A wonderful way to begin the day!
Sanderlings feeding early in the surf.
Pied-billed Grebe - check those feet!
Large catch for a small bird
Gotta turn that fish around to avoid dorsal spines
Down the hatch!
Cooper's Hawk Juvenile
Peregrine Falcon high on the water tower above the Birding Center.
Red-eared Sliders sunning
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Waterthrush
Green Kingfisher bails off perch for minnow
Successful catch!
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Black-bellied Plover
Sora
Clapper Rail
Least Bittern grabs a Sheephead Minnow
Black-crowned Night-heron comes into the roost after a night of fishing
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron touches down
Green Heron raising crest displaying dominance
Tricolored Heron shadowing fish
Reddish Egret white morph
How many minnows must I eat to fill the tank?
Reddish Egret rests other leg by tucking it
Snowy Egret protests interloper
Great Egret's in style hairdo
American Coot cleared for take-off
Good thing there's a long runway.
Mottled Duck checking out newcomer - Green-winged Teal
Question we get often " What's the name of that duck with the red head?"
Thousands of Redheads winter in the Laguna Madre area.
Red-breasted Merganser fishing in shallow water, motoring about.
Merganser gets fish and Boneparte's Gull tries to steal it.
No success, time to catch my own.
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Birds of a feather flock together!
Black-bellied Whistling Ducks bid us farewell!
Our memorable three month stay at South Padre Island has gone quickly and we have been blessed enjoying God's Creation, many birding friends and services at Chapel by the Sea.
❤️ Love & Prayers 🙏
Ty & Ida Baumann
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