Roseate Spoonbill returns to new pond after four days and 6 inches of rain.
Tricolored Heron catches a Talapia
Black-crowned Night-heron
Two Little Blue Herons
Little Blue Heron stretches
White-faced Ibis
White Ibis & White-faced Ibis probe the wet ground.
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet in winter plumage
Diamond-backed Watersnake
7 foot long Indigo Snake
Alligator sunning at Alligator Lake
Softshell Turtle
Long-billed Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
White-winged & White-tipped Doves
Tiny Inca Dove checks out the birdbath.
Olive Sparrow shaking off water
Buff-bellied Hummingbird sticks out tongue
Plain Chachalaca
Green Jay sports "Bling"
Trying hard to blend in - Common Pauraque
A little easier to see but still the most difficult to point out to visitors
Black Phoebe
Javelina crosses the trail
American Snout
Queeen Butterfly on Blue Mist
Afriacanized Bees outgrow their owl nesting box
Tiny Green Kingfisher watches for minnows
Peregrine Falcon
Red-shouldered Hawk
White-tailed Kite on territory
Red-tailed Hawk on tower above our RV Park
On our way to South Padre Island we stopped at La Feria Nature Center
American Coot and Least Grebe
There were many wading birds there - Roseate Spoonbill & Great Egret
Roseate Spoonbill does a close flyby
Invasive species - the Nutria (beaver size)
Brought to the US in the 1930's from South America.
Tropical Kingbird
Dewy Spiderweb
Several Vermilion Flycatchers were bug hunting in the area.
We are now on South Padre Island for three months.
Feeling blessed to still be able to travel.
Love & Prayers,
Ty & Ida Baumann
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