Yellow-headed Blackbird
Got bird # 149 at the Dacha recently (found by Mary)
Hummingbird Chicks
Developing chicks at Mills Pond.
Ivory-billed Woodpecker ?
What???!!!!! Show me the money!!! Article in The Guardian
Double-crested Cormorant
Did you ever wonder why it’s called “double-crested”?
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…
Gulls in Corpus
Here are the gulls we did see. Can you ID without your book?
ABA Countable Birds
I found this list of ABA countable introduced species helpful. Article at ABA
White-throated Sparrow Morphs
Thanks to Suzie for getting me on this article by Kenn Kaufman that explains White-throated Sparrows morphs. Fascinating!! Audubon Magazine Article
Dacha Bird #148
Just added bird 148 at The Dacha: Western Meadowlark. (Note: I don’t have a pix of Western, this one’s an Eastern).
Hot Tub Birding
After birding in the wind and rain most of the day, watching this Merlin eat his meal in the hot tub at Mary’s (us in the hot tub, not the merlin) was quite copacetic!!!