Snail Kite YES
Distant Snail Kite you may have heard of at Lake Sommerville SP this morning. Only 144 species or so more to go in Texas.
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Great Black-backed Gull NO
On RGV trip on Monday I found this interesting gull at the Port Aransas jetty. I called it a Great Black Backed Gull in the field based on thick pink legs, big bill, large size (a good bit larger than Herrings present), white head, thick neck and patterned coverts. Posting pix to gull FB pages,…
Black-whiskered Vireo High Island
Was able to see this lifer reported at Hooks woods on recent trip to High Island. Not many lifer left for me on our annual High Island trip.
Brown Noddy
We happened to be in Corpus over the weekend so stopped in to see this Brown Noddy that had been hanging around. Sadly he was taken in for rehab just after we saw, but later died.
TBRC 2022
The TBRC is excited to add both SMALL-BILLED ELAENIA and TRINDADE PETREL to the state list, bringing it to 663 species! The elaenia was seen in May 2021 on Mustang Island (Nueces Co) by Andrew Orgill and Rylee Gonzales; it was identified at the time as an empidonax. A few months later, in August 2021,…
Texas Pelagics
See Texas Pelagics fb page if interested
Suspicious Swift
Just posted the following in Real Texbirds group. Willie Sekula thinks he had Black Swift in Corpus Christie yesterday. (Note: a Chimney Swift is pictured). jep I wasn’t going to mention it due to no photographic evidence. But a friend pointed me to Willie sekulas post. 30 minutes ago I had a flyover view of…