Mystery Bird ?
Who am I? (Rollover Pass, Bolivar penn).

Who am I? (Rollover Pass, Bolivar penn).

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.
It’s an adventure! Texas Pelagics website
An apparent adult Kelp Gull found at Brownsville landfill this morning. Landfill access as below.
But we are so egalitarian that we also do warbler faces!! Again, thanks to Eric and the Warbler Guide!! The following and more can be found at the website for The Warbler Guide by Tom Stephenson and Scott Whittle. Their book is excellent and innovative!!
For you recent Gulls Class graduates!!
Here’s a comparison of Semipalmated with a Least. So I think we can see actual black legs here on this sandpiper. It’s a short-winged bird; wings are just atop tail. Bill is short and pretty straight. Overall coloration is fairly pale, not brown. Baird’s and Least are brown-hued birds. Both also have a chest coloration…