Day 2, Savannah Sparrows, Rockport, South Texas
Day 2, Crested Caracara immature / Caracara cheriw…
Day 2, Fox Squirrel, Pelican Bay Resort, South Tex…
Day 3, ENDANGERED Whooping Cranes / Grus americana…
Day 3, Captain Kevin's twin boat for Whooping Cran…
Day 3, leg band & tracking device, Whooping Crane…
Day 3, Whooping Crane adult, Aransas National Wild…
Day 3, Whooping Crane colt, Aransas, Texas
Day 3, Whooping Crane colt flexing its wings, Aran…
Day 3, Cormorant drying its wings, Aransas boat tr…
Day 3, Double-crested Cormorants, Aransas boat tri…
Day 3, nesting Great Blue Herons, Rockport rookery
Day 4, Sedge Wren, Aransas Park
Day 4, Salt Marsh Moths / Estigmene acrea, mating,…
Day 4, Loggerhead Shrike / Lanius ludovicianus, Po…
Day 4, Common Gallinule, Leonabelle Turnbull Birdi…
Day 4, Black-bellied Whistling Duck / Dendrocygna…
Day 4, Alligator, Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Cent…
Day 4, Common Gallinule, Leonabelle Turnbull Birdi…
Day 4, Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Day 4, Royal Tern / Thalasseus maximus, Mustang Is…
Day 4, Royal Terns, Mustang Island, Texas
Day 4, Laughing Gulls, Mustang Island, Texas
Day 4, Laughing Gull / Leucophaeus atricilla, Must…
Day 4, Royal Terns / Thalasseus maximus, Mustang I…
Day 4, Aloe vera, Bishop City Park, South Texas
Day 4, Red Saddlebags? dragonfly, Bishop City Park…
Day 4, Silver argiope / Argiope argentata, Bishop…
Day 5, King Ranch, South Texas
Day 5, Bronzed Cowbirds / Molothrus aeneus
Day 5, White Prickly Poppy / Argemone albiflora
Day 5, orange tree, King Ranch, Norias Division
Day 5, Thistle, King Ranch, Norias Division, South…
Day 5, wildflowers, King Ranch, Norias Division
Day 5, Painted Lichen Moth, King Ranch, Norias Div…
Day 5, Harris's Hawk, King Ranch, Norias Division
Day 5, Vermilion Flycatcher / Pyrocephalus rubinus…
Day 5, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, King Ranch
Day 5, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, King Ranch, Nori…
Day 5, Moth, King Ranch, Norias Division, Texas
Day 6, Cardinal male, National Butterfly Centre, S…
Day 6, Cardinal female / Cardinalis cardinalis
Day 7, Green Jay / Cyanocorax yncas
Day 6, Plain Chachalaca / Ortalis vetula
Day 6, White-tipped Dove / Leptotila verreauxi
Day 6, Plain Chachalaca / Ortalis vetula
Day 6, Great-tailed Grackle male / Quiscalus mexic…
Day 6, Golden-fronted Woodpecker male / Melanerpes…
Day 6, Northern Cardinal male / Cardinalis cardina…
Day 6, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Day 6, Yellow-crowned Night-Herons
Day 6, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Day 6, Purple Martin / Progne subis
Day 6, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron / Nyctanassa vio…
Day 6, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron / Nyctanassa vio…
Day 6, Purple Martin / Progne subis
Day 6, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron / Nyctanassa vio…
Day 6, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron / Nyctanassa vio…
Day 6, Purple Martin / Progne subis
Day 6, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron / Nyctanassa vio…
Day 7, Northern Cardinal male
Day 2, Turkey Vulture / Cathartes aura
THE TICK THAT BIT ME in South Texas! LONE STAR TI…
Day 2, Savannah Sparrow, South Texas
Day 2, sunrise 8
Day 1, Turkey Vultures / Cathartes aura
Day 1, Thistle / pink form of Cirsium horridulum,…
Day 1, Thistle / Cirsium horridulum, southern Texa…
Day 1, Thistle sp., southern Texas
Day 1, Thistle sp., southern Texas
Day 1, Thistle sp., southern Texas
Day 6, Northern Cardinal male, southern Texas
Day 7, Brown Anole (?) extending dewlap, southern…
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Day 2, young White Ibis, Connie Hagar Cottage Sanctuary, South Texas
Later morning, on Day 2 of our holiday, 20 March 2019, after our drive to The Big Tree and then along the Lamar Beach Road area, we went to the Connie Hagar Cottage Sanctuary. This is a small, 6.25 acre nature sanctuary that exists in Rockport itself. Such a peaceful place to wander, watching for plants and butterflies as well as birds. There is a small pond, where we watched a young White Ibis, a Great Egret and a Snowy Egret all feeding together. Lovely to see their reflections in the water, too. I will get to those photos shortly. Last night, I was Googling and came across an article from 19 March 2019, telling about a group of students who chose to spend their Spring Break week helping to tidy the Sanctuary. Good for them!
"The Connie Hagar Cottage Sanctuary is a mixture of oak motte and native grasses. This is the original location of the famed Rockport Cottages, operated by Connie and Jack Hagar. Mrs. Hagar moved to Rockport in 1935 and devoted her life to documenting birdlife in the Rockport area." From link below.
aransaspathways.com/connie-hagar-cottage-sanctuary/
After spending some time at this Sanctuary, we went to the Aransas First Cove Harbor Wetlands Sanctuary, followed by eventually finding the Newbury Park Hummingbird Garden. This was definitely not what we were expecting - just a small area of grass and trees with picnic tables. However, we did see a beautiful Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly and a small, purple Winecup flower. Afterwards, a repeat drive along Cape Velero Drive turned up some nice birds, too.
"The Connie Hagar Cottage Sanctuary is a mixture of oak motte and native grasses. This is the original location of the famed Rockport Cottages, operated by Connie and Jack Hagar. Mrs. Hagar moved to Rockport in 1935 and devoted her life to documenting birdlife in the Rockport area." From link below.
aransaspathways.com/connie-hagar-cottage-sanctuary/
After spending some time at this Sanctuary, we went to the Aransas First Cove Harbor Wetlands Sanctuary, followed by eventually finding the Newbury Park Hummingbird Garden. This was definitely not what we were expecting - just a small area of grass and trees with picnic tables. However, we did see a beautiful Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly and a small, purple Winecup flower. Afterwards, a repeat drive along Cape Velero Drive turned up some nice birds, too.
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