those participating this week are:

Linda aka Crafty Gardener
Phil UK
The Early Birder
Lintuilua-Birding
Linda, Virginia, USA
Traveling With Birds [no hyperlink]
NatureFootStep Photo Art
Birds Seen in Europe and Africa
Coloring Outside the Lines
Lavender Dreams
Lea's Menagerie
Jean@SoNotOrganized
Rosyfinch Ramblings
Tomthebackroadstraveler
Eileen

§ A "New" Bird Was Seen!

Walking around the larger pond of the area known as Pollywog Ponds just a few miles northwest of town, I think I sighted in on a new sparrow for me; one I've only read about in my guide books...the Song Sparrow [?]--And my question mark is validated to be incorrect ID...it's a female red-winged blackbird. Thanks to David for steering me clear on it. It was too small to be another female blackbird by my estimation, about 1/2 the size [about 5 inches, but I guess I'm wrong]. It's the last photo of the series. I only got the one photo before it went off into the tree branches and I was unable to follow it with the lens and get a better view.

LESSER SCAUP
photo taken: Pollywog Ponds
habitat map: Scaup
length: 16 to 18 inches
wingspan: 24- 32 inches

SNOWY EGRET
photo taken: Leonabelle Refuge
habitat map: Egret
length: 22-36 inches
wingspan: 46 inches

RED WINGED BLACKBIRD [male, black - female, brown]
photos taken: Leonabelle Refuge
habitat map: Blackbird
length: 7.5 to 9 inches
wingspan: 12 to 14 inches

SOLITARY SANDPIPER
photos taken: Pollywog Ponds
habitat map: Sandpiper
length: 8 inches
wingspan: 16 inches

VERMILION FLYCATCHER
photo taken: Bazemore Park
habitat map: Flycatcher
length: 6 inches
wingspan: 9.5 inches

WHITE IBIS
photo taken: Leonabelle Refuge
habitat map: Ibis
length: 24 inches
wingspan: 38 inches

SONG SPARROW [new bird for me!] ?
Correction: female red-winged blackbirds

photo taken: Pollywog Ponds

Those participating this week:

Nature Footstep PhotoArt
Calendula
Eileen
Rosyfinch Ramblings
Linda, Virginia, USA
Tom the Back Roads Traveler
Lavender Dreams
Crafty Gardener
Phil UK
Travels With Birds
Lea's Menagerie

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§ Channel Birds

A walk along Packery Channel [aerial photo above courtesy of Google Search - Texas A&M Corpus Christi] resulted in a few shorebirds/waders such as these:

A cormorant with the catch of the day!

A Sanderling

A Young Grackle along the boulder strewn fishing pier

A Great Blue Heron

Least Sandpiper

A Willet

A Snowy Egret

A Solitary Sandpiper

From close by ...taking off to fly to the other side ... away from me!
A Great Blue Heron

Ruddy Turnstone

Common Tern

Sandwich Tern

All photos taken along Packery Channel - Channel separates NORTH Padre Island and Mustang Island [Corpus Christi, Texas]
habitat range: Sandwich Tern, Common Tern, Ruddy Turnstone, Great Blue Heron, Solitary Sandpiper, Snowy Egret, Willet, Least Sandpiper, Common Grackle, Cormorant, and Sanderling

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§ Pollywog and Bazemore Area...

§ In the Merry Merry Month of MARCH...

§ A "New" Bird Was Seen!

§ Channel Birds

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