Snail Kite YES
Distant Snail Kite you may have heard of at Lake Sommerville SP this morning. Only 144 species or so more to go in Texas.




Distant Snail Kite you may have heard of at Lake Sommerville SP this morning. Only 144 species or so more to go in Texas.




Here’s a few stills of this charismatic species.
Took me about 45 seconds this morning to get this long staying Limpkin at Brazos Bend SP. New for my Texas list. . With escargot!!!
Below is a summary of the records that the Texas Bird Records Committee (TBRC) has reviewed and come to a decision on since June 24th, 2021. Accepted (47): 2020-123 – Ruddy Ground Dove (2) 29 Nov 2020 – 10 May 2021, west El Paso, El Paso County 2021-58 – Mexican Violetear (1) 22-24 May 2021,…
It’s an adventure! Texas Pelagics website
Some of you in 2022 Gulls Class may remember that I predicted this bird would be coming to the ABA area soon
Here’s my second lifer of the trip. Also from near Lincoln, Montana in same burned woodlands. Although we didn’t study this one in B3, I think you can figure it out