SCISSORTAIL FLYCATCHER
Habitat map: Flycatcher
CRESTED CARACARA
Habitat map: Caracara
AMERICAN WIGEON
Habitat map: Wigeon
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Habitat map: Pelican
PYRRHULOXIA
Habitat map: Pyrrhuloxia
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§ South Texas Portraits...
SCISSORTAIL FLYCATCHER
Habitat map: Flycatcher
CRESTED CARACARA
Habitat map: Caracara
AMERICAN WIGEON
Habitat map: Wigeon
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Habitat map: Pelican
PYRRHULOXIA
Habitat map: Pyrrhuloxia
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§ This Week...
LONG BILLED THRASHER
Habitat map: Osprey
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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
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§ Pics and Bits and Pieces...
Before I post photos of a few birds seen recently, I wanted to record an update on the rebuilding of the refuge in Port Aransas after Hurricane Harvey! It's coming along...and, as always, I can't wait for it to reopen for us!! Unlike before the damage, this new project will have a covered viewing area. [maybe more?]
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I enjoy the Skimmer's unique way of feeding along the coastline! They fly low along the surface of the water, slicing through the water with their lower mandible. They feed by touch, and the bill snaps shut when prey is felt.
BLACK SKIMMERS
photos taken: NAS [naval air station]
habitat map: Skimmer
LESSER SCAUP
photos taken: Pollywog Ponds
habitat map: Scaup
BELTED KINGFISHER
photos taken: Mustang HIghway
habitat map: Kingfisher
This is a male Belted Kingfisher... The female is actually more colorful than the male with a chestnut colored band across the belly that the male lacks.
GREEN WINGED TEAL
photos taken: Bazemore Park
habitat map: Teal
The Green Teal tolerates cold more than any other teal...hence, they are seen farther north than others.
The following duck, the Wigeon, I've never seen walking on the shallow surface of land....that was a 'first'. But, I read through a Google Search, it's quite common!!!
AMERICAN WIGEON
photos taken: NAS [Naval Air Station]
habitat map: Wigeon
Also known as the "Baldpate" by many hunters, because of its white forehead and crown. The American Wigeon spends a great deal of time foraging on land, eating young plant shoots and seeds. They are also much more likely than most dabbling ducks to be found in deep water, where they sometimes harass other duck species and steal their food.
Bits and pieces of these species courtesy of South Dakota Habitat Maps.
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§ A BOWL of Spoonbills and Others....
This will be a very heavy post with several pictures, so I will refrain from being too wordy. At two co-joining parks [one in Corpus and the other that intersects with the one in my city, Sunset Lakes in Portland Texas], was where I walked recently. Another cloudy day, but the birds were quite active. At one point when I stopped at an observation deck off the trail, I was overwhelmed by the numbers of Roseate Spoonbills I found!! So, I'll take you there. But first some I saw along the way...
AMERICAN WIGEON
habitat map: Wigeon
...something I've never seen before. It was low tide on the bay, and the pintail ducks were WALKING on the mudflats/oyster beds instead of swimming.
NOTHERN PINTAIL DUCKS [female-male]
habitat map: Ducks
RED BREASTED MERGANSERS [male and female]
habitat map: Mergansers
...now the dozens of white ibis and roseate spoonbills [a group of spoonbills is called a "bowl"]:
ROSEATE SPOONBILLS and WHITE IBIS
habitat map: Spoonbills - Ibis
And, while marveling at the feathers of both ibis and spoonbills, I experienced an American Avocet flyover....
AMERICAN AVOCETS
habitat map: Avocets
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