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 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, old and deserted seed storage building, Ray…
Day 6, Cardinal male, National Butterfly Centre, S…
Day 6, Phlomis sp., National Butterfly Centre, Sou…
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, SITE LTC 069, South Texas
Day 7, Northern Cardinal male
Day 8, Santa Ana NWR, Texas
Day 8, bird blind, Santa Ana National Wildlife Ref…
Day 8, Janet at the bird blind, Santa Ana NWR
Day 8, moth, the Old Cemetery, Santa Ana NWR
Day 8, Oakworm moth / Anisota sp., Santa Ana Natio…
Day 8, tiny Elf Owl / Micrathene whitneyi - smalle…
Day 4, Laughing Gulls, Mustang Island, Texas
Day 4, Royal Terns, Mustang Island, Texas
Day 4, Royal Tern / Thalasseus maximus, Mustang Is…
Day 4, Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Day 4, Common Gallinule, Leonabelle Turnbull Birdi…
Day 4, Alligator, Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Cent…
Day 4, Black-bellied Whistling Duck / Dendrocygna…
Day 4, Common Gallinule, Leonabelle Turnbull Birdi…
Day 4, Loggerhead Shrike / Lanius ludovicianus, Po…
Day 4, Salt Marsh Moths / Estigmene acrea, mating,…
Day 4, Sedge Wren, Aransas Park
Day 3, nesting Great Blue Herons, Rockport rookery
Day 3, Yucca flowers - plus bugs (Eastern Leaf Foo…
Day 3, Double-crested Cormorants, Aransas boat tri…
Day 3, Cormorant drying its wings, Aransas boat tr…
Day 3, Whooping Crane colt flexing its wings, Aran…
Day 3, Whooping Crane colt, Aransas, Texas
Day 3, Whooping Crane adult, Aransas National Wild…
Day 3, leg band & tracking device, Whooping Crane…
Day 3, Captain Kevin's twin boat for Whooping Cran…
Day 3, ENDANGERED Whooping Cranes / Grus americana…
Day 2, Fox Squirrel, Pelican Bay Resort, South Tex…
Day 2, house near Pelican Bay Resort
Day 2, Crested Caracara immature / Caracara cheriw…
Day 2, Savannah Sparrows, Rockport, South Texas
Day 2, Winecup flower, Newbury Park Hummingbird Ga…
Day 2, young White Ibis, Connie Hagar Cottage Sanc…
Day 2, Turkey Vulture / Cathartes aura
THE TICK THAT BIT ME in South Texas! LONE STAR TI…
Day 2, Savannah Sparrow, South Texas
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Day 4, Laughing Gull / Leucophaeus atricilla, Mustang Island State Park
I am done with Gulls and Terns, at least from Day 4 of our 13-day trip. Next, it will be on to Bishop State Park for the last few photos. After that, I will be able to start on Day 5, which was a day trip to the enormous King Ranch. One of the highlights of that day was seeing a pair of Ferruginous Pygmy Owls, at the end of our private tour of the Ranch, as well as some new birds for us, such as the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and the Vermilion Flycatcher. Perhaps the highlight for me was when I caught sight of a little Texas horned lizard near my feet, something I had longed to see for a few years. As far as animals go, two nice sightings were a Javelina/Collared Peccary and six exotic Nilgai antelope from India that had been imported to the King Ranch in 1930. We only got a fleeting glimpse of their rear ends as they raced away through the trees.
Day 4, 22 March, of our 13-day birding trip to South Texas, 19-31 March 2019, was a day of birding and also driving from Rockport, where we had stayed for three nights, to Kingsville. The 9 photos I have just posted tonight were all taken on the beach at Mustang Island State Park. We had driven there from the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Centre/the Port Aransas Nature Preserve. We loved the Birding Centre, getting great views of the various bird species, looking down from the new boardwalk that has been built after Hurricane Harvey destroyed the previous one in 2017. Lots of birds; even a huge Alligator.
We spent some time on the beach at Mustang Island State Park, watching and listening to the Laughing Gulls. They are such fun to watch and to photograph. The Royal Terns are so beautiful, always looking quite regal in their posture.
At one point, a man started feeding the Gulls down the beach, and they swarmed over and around him. Managed to get a couple of distant shots.
"Mustang Island State Park is a state park located south of the city of Port Aransas, Texas, United States on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that covers 3,954 acres (1,600 ha) and has a 5-mile (8.0 km) beachfront. The land was acquired from private owners in 1972 and opened to the public in 1979. The island takes its name from wild mustangs that roamed the island which eventually succumbed to ranching in the late 1800s." From Wikipedia.
After our short walk along this beach, we continued our drive towards Kingville, where we were going to spend two nights at the Hampton Inn. We had time to stop at Bishop City Park before we reached Kingsville.
Day 4, 22 March, of our 13-day birding trip to South Texas, 19-31 March 2019, was a day of birding and also driving from Rockport, where we had stayed for three nights, to Kingsville. The 9 photos I have just posted tonight were all taken on the beach at Mustang Island State Park. We had driven there from the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Centre/the Port Aransas Nature Preserve. We loved the Birding Centre, getting great views of the various bird species, looking down from the new boardwalk that has been built after Hurricane Harvey destroyed the previous one in 2017. Lots of birds; even a huge Alligator.
We spent some time on the beach at Mustang Island State Park, watching and listening to the Laughing Gulls. They are such fun to watch and to photograph. The Royal Terns are so beautiful, always looking quite regal in their posture.
At one point, a man started feeding the Gulls down the beach, and they swarmed over and around him. Managed to get a couple of distant shots.
"Mustang Island State Park is a state park located south of the city of Port Aransas, Texas, United States on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that covers 3,954 acres (1,600 ha) and has a 5-mile (8.0 km) beachfront. The land was acquired from private owners in 1972 and opened to the public in 1979. The island takes its name from wild mustangs that roamed the island which eventually succumbed to ranching in the late 1800s." From Wikipedia.
After our short walk along this beach, we continued our drive towards Kingville, where we were going to spend two nights at the Hampton Inn. We had time to stop at Bishop City Park before we reached Kingsville.
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