South Texas Birding 2010 Photo Gallery by LD Love at pbase.com

South Texas Birding 2010

These photos are of birding in South Texas during the first 2 weeks of April, 2010. On April 1 we boarded the Skimmer in Fulton Harbor for a fabulous tour of Aransas Bay with Capt. Tommy Moore. That afternoon we birded around Corpus Christi with guide Jon McIntrye. The next day we drove south down Rte 77 to San Miguelito Ranch and then on to South Padre Island, Laguna Atacosta NWR and the Rio Grande Valley. Highlights of the Rio Grande Valley were Hugh Ramsey Park in Harlingen, Frontera Audobon Sanctuary and Estero Llano Grande St Park in Weslaco, Falcon St Park, Bentsen-Rio Grande St Park, El Rio RV Park, Santa Ana NWR and Willie's BBQ in Alamo, Texas. We finished our birding trip at Neal's Lodges in Concan where guide Bob Rasa helped us find Golden-cheeked Warbler and Black-capped Vireo.

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Dawn at Fulton Harbor Aransas Bay	Shrimp boats Fulton Harbor 01	Wild Turkey Choke Canyon State Pk 04	Whitetail Deer Choke Canyon St Park 04
South Texas Roadside Flowers	Blue Bonnets on Route 90 west of San Antonio	Golden-fronted Woodpecker in Flight Corpus Christi	Reddish Egret White Morph Corpus Christi Bay 03
Couch's Kingbird Corpus Christi 05	Animal warning Corpus Christi	American Avocet Corpus Christi Bay 01	American Avocet Corpus Christi Bay 05
American Avocet Corpus Christi Bay 03	American Avocets Corpus Christi Bay 04	Birding Guide Jon McIntyre	Wilson's Plover Corpus Christi Bay 01
Wilson's Plover Corpus Christi Bay 02	Black Skimmers and American Avocets Corpus Christi Bay	Black Skimmers Corpus Christi Bay 02	Black-necked Stilt Corpus Christi
Royal Terns Heads Tucked Corpus Christi Bay	Forster's Tern Corpus Christi Bay	Corpus Christi Texas across Bay 02	Refinery near Corpus Christi
Pond Turtle Corpus Christi	Whooping Crane Displaying Aransas NWR 02	Whooping Cranes Aransas NWR 04	Whooping Crane Displaying Aransas NWR 07
Whooping Crane Stretching Wings Aransas NWR 03	Whooping Crane Dance Aransas NWR 08	Whooping Crane Displaying Aransas NWR 09	Northern Mocking Bird Laguna Atacosta NWR
Northern Cardinal Laguna Atacosta NWR 01	Roseate Spoonbills South Padre Island 01	Roseate Spoonbills South Padre Island 02	Eight foot Alligator South Padre Island 01
Alligator South Padre Island 03	Alligator South Padre Island	Alligator Eye South Padre Island 03	American Coot Choke Canyon St Park
American Oystercatcher Aransas Bay 02	American Oystercatcher at Waters Edge Aransas Bay 02	American Oystercatcher Closeup Aransas Bay	American Oystercatcher with Chicks 02
American Oystercatchers Aransas Bay 03	American Oystercatchers with Chicks 02	American Oystercatchers with Chicks 03	American White Pelican Breeding Plumage Aransas Bay
American White Pelican Cluster Aransas Bay	American White Pelicans Aransas Bay	Aransas Bay Rookery 02	Aransas Bay Rookery 03
Aransas Bay Rookery 04	Aransas Bay Rookery 06	Aransas Bay Rookery 07	Aransas Bay Rookery 11
Aransas Bay Rookery 12	Aransas Bay Rookery 13	Aransas Bay Rookery 14	Aransas Bay Rookery 15
Aransas Bay Rookery 16	Aransas Bay Rookery 17	Aransas Bay Rookery Flight 01	Roseate Spoonbills in Flight Aransas Bay 03
Aransas Pass NWR Tidal Group	Roseate Spoonbills in Flight Aransas Bay 01	Roseate Spoonbill Aransas Bay 02	Black-crowned Night Heron Aransas Pass NWR 01
Brown Pelicans Aransas Pass	Brown Pelican Aransas Pass 01	Brown Pelicans with Double-crested Cormorants Aransas Pass	Coyote Aransas Bay 01
Coyote Aransas Bay 02	Double-crested Cormorant Aransas Bay	Eared Grebe Aransas Bay	Eared Grebe Closeup
Reddish Egret and Snowy Egret Aransas Bay 03	White Morph Reddish Egret in flight Aransas Bay 04	Great Blue Heron Aransas Pass NWR 03	Laughing Gull Aransas Bay 01
Laughing Gull Choke Canyon State Pk	Reddish Egret Aransas Bay 03	White Ibis Aransas Pass NWR	Blue-winged Teal South Padre Island 02
Great Blue Heron Takeoff Aransas Pass NWR	Great Kiskadee 02	Green Jay Laguna Atacosta NWR 03	Peregrine Falcon on Aransas Bay Buoy 02
Osprey in Flight Aransas Bay	Red-winged Black Bird Aransas NWR	Long-billed Curlew Aransas Pass NWR	Reddish Egret White Morph 02
Turkey Vultures Aransas NWR	Willet on Oyster Bed Aransas Bay	Reddish Egret Aransas Bay 02	Reddish Egret Aransas Bay 06
Roseate Spoonbill Aransas Bay 03	Reddish Egret with White Morph lower right	Killdeer San Miguelito Ranch 02	Killdeer San Miguelito Ranch 01
Golden-fronted Woodpecker San Miguelito Ranch	Davis with guide Carson at San Miguelito Ranch 01	Solitary Sandpiper San Miguelito Ranch	San Miguelito Ranch yard
San Miguelito Ranch Cow	Vermillion Flycatcher at San Miguelito Ranch 02	American Avocet South Padre Island 02	American Coot South Padre Island 02
Black-necked Stilt South Padre Island 01	Black-necked Stilt South Padre Island 02	Blue-winged Teal South Padre Island 02	Common Moorhen 04 South Padre Island
Common Moorhen 05 South Padre Island	Clapper Rail South Padre Island 01	Great Egret South Padre Island 01	Great-tailed Grackle pair Laguna Atacosta 01
Great-tailed Grackle South Padre Island 01	Great-tailed Grackle South Padre Island 02	Greater Yellowlegs Scratching 03	Greater Yellowlegs South Padre Island 03
Laughing Gull South Padre Island 02	Great Blue Heron South Padre Island 01	Little Blue Heron South Padre Island 01	Red-winged Blackbird South Padre Island 01
Roseate Spoonbill South Padre Island 05	White-winged Dove Hugh Ramsey Park Harlingen	Bewick's Wren at Hugh Ramsey Park Harlingen	Southern Plains Woodrat Hugh Ramsey Park Harlingen
Tricolored Heron 05 South Padre Island	Crested Caracara Laguna Atacosta NWR 01	Harris's Hawk 04 Falcon St Park	Bronzed Cowbird female Laguna Atacosta NWR
Rabbit at Laguna Atacosta NWR feeders	American Golden-Plover 01 South Padre Island	Eastern Meadowlark Laguna Atacosta NWR	Green Jay Laguna Atacosta NWR
Green Jay Laguna Atacosta NWR 02	South Padre Island Water Tower 01	Osprey South Padre Island 03	Willet at lake Laguna Atacosta NWR
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Laguna Atacosta NWR	Greater Roadrunner Laguna Atacosta NWR 01	Greater Roadrunner Closeup Laguna Atacosta NWR 01	Greater Roadrunner Laguna Atacosta NWR 02
Red-winged Blackbird Female 01	Red-winged Blackbird crossing toes	Osprey Laguna Atacosta NWR	Osprey fending off Laughing Gull and Ruddy Turnstone Laguna Atacosta NWR
Osprey protecting food Laguna Atacosta NWR 02	Long-billed Trasher Laguna Atacosta NWR	Long-billed Thrasher Laguna Atacosta NWR 04	Black-crested Titmouse 01
Black-necked Stilts in Flight Estero Llano St Pk 02	Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Estero Llano Grande State Pk 01	Black-bellied Whistling Duck 04	Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks 02
Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks with Cormorant.jpg	US Border Patrol along Rio Grande	Giant Swallowtail Butterfly 01	Giant Swallowtail Butterfly 02
Cactus Blossom 01	Cattle Egret 03 Santa Ana NWR	Cattle Egret in flight 01	Cattle Egret landing 01
Cattle Egrets 02	Green Heron Santa Ana NWR 01	Green Heron 02	Green Heron in Reeds 01
Green Heron and Great-tailed Grackle squabble Santa Ana NWR	Ringed Kingfisher 02 Santa Ana NWR	Green Kingfisher male Santa Ana NWR 02	Green Kingfisher female 04
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 01	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Roost Santa Ana NWR	Turtle doing karate back kick	Tricolored Heron 06 South Padre Island
Diamond-Backed Water snakes sunning on a log	Red Squirrel 01 Santa Ana NWR	Popular Perch 01 Santa Ana NWR	Plain Chachalaca in Mulberry Tree Frontera Audobon Sanctuary 01
Plain Chachalaca 03	Plain Chachalaca 02	Altamira Oriole Frontera Audobon Sanctuary	Olive Sparrow Santa Ana NWR 02
Olive Sparrow 01	Anhinga Female Estero Llano Grande State Pk 01	Fulvous Whistling-Duck digiscoped 02 Estero Llano State Pk	Red-crowned Parrot Estero Llano Grande State Pk 01
Red-crowned Parrot 02	Red-crowned Parrot digiscoped 05	Northern Shoveler Santa Ana NWR 01	Northern Cardinal at Feeder 01
Least Grebe breeding plumage 01	Lilly Pads Hugh Ramsey Park Harlingen 01	Tarantula 01	Long-billed Dowitchers in flight Santa Ana NWR 03
Long-billed Dowitchers in flight 02	Long-billed Dowitchers in flight 04	Long-billed Dowitchers in flight 06	Ash-throated Flycatcher Bentsen- Rio Grande St Park
Black-necked Stilt 01	Black-necked Stilt Dance 03	Black Phoebe near Rio Grande River El Rio RV Park	Northern Bobwhite pair Falcon St Park
Northern Bobwhite Female Falcon St Park	Buff-bellied Hummingbird Bentsen-Rio Grande St Park	Buff-bellied Hummingbird 03	Carolina Chickadee Neal's Lodges
Cassin's Sparrow Skulking in Bush	Chipping Sparrow Neal's Lodges 01	Common Ground-dove Falcon St Park	Couch's Kingbird San Ignacio 02
Curved-billedThrasher Falcon St Park 02	Curved-billed Thrasher Falcon St Park 03	Curved-billed Thrashers on motorhome Falcon St Park	Elf Owl Bentsen-Rio Grande St Park
Falcon Reservior Dam	Golden-fronted Woodpecker 02	Golden-fronted Woodpecker El Rio RV Park 01	Great Egret 04 Santa Ana NWR
Great Kiskadee on palm tree Santa Ana NWR 02	Hooded Oriole 02 El Rio RV Park	Hooded Oriole Neal's Lodges	Least Goldfinches 01 Neal's Lodges
Lincoln's Sparrow 01 Falcon St Pk	Checkered White Butterfly 01	Northern Cardinals Sharing Seeds Neal's Lodges	Northern Cardinal Neal's Lodges 02
Orange-crowned Warbler 01	Pyrrhuloxia Female Falcon St Park	Rio Grande River near Falcon St Park	Spicebush Swallowtail Santa Ana NWR 02
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher with meal	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 05	Birdhouse Neal's Lodges	Vermillion FlyCatcher Neal's Lodges
Birding Guide Bob Rasa at Neal's Lodges	Golden-cheeked Warbler Neal's Lodges 02	White-winged Doves Neal's Lodges	Yellow-headed Blackbird San Ignacio
Bentsen-Rio Grande State Pk Hawk Watch	Couple birding by the Rio Grande River	US Border Patrol Checkpoint north of Laredo	Cactus blossom Estero Llano State Pk 01
Cactus blossom Frontera Audobon Sanctuary	Coke sign at Brownsville restaurant	Fire Ants	Hawk watch at Santa Ana NWR
Hawk watch Bentsen-Rio Grande St Pk	Santa Ana NWR Hawk Watch tally for April 6 2010	Laguna Atacosta NWR with Laguna Madre in background	LD at Hugh Ramsey Park in Harlingen
LD at Rio Grande River 01	Lightning bug on cactus	Old Port Isabel Road between Route 48 and Route 100 near Brownsville	Spotted Sandpiper in Rio Grande River
Davis In Agave Cactus at El Rio RV Park 03	Davis at Rio Grande River	Zapata Sunrise	Walking Stick on my hat at Santa Ana NWR
US Border Patrol Boat on Rio Grande River	Cactus Patch Bentsen-Rio Grande St Park 01	El Rio RV BBQ equipment at Rio Grande 02	Purple Martin house at El Rio RV Park 01
El Rio RV Park Cactus 01	El Rio RV Park Donkeys 01	Frio River Swimming Hole Neal's Lodges 01	Treetop walkway and observation post Bentsen-Rio Grande St Park
John Wayne photo with reflection at Willies BBQ	Diamond Back Rattler skin at Willies BBQ	LD enjoying pulled pork sandwich at Willies BBQ	John Deere tractor on Texas Farm Road 907 near Alamo.
Neal's Lodges Wildflowers	Neal's Lodges Windmill 03	Frio Bat Cave Entrance 01	Frio Bat Cave Tour 01

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