I'd Rather B Birdin': white winged DOVE

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§ Winter is NOT Over Yet...

This week it's been showing signs of winter for the Texas Coast! High tides, coastal flooding, temperatures dropping into the high 40s overnight, not reaching much above 60!! And rain! Altho, I am enjoying the respite of weather change, I will be happy again to feel the Spring warmth and be able to go back to "my islands"! lol

Top to Bottom [with habitat map links]:
WHITE TIPPED DOVE
WHITE WINGED DOVE
ROSEATE SPOONBILL
SORA
YELLOW RUMPED WARBLER
RED HEADED DUCK

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§ Chapman Ranch...

Bud and I went for a short drive through the ranch land of Chapman's Ranch the other day in hopes of seeing a few hawks. We only saw one. But other birds as well. And the hawk, I'm taking an uneducated guess as to the species. Not sure, so all you expert birders out there, can help ID?
The first one I show off is a Caracara. NOTICE the flesh colored nodule on its breast. This is: ...a distended crop showing that it has recently eaten.

CRESTED CARACARA
Habitat map: Caracara

A perfect showing of why these egrets are named. They DO follow cattle! Oftentimes I see them where cattle graze.

CATTLE EGRETS
Habitat map: Egret

The next image is poorly discolored. I am usually forced to stop the car and focus through the tinted windshield for these birds! For, they fly away as soon as the car is stopped, and I end up playing tag...losing of course. So, I slowed the car down and aimed through the window beFORE it flew off!

AMERICAN KESTREL
Habitat map: Kestrel

Also, bird watching for over a decade in Arizona, the following bird, the white winged dove, also reside year 'round there and in Texas...but my observation that I've never mentioned before is: The doves in Arizona have a completely different 'call' than those in Texas. In Texas they actually 'coo' as a dove would, but in Arizona they 'chortle'. And, we had dozens in our backyard. I can swear the calling is totally different than those in our backyard in Texas.

WHITE WINGED DOVE
Habitat map: Dove

Then the hawk...My guess is a juvenile Red Tailed Hawk?

RED TAILED HAWK [juvenile or dark morph?]
Habitat map: Hawk

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§ Park Birds...

For most of the summer months, we have experienced drought and extreme heat. The latter part of August, we finally received some beneficial rainfall, but the steam bath is still here! Over the weekend it's predicted to begin with heavy storming and perhaps flooding in the area. It's either feast or famine! Anyway, I took a couple of short drives to a couple of local parks and spotted these [the ducks and stilt seen here are across the street from one of the parks]; in a flooded sorghum field...

CORMORANT
Habitat map: Cormorant

INCA DOVE
Habitat map: Dove

WHITE WINGED DOVE
Habitat map: Dove

RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
Habitat map: Hummingbird

SUMMER TANAGER[?] -Female
Habitat map: Tanager

BLACK BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS
Habitat map: Duck

AMERICAN BLACK DUCK
Habitat map: Duck

BLACK NECKED STILT
Habitat map: Stilt

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§ Love Doves...and More

I've noticed a lot of breeding activity and plumage color changes lately, so I thought I'd group them together into one post...

WHITE WINGED DOVES
Habitat map: Doves

WHITE IBIS [breeding]
Habitat map: Ibis

GOLDEN FRONTED WOODPECKER [male, left - female, right]
Habitat map: Woodpecker

KILLDEER
[nesting,feigning injury, clutch of 4 eggs]
Habitat map: Killdeer

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§ Last Week of March...

Only photos shared this week. The last image, the photo of the Pyrrhuloxia was taken in our back yard thru the patio door windows...the rest shared today was all within 30 miles of home in different surroundings along beaches and at area parks. If you observe, Happy Easter to All!!!

GREAT TAILED GRACKLE
Habitat map: Grackle

MOURNING DOVE
Habitat map: Dove

AMERICAN WIGEON
Habitat map: Wigeon

WHITE WINGED DOVE
Habitat map: Dove

FORSTER'S TERN
Habitat map: Tern

PYRRHULOXIA
Female...difference of this species compared to Cardinal is: beak color [yellow & curved instead of pink/red on female] and crest coloring [gray instead of reddish]
Habitat map: Pyrrhuloxia