Our time on South Padre Island is coming to a close. Many days walking the beach and volunteering at the Birding Center have made the the days go quickly.
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| Bottlenose Dolphins frolic in the bay |
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| Portuguese Man-O-War jellyfish washed up after a storm |
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| Goose-neck Barnecles on an old barrel |
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| Angry waves with a strong northeast wind |
Our daily beach walk shell collection which we donated to the Birding & Nature Center for the children's programs.
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| Willcox's Sea Hare - mollusk with internal shell |
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| Shore Crab |
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| One of our many birding groups on the boardwalk at the Birding Center |
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| Birding Center Boardwalk on Laguna Madre |
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| Spectacled Owl |
The Birding Center had a special event and part of it was a Birds of Prey program featuring live birds. We enjoyed the presentation and visiting with the falconers.
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| Icelandic Gyrfalcon |
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| Sleepy Greater Yellowlegs |
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| Mottled Duck |
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| Black Skimmer skimming for fish |
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| Lesser Scaup on a pond nearby |
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| American Kestrel stayed close for his photo |
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| Pair of Tropical Kingbirds |
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| Roseate Spoonbill getting Spring breeding plumage |
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| Amazing he can preen with that bill |
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| Blue-winged Teal shows a little green in those speculums |
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| Clapper Rail makes a rare appearance |
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| Black-crowned Night-heron |
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| Caspian Tern |
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| Common Gallinule flares his tail at interloper |
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| Reddish Egret dances and shades the water to fish |
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| Reddish Egret raises hackles |
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| Completely submerged Anhinga pursues fish |
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| Anhinga pokes his head out for a breath before going back under |
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| What's that bird hiding in the cattails? |
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| It's a rare Least Bittern! Everyone was looking for it. |
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| American Oystercatcher in the sparking sunset |
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| Female Red-breasted Merganser |
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| Osprey works hard on the Needlefish that it caught |
We went on a field trip with the local bird club to Rio Hondo and found quite a few passerines in the cemetery. This White-eyed Vireo was enjoying the fruit.
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| Wintering Lark Sparrow |
Full Moon halo on the statue of Jesus that stands at the south end of our RV Park.
We have also enjoyed our eight Sundays of worship at Chapel by the Sea that we can walk to early in the morning. We have met many great people that share our passion for birding and enjoying God's creation.
Love & Prayer's,
Ty & Ida Baumann
