Texas Pelagics
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Black-backed Woodpecker
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
Massive Flight of Cormarants
Several places on the Gulls Field trip we had very large numbers of birds. Here’s only 1/2 of a huge flight of cormorants that flew by us on the Texas city Dike. Anybody volunteer to count them?
Blucher Park Empid
Anybody want to ID this Empid Seen in Blucher Park yesterday?
Pacific-slope Flycatcher (now Western Flycatcher)
4th time was a charm for me with the Pacific-slope flycatcher in Texas. Staked out the area with about 5 other birders for 2.5 hours and he made a brief appearance. Then I waited another 90 minutes to try for unobscured pix. He made one more appearance and this is the best I got (he’s…
Greater Prairie Chickens
Enjoyed some quality time with Greater (Attwater) Prairie Chickens in Goliad County yesterday on a Birdathon trip!! Thanks to Carol Ray and Chris Gunther for organizing and inviting me along!!! Also thanks to our guides — land and transaction experts from The Nature Conservancy — who provided much interesting discussion!! (Video is slightly slowed to…
Nutting’s Flycatcher Big Bend
Spent about 4 hours on morning of November 9 staking out Santa Elena canyon overlook with a buddy and some pleasant fellow birders trying to see nutting’s flycatcher. Had to settle for heard only but we heard it about 10 times and have no doubts.