High Island Bird Walks
More anticipation!!

More anticipation!!

Another great trip to High Island with Eric and others!!! Witnessing a fallout happen was amazing!!!
Here’s more on egrets/herons focusing on feeding behavior (mostly).
Thought I’d do at least 1 High Island warm-up post. This time a brief reminder on the 12 regular Texas vireos. Plus 1 rarity. The 1st key to vireos is their song!! Learn it!! Most are quite distinctive, the exception being the 3 in the Solitary Vireo complex. The photos below tell most of the…
Reddish Egrets don’t always dance around crazily. Note bi-colored bill. Corpus 2/24/25.
Forgot this noble beast!!
And so it goes — Grackles are next. They’re actually fun on the Bolivar Peninsula!! (you’re on you own for females (ask the males)).