Bentsen RGV SP - Part 2

 

Crescent Moon - Week of Solar Eclipse

Taken from the Hawk Tower

Every morning brought a unique sunrise

Resident Gray Hawk 

Calling Gray Hawk with full crop protruding through breast feathers

Gray Hawk surveys it's territory 

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher migrating south 

Turkey Vulture - one of thousands daily this past week migrating south

signals the end of raptor migration.

We  surpassed the Autumn record with 170,216 raptors.

Female Northern Harrier hunting below the tower.

Crested Caracara  lands on our "trident" snag.

Caracara closeup

Mare's tail Cloud canopy

Tiny, colorful Fruit Fly family

Wood Storks 

Great Egret

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, daily near the tower

Plain Chachalaca preening - "rezipping" tail feathers

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Rose Mallow

Six-lined Racerunner

Black & White Warbler

Golden-fronted Woodpecker 

Rare migrant to South Texas - Wood Thrush

Clay-colored Thrush

Long-billed Thrasher singing

Green Jay - South Texas Specialty

Rio Grande race of Wild Turkey

Honey Bee visits Catclaw Sensitive Briar

Farewell to the Hawk Tower and last Sunrise until March when we return for Spring migration.

Love & Prayers,

Ty & Ida Baumann