I'd Rather B Birdin': GLAUCOUS Gull

With school's Spring Break this week, and College Spring Break next week, I'm sticking close to home. These photos shared today are from the previous week and this past Sunday...before vacation times for the educators/students. The GB Heron was seen along Ocean Drive on the road to the Naval Base. Of course the falcon nest platform is along the island highway. There are two platforms, about 5 miles apart, but this one is the only one ever used. The black arrow shows where it's located, and then using the zoom. The Glaucous Gull is a vagrant in these parts of the coast...I have ONE MORE rare gull seen that I will share next week I hope to remember. The white morphed reddish egret seems to be coming into breeding plumage. And the two scaups are at the pond at a local park.

GREAT BLUE HERON
[with redtailed catfish]
Habitat map: Heron

APLOMADO FALCON
[2nd image using zoom lens]
Habitat map: Falcon

GLAUCOUS GULL
[Rare in Texas]
Habitat map: Gull

REDDISH EGRET
[white morph]
Habitat map: Egret

LESSER SCAUP
[male/black female/brown]
Habitat map: Scaup

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