We took a day trip with friends to South Padre Island and stopped at the Birding Center.
This Mangrove Warbler was setting up nesting near the boardwalk.
Tricolored Heron preening small feather in beak
Nuptial blue bill of the Tricolored Heron
White Ibis on the hunt
Nuptial facial colors of White Ibis
Green Heron arranging nests sticks
Green Heron incubating eggs
A stop at Sheepshead feeders
Northern Parula
Northern Parula feasts on oranges
Conference Center low tide sand flats - Least Tern
Sandwich Terns
Caspian Tern
Black-necked Stilts
Ruddy Turnstone
Surfbird is a rare visitor to South Padre Island
Surfbird was a life bird for our friends, Gene & Janice
Bentsen State Park - final observations from hawk tower for Spring season
White-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kites roost overnight in Rio Grande riparian trees
Mississippi Kites shift to tops of tree canopy preparing for lift-off
Mississippi Kites lift off at dawn seeking thermals or wind to kettle up in migration
We have had over 8,200 kites this Spring.
Wood Storks migrating
Bloodsucking Conenose - "kissing bug"
Feed on human and mammal blood
Targets lips, ears, eyelids = itching, swelling and severe allergic reactions.
Due to preference of rodent and pack rat nests which are bacteria and virus carriers.
Little Blue Heron juvenile in transition from white to all blue.
Lesser Nighthawk day roosts parallel on tree limb
Lesser Nighthawk, always alert, checks surroundings
Clay Colored Thrush singing on territory at Bentsen Palm RV Park.
Sounds a lot like his cousin the American Robin
One of several Yellow-billed Cuckoos heard and seen at the RV park.
Northern Mockingbird catches a butterfly.
Female Great Horned Owl stretches leg and wing.
Long day watching over fledged owlets.
This fledgling is now six weeks old and flying between trees.
Banded Gray Hawk Adult
Crested Caracara in cattle pasture adjacent to RV Park
Loggerhead Shrike nesting in hedgerow
Gulf Coast Toad
Great Kiskadee gathering nesting material
Kiskadee egg broken via severe storm
Storm Damage, two days in a row.
Damage from 60 mph winds, torrential rain and hail
Lightning strikes three Palm trees
Burns and splits bark and causes power outage both days.
Major cleanup effort underway.
But God provides His/our sunshine for a new day and start to our next adventure.
Love & Prayers,
Ty & Ida Baumann
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