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







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







13 Species of shorebirds at Hornsby this morning, plus first of season (for me) of these quackers.
Made a quick trip to check conditions at cedar point on lake buchanan this morning. Only had 2 killdeer and 4 very distant shorebirds. But the good news is conditions look pretty good for shorebirds later in the fall migration — we have shore!!! (meaning sand next to water). Had about 65 Great Egrets, a…
15 species of shorebird yesterday at Hornsby. But this Chestnut-collared longspur was a treat. Seems to be a young male with a hint of black on belly and a hint of chestnut on collar. Good looks at Baird’s Sandpiper, American Golden Plover and both yellowlegs were also a pleasure!
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…
I came up with 113 species on Corpus FT (for my personal list).
An apparent adult Kelp Gull found at Brownsville landfill this morning. Landfill access as below.