I'd Rather B Birdin': Great Blue Heron

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§ Flight Patterns...

Top to Bottom -with habitat map links:
Great Blue Heron
Crested Caracara
Great Egret
Black Skimmers
Caspian Tern
Brown Pelican
Red Shouldered Hawk?

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Note to Christina in Sweden...I could not leave a comment on your blog...so, thanks for taking time to link in last week!...never found the rare bird tho! A reported Ruff was seen at South Pasture Boardwalk. This area is all revamped and finally open again to the public after repair work was done thru the help of FEMA fund after Hurricane Harvey nearly 5 years ago. Many people told me about seeing a Ruff in the salt flats, but I never saw it. Oh well.
I did see these tho while perusing the new trail and climbing the observation tower...

Top to Bottom [with habitat map links]
American Kestrel
Savannah [?] Sparrow
Little Blue Heron
Whooping Cranes [two photos]
Great Blue Heron
Reddish Egret [white morph]

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§ Expressions...

...What are they thinking? Maybe....

Wow...Tom Brady's hot!

Move over beast...I want to arrive early for the "Blue" Plate Special!

I think I bit off more than I could chew...wait, I have NO TEETH!

What's all the hoopla?

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, the Red Wings won!

These balloons over USA are beginning to ruffle my feathers!

Top to Bottom -And their habitat maps:
Reddish Egret
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Red Winged Blackbird
Snowy Egret

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§ Drive By "Shooting"...

Would you believe the week after all the living room work was done, the weather got "pissy"!?!! My luck, I guess. We've had nasty cold temps for South Texas, dark gloomy sky, rains, frost, high winds, even the birds are huddled and hidden for the most part. A few days back, areas of Houston were hit by 140MPH winds and a damaging tornado!! Our son is okay...but heavy rains came with it, and flooded streets. Maybe the coming week, the weather will improve. I hope so. Its no fun driving and taking photos from the car window!!

Top to bottom:
Black Crowned Night Heron [left, juvenile, right, adult]
Great Blue Heron
Common Tern
Eurasian Collared Dove
American Avocet
Juvenile Caracara

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§ Leonabelle Birding Center....

Bud and I stopped at Leonabelle Turnbull's Birding Center before heading out to lunch. We have taken note of all the other areas we stop to photograph birds, that most places lack in few migrant birds. Nothing typical lately. Dunno know what's up with that. Here are some birds we saw on the lake...