Parasitic Jaeger
Similar Posts
Lake Sommerville
Spent some time under a tree next to Lake Sommerville yesterday. Had 500-600 White pelicans, a smattering of gulls (Franklin’s & Ring billed) and 5 species of shorebirds For the 2024 Shorebird class: Can you ID the shorebirds and tell me why? (Feel free to review Eric’s fine table)
Gulls Lake Ray Hubbard
Well I’ve been out gulling most days this week. Staying at my sister’s who lives near a favorite gull location on Lake Ray Hubbard. I’ve been looking for, and thought I’d found, variously Iceland gull (Thayers), California Gull, and today a great black backed gull. After review of bad digiscoped-through-the-fog-in-the-chill-breeze pix and videos and consultation…
Gulls Davis Estates Road
On our scout trip Lance and I stopped at Davis Estates Road near Brazos Bend SP. I had heard about this location but never stopped before. It had the 2 things that gulls really love: water and landfill!!! We spent about an hour gazing upward at gulls!! Access to viewing the small lakes is poor…
The Gull Guide
“The new phone book’s here!!! The new phone book’s here!!!” (10 points if you get the quote without a reference)
Granger Lake and Vicinity
Allan and I headed out to Granger area yesterday on our semi-regular NED (Nature Exploration Day). We came across some nice shorebird habitats in wet fields and had 6 shorebird species for the morning. So shorebird season is ON!!! Here’s a few easy-peasy to ID. Didn’t get pix of several distant Am Golden Plover and…
LBBG vs Swainson’s Hawk
In reference to Gull #4, here’s a comparison between adult Herring and LBBG with a Swainson’s Hawk tossed in for mnemonic. Still need some IDs on some of the recent gull pix