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One last post of some of my favorite captures throughout 2015...


AMERCIAN KESTREL
photo taken:  Charlie's Pasture North - Port Aransas, Texas
habitat map:  Kestrel


CORMORANT close up & personal
photos taken:  Leonabelle Turnbull Refuge - Port Aransas, Texas
habitat map:  Cormorant


GOLDEN FRONTED WOODPECKER & COMMON GRACKLE
photos taken:  woodpecker Rose Hill Cemetery & grackle Texas A&M trail - Corpus Christi
habitat maps:  Woodpecker & Grackle


BLACK CRESTED TITMOUSE & SNOWY EGRET
photos taken:  Titmouse -Falfurrias, Texas & Egret - Paradise Pond
habitat maps:  Titmouse & Egret


BARN OWL & BLACK VULTURE
photos taken:  Owl - Calallen, Texas & Vulture - Victoria, Texas
habitat maps:  Owl & Vulture


RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRD & LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE
photos taken:  Hummingbird - Our back yard & Shrike - Packery Channel Park
habitat maps:  Hummingbird & Shrike


YELLOW WARBLER & TENNESSEE WARBLER [or Orange Crowned Warbler?]
photos taken:  Port Aransas, Texas
habitat map:  Yellow & Tennessee


BLACK & WHITE WARBLER  -  AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER
photos taken:  Warbler - Blucher Park & Oystercatcher - Padre Island National Seashore
habitat maps:  Warbler & Oystercatcher


WHITE WINGED DOVE
photo taken:  Bazemore Park - Calallen, Texas
habitat map:  Dove


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§ Pretty and Cute ones- Handsome ones too...

...some downy soft feathers and beautiful song...
...these are a few of my favorite pics!!!

Sorry, I thought of the song sung by Julie Andrews "These Are A Few of My Favorite Things" when I decided to just post some of my favorite photos from my albums. Not much to say about them; hope you'll enjoy!!!

Mallard Duckling

photo taken: Downtown Marina - Corpus Christi, Texas
habitat range: Mallard Duck

Roseate Spoonbill

photo taken: Charlie's Pasture - Port Aransas, Texas
habitat range: Roseate Spoonbill

Magnificent Frigatebird

photo taken: Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center - Port Aransas, Texas
habitat range: Magnificent Frigatebird

Willet

photo taken: Sunset Lake - Portland, Texas
habitat range: Willet

Little Green Heron

photo taken: Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center - Port Aransas, Texas
habitat range: Green Heron

Least Bittern

photo taken: Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center - Port Aransas, Texas
habitat range:  Least Bittern

Sea Gulls

photo taken: NORTH Padre Island - Gulf of Mexico
habitat range: Laughing Sea Gull

Tri Colored Heron

photo taken: Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center - Port Aransas, Texas
habitat range: Tri Colored Heron

NOTE: 100 years ago this week, the last of the Passenger Pigeons [that once numbered in the billions] passed away ...read her story and history in the New York Times Article HERE Martha is now in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D. C.

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