Showing posts with label Black Skimmer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black Skimmer. Show all posts
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Monday, March 30, 2020
Birding On a Shoestring: SPI Conference Center and Laguna Atascosa, TX
Long-billed Thrasher
Black-necked Stilt
Common Gallinule
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Black Skimmer
02-28-20
White-tailed Kite
02-29-20
These photos, except the last one were taken at the SPI Conference Center on South Padre Island, Texas.
The final photo was taken at the Laguna Atascosa NWR of Los Fresnos, Texas. Writer has visited there several times over the past five years, and had never seen all of the property due to area closures, even during this visit. It comprises 120,000+ acres, and there are several rare birds and animals found there, the most rare of which are the ocelot and the Aplomado Falcon. A few years ago, a birding friend and I both witnessed an ocelot on the unpaved entryway that is now paved with speed bumps, which is a very rare occurrence.
The White-tailed Kite was photographed during a tram tour that took about 2 1/2 hours, very reasonably priced. We saw such wonders like the white tailed Kite, Crested Caracara, Gull-billed and Caspian Tern at Atascosa Lake, which was at the end of the tour and the grand finale. Take the tour and hope that it is led by Wanda. There were also exotic animals on the property. The area was closed as ocelots are there, rarely out during the daylight hours.
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Birding on a Shoestring: South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center, Part 1
On Friday, March 21, 2020, the band of birding and studious pupils-to-be for our National Wildlife Rehabilitator's Conference were on the road for South Padre Island, Texas by 1000 hrs. We were several hours late in leaving to beat the traffic, but we paid for it later. Normally, prior Texas jaunts have taken 12-13 hours, but we didn't pull in to our hotel until 0230 hrs. Tuesday morning.
This meant that we didn't begin birding until much later on Saturday. We began our search for South Texas birds after a good meal, starting off at the Birding and Nature Center, later wandering over to the SPI Convention Center. There were no good songbirds there, but we did get better photos of the rarer Reddish Egret and the Black Skimmer.
02-22-20
Brown Pelican
Reddish Egret
Black Skimmer
White Ibis
Tri-colored Heron
Great Blue Heron
Roseate Spoonbill
Killdeer
Some of these photos were obtained via the SPI Convention Center property. We also viewed Redheads, Laughing Gulls, Purple Martin, Roseate Spoonbill, Snowy Egret, and many other interesting individuals. It was a full afternoon and we worked on obtaining photos between noon and 1700 hrs, which is good for semi-rested travelers.
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Saturday, February 18, 2017
Birding on a Shoestring--The Final Countdown from South Padre Island
Bonaparte's Gull
Solitary Sandpiper
Roseate Spoonbill
American Coot
Bonaparte's Gull
Black Skimmer
01-23-17
The first shot is Bonaparte's Gull from Boca Chica State Park, just south of South Padre Island.
The remainder is the last of the group from South Padre Island's jetty, and the last of the photos
from this trip. Thanks for viewing and I'll see you again at home in Oklahoma.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Birding On a Shoestring: Land, Shore, and Island
Tennessee Warbler
Gray Catbird
Black-billed Cuckoo
Willet
Brown Pelican in Flight
Black Skimmer in Flight
Marbled Godwit
Tri-colored Heron in Flight
Tri-colored Heron
Ruddy Turnstone
Great-tailed Grackle
Common Gallinule (Moorhen)
Cattle Egret
Great Egret Chicks
"Triple the Trouble"
Ditto
Snowy Egret
Ditto
Great Egret
Ditto
This was another unsettled weather day, which didn't seem to deter the area residents for
day #2 in Northeast Texas. Again, forgive me for being a couple of days behind, but I
promise to get caught up eventually.
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