...and the leftovers are photos taken a couple weeks prior to today. After a little over a week blogging 'hiatus' for the holiday, I will return to visiting next week after our son has left and gone back to teaching his classes at the university in Houston as I am now ready to decorate our home for Christmas...a busy week ahead. For now, I only have photos to share and the Link Up prescheduled for everyone who wishes to share their birding experiences. For the American birders here, I hope you had a peaceful, happy Thanksgiving. And to all...wishing you a great weekend and happy week ahead.
Photos Taken:
Cattle Egret at Hans Suter Refuge - Corpus Christi, Texas
Lincoln's Sparrow at Indian Point Park - Portland, Texas
Herring Gulls at Leonabelle Turnbill Refuge - Port Aransas, Texas
1 year Red Winged Blackbird at Indian Point Park - Portland, Texas
Great Kiskadee at Hans Suter Refuge - Corpus Christi, Texas
Great Blue Heron at Hans Suter Refuge - Corpus Christi, Texas
Wild Duck Migration Flight [enlarge it!!] at Charlie's Pasture North - Port Aransas, Texas
Habitat Range:
Cattle Egret - Lincoln's Sparrow - Herring Gull - Red Winged Blackbird - Great Kiskadee - Great Blue Heron
TRIVIA:
*The kiskadee’s bold behavior and mix of foraging styles gave early naturalists fits in trying to classify it. In 1766, Linnaeus started things off by calling it a kind of shrike. In 1920, the naturalist William Henry Hudson wrote that the bird “seems to have studied to advantage the various habits of the Kestrel, Flycatcher, Kingfisher, Vulture, and fruit-eating Thrush; and when its weapons prove weak it supplements them with its cunning.”
*For U.S. birders, Great Kiskadees belong to a suite of South Texas specialties.
*Great Kiskadees are aggressive. They will boldly chase larger animals that attempt to raid their nests.
*The Great Kiskadee has a black mask that works like the eye-black that athletes smear beneath their eyes—an adaptation to reduce glare and assist them in hunting in bright light or where light reflects off water....
...Now, share your birding experiences:
Nice variety! I like the little sparrow!
ReplyDeleteI liked that Lincoln's Sparrow too, with its raised crest. Had to go all the way down to the lower Rio Grande Valley to see my first Kiskadee. Nice assortment of birds, and a belated Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteI hope you've had a great Thanksgiving! I enjoyed your leftovers.
ReplyDeletethe lincoln's sparrow is nice!
ReplyDeleteThat kiskadee is so interesting!! It does remind me of our loggerhead shrikes, but more colorful and boldly marked. Ooohhh, I hope this is a bird common here. Off to google!
ReplyDeleteHope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Enjoy your decorating, Anni!
I love the cattle egret, he is a beautiful bright white and looks like winter.
ReplyDeleteI did some leftover shots last week too Anni! Terrific shots, I like the Kiskadee!
ReplyDeleteA lovely serie!
ReplyDeleteHave a great holiday Anni. Lincoln's for me!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful variety of birds, Anni! Lovely post and new header! I was away for 2 days, I will link up next week! Have a happy Sunday!
ReplyDeleteAnni, trust you and your family had a blessed Thanksgiving. Great photos.
ReplyDeleteLovely collection of shots!
ReplyDeleteI love the shots and am missing my birds! Saw gobs of Canada Geese today but not much else.
ReplyDeleteYou have quite the variety to your birds this week! I love the design in the last shot. That's a lot of ducks.
ReplyDeleteI really like the leftovers.....:)
ReplyDeleteHow appropriate - I'm eating leftovers while viewing your leftovers! Great images, all! I'm totally jealous of your Great Kiskadee!
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