Black Noddy NO Port Aransas
Lance and I dipped on our target in corpus yesterday: Black noddy, but got better looks at lawn ornaments.




Lance and I dipped on our target in corpus yesterday: Black noddy, but got better looks at lawn ornaments.




Allan and I had a good commune with the Glaucous Gull in Corpus yesterday. (Missed the Iceland Gull there for the 4th time).
The TBRC is excited to add both SMALL-BILLED ELAENIA and TRINDADE PETREL to the state list, bringing it to 663 species! The elaenia was seen in May 2021 on Mustang Island (Nueces Co) by Andrew Orgill and Rylee Gonzales; it was identified at the time as an empidonax. A few months later, in August 2021,…
Allan and I had distant looks at lawn ornaments in Port Aransas yesterday.
Made an early morning visit to Hornsby yesterday. I don’t recall seeing the water levels in ponds quite this low. Lots of floating mats in pond 1W and an island has appeared in pond 2 that birds are enjoying. 14 species of shorebirds including American Golden Plover is a pretty good total for Hornsby. Here…
Was able to see this lifer reported at Hooks woods on recent trip to High Island. Not many lifer left for me on our annual High Island trip.
I guess I’m getting antsy for High Island!! Thought I’d start posting a few ID reminders and mnemonics that I have to give myself each year. First one is on the 2 big Rails.