Shorebirds Corpus
Went to Corpus yesterday. Here’s some winter shorebirds.







Went to Corpus yesterday. Here’s some winter shorebirds.







Here’s one I don’t recall seeing so boldly out in the open before, much less photographed in gorgeous sunlight!!
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!!
Here’s a few from High Island and east Texas trip, also a stop at Attwater. The Longspur put on a closeup show — landing at my feet and foraging unconcerned for 10 birders. The rail also waltzed out practically between our feet! Thanks to all the participants for being such good-natured birding compadres and to…
Spent 3.5 hours at Cedar Point on Lake Buchanan this morning. 40 species total including 5 Tri-colored herons and a Bushtit. 10 species of shorebirds including 3 new ones for the fall shorebird season: Marbled Godwit, Black-bellied Plover and Greater Yellowlegs. Conditions look pretty good there for shorebirds. I had 5 flocks of peeps fly…
Here’s more on egrets/herons focusing on feeding behavior (mostly).
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)).