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| Green Jay comes for his close-up photo |
Tomorrow is our last day at Bentsen Palm Village RV Resort and our favorite park, Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park. We go to South Padre Island for two months and Weslaco for February before returning for Spring Hawk Watch.
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| Feeding area at the National Butterfly Garden |
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| Sharp-shinned Hawk grabs a Barn Swallow for breakfast |
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| Green Peach Beetle - looks like a Packer fan! |
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
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| Texas Fox Squirrel enjoys a snack |
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| Lesser Goldfinch |
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| White-tipped Dove |
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| Elegant Bush Katydid |
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| Plain Chachalaca warms up in the sun |
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| Egg Sack of the Silver Orb Weaver |
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| Christmas Cacti Fruit |
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| Black Witch Moth at Falcon State Park |
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| Panther-spotted Grasshopper |
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| Vermilion Flycatcher brightens our day |
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| Tropical House Cricket at Quinta Mazatlan |
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| Roadside Hawk - a Mexican visitor that drew birders from everywhere. |
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| Long-billed Thrasher |
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| My! What big teeth you have! Javelina yawning or gagging |
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| Cooper's Hawk |
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| Yes, another Harris's Hawk, too beautiful to pass up a photo |
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| Whoa! This isn't working too well! Juvenile Gray Hawk |
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| Another bright spot in the Mesquite Forest - Altamira Oriole |
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| Adult Gray Hawk, a favorite South Texas sight |
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| One of two baby raccoons at the Green Jay blind |
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| Mama tries to empty the bird feeder |
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| McCall's Eastern Screech Owl peeks out of his favorite tree |
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| Tree Snails are doing better, good news for Hook-billed Kites |
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| Ringed Kingfisher on the Rio Grande seen from our pontoon boat ride |
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| Cotton Rat and Texas Cottontail Rabbit |
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| Black-crested Titmouse |
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| One of 14 Groove-billed Anis still in the area |
Like this Gray Hawk, we are taking off for the coast.
Love & Prayers,
Ty & Ida Baumann
