Reddish Egret
Ditto
Ditto
Redhead Pair
Bonaparte's Gull (top)
Ring-billed Gull (Bottom)
Reddish Egret
Reddish Egret
Ditto
Snowy Egret
Redheads in Flight
Female Redhead
Snowy Egret
Ditto
Ditto
Tri-colored Heron
01-23-17
This portion of the Lower Rio Grande Valley journey encompassed a couple of places on the coast, one of which I had never been.
These birds are old friends, and even though more will be shown to you later, these are some of my favorite birds, especially since I happen to be a heron specialist. In general, water birds are
intriguing to me, as they sometimes have to be wily and cunning in order to get a meal.
Just as an example, the Snowy Egret has yellow feet for that purpose. The feet resemble worms in the water, and this bird has a natural instinct to lift and move its feet in a circular motion in order to attract fish and small crustaceans, as well as swirling them to the surface. Isn't nature wonderful with some built-in ways to achieve the feeding goal?
The Reddish Egret is a canopy fisher, as you can see with its wings raised above its head. It also tends to run about in the water in order to stir fish to move toward the surface.
Ducks are also some of my favorites, having grown up in an area where there were and still are, water birds a-plenty.
The pictures of the Redheads will thrill you as much to view them, as it did for me to take the pictures.
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