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Gallery - Texas - High Island to Upper Coast ~ April 2007

 

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)

Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus)
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus)

Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus)
Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus)

Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina)
Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina)

Female HOODED WARBLER (Wilsonia citrina)
Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina)

Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica)

Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea)
Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea)

Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaja ajaja)
Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaja ajaja)

Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaja ajaja)
Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaja ajaja)

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris)
Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)

Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea)
Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea)

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)

This summer plumaged adult Short-billed Dowitcher can be identified by a combination of several features namely, heavily spotted neck and breast sides, orange on underparts does not extend past the legs and the bill is actually quite short.
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)

Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)

Eastern Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
Eastern Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)

These superb American Avocets in full breeding plumage graced the shore at Bolivar. This evening there were an estimated 5000 individuals in the high-tide roost!
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Phoeticus ludovicianus)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Phoeticus ludovicianus)

These superb American Avocets in full breeding plumage graced the shore at Bolivar. This evening there were an estimated 5000 individuals in the high-tide roost!
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)