Monday, February 1, 2010

2/01 Texas Birding Days 11 Aransas NWR

Paul and Fran Bauer and Lois and I traveled to the Lower Rio Grande Valley the end of January
to see many birds that I have never seen. We returned along the gulf though lower Louisiana.
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Day 11 2010-02-01: Aransas National Wildlife Refuge • Lower Rio Grande Valley Texas
A few of the birds seen below, complete set and larger sizes in gallery. Click here to view the gallery.
A few birds shown on map to establish shooting locations, click here for map.

With the morning free I just had to check out if the Whoopers where still at Lamar Beach Rd between 8th and 4th streets just south of Aransas NWR. The tide was up, no Whoopers, but there were a few birds still there.

A few of the birds seen, complete set and larger sizes in gallery.
Click thumb below for large version. • • • Hover thumb for names.
Short-billed Dowitcher Snowy Egret and Roseate Spoonbill Roseate Spoonbill Spotted Sandpiper Willet Gulls and Terns Belted Kingfisher Loggerhead Shrike Yellow-rumped Warbler Mess of Dowitchers and Dunlin? Yellowlegs sp. Dowitcher sp. Willet Tri-colored Heron

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge • Weather: rain/drizzle, very hazy, yuk! We boarded the "Skimmer" at about one in the afternoon and proceeded on a 30-45 minute ride up to the Aransas NWR. Not a good day for photography. Cold, drizzle, spray, breeze, haze most of trip. We spent about 3 hours in the area before heading back to the harbor.

A few of the birds seen, complete set and larger sizes in gallery.
Click thumb below for large version. • • • Hover thumb for names.
Peregrine Falcon Dowitcher sp. Black Skimmer American Oystercatchers Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes White Ibis Reddish Egret American Avocet White-tailed Hawk Great Blue Heron Mottled Duck Mottled Duck Whooping Cranes at a far distance Laughing Gull Double-crested and Neotropic Cormorants Caspian and Common Terns Whooping Crane Whooping Crane Neotropic and Double-crested Cormorants and Caspian Terns Black-bellied Plover American Oystercatchers Long-billed Curlew Foster's Tern Common Loon Osprey Ruddy Turnstone Eared Grebe
Preview of Photos in gallery

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