Double-crested Cormorant
Did you ever wonder why it’s called “double-crested”?



Did you ever wonder why it’s called “double-crested”?



Fall migration is in the air! Dickcissels and at least 4 upland sandpipers going over on this morning’s walk.
Here’s a few from High Island and east Texas trip, also a stop at Attwater. The Longspur put on a closeup show — landing at my feet and foraging unconcerned for 10 birders. The rail also waltzed out practically between our feet! Thanks to all the participants for being such good-natured birding compadres and to…
Woodpecker’s namesake.
For today’s High Island Warmup we have a little quiz: Egret/heron bill & head. Suggest you try it without looking at references. Note the differences in lores & bill color, as well as bill shape. You can email me your answers if you want to, but please don’t respond with the answers as that will…
Ok, here’s a mystery bird for the current shorebird class. (if you’re not in the class feel free to email me if you figure out the answer). I recently emailed a demonstration of how to take a stab at identifying distant shorebirds in bad photographs. Here are some really bad photographs (distant digi-scoped). But if…
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