Spotted Rail
A nuther interesting bird u might of heard of.



A nuther interesting bird u might of heard of.



Spent about 4 hours on morning of November 9 staking out Santa Elena canyon overlook with a buddy and some pleasant fellow birders trying to see nutting’s flycatcher. Had to settle for heard only but we heard it about 10 times and have no doubts.
Allan and I had a good commune with the Glaucous Gull in Corpus yesterday. (Missed the Iceland Gull there for the 4th time).
Allan and I made a successful trip to Corpus yesterday for the famous Harlequin Ducks.
4th time was a charm for me with the Pacific-slope flycatcher in Texas. Staked out the area with about 5 other birders for 2.5 hours and he made a brief appearance. Then I waited another 90 minutes to try for unobscured pix. He made one more appearance and this is the best I got (he’s…
An apparent adult Kelp Gull found at Brownsville landfill this morning. Landfill access as below.
This dude was apparently briefly in Texas. NPR Article