DSC_0521b.JPGThis Barn Owl flew out of the cotton gin and into a tree just to the south. |
DSC_0534b.JPGMary saw that one of the Barn Owls flew back into the cotton gin and it let me snap several photos without flying away. |
DSC_0544b.JPGLoggerhead Shrike
in a small tree outside the cotton gin |
DSC_0547b.JPGWe think this Great Horned Owl flew out of the cotton gin too. |
DSC_0549b.JPGGreat Horned Owl in flight |
DSC_0562b.JPGSavannah Sparrow |
DSC_0584b.JPGKilldeer
Hackberry Flat WMA |
DSC_0587b.JPGKilldeer |
DSC_0593b.JPGWe saw many American Kestrels
and one or two let us take photos of them. |
DSC_0612b.JPGDark Ibis |
DSC_0616b.JPGDark Ibis |
DSC_0622b.JPGPied-billed Grebe |
DSC_0668b.JPGGreater Yellowlegs |
DSC_0688b.JPGGreen-winged Teal |
DSC_0693b.JPGA pair of Ruddy Ducks |
DSC_0699b.JPGMale and female Ruddy Ducks |
DSC_0713b.JPGImmature Mallards |
DSC_0739b.JPGShort-eared Owl
Hackberry Flat WMA |
DSC_0764b.JPGShort-eared Owl |
DSC_0774b.JPGShort-eared Owl |
DSC_0809b.JPGShort-eared Owl |
DSC_0855b.JPGGeese on the north side of the Hackberry Flat WMA reservoir
from the south side of the lake |
DSC_0867b.JPGMallards, Ruddy Ducks and Gadwalls
seeking shelter from the north wind
on the south side of a reservoir island |
DSC_0878b.JPGThis White-crowned Sparrow
had just gotten a drink at the edge of the canal.
Hackberry Flat WMA |
DSC_0905b.JPGAmerican Wigeon (left) and Gadwalls taking off from a small pond |
DSC_0918b.JPGImmature Ferruginous Hawk
hovering over a field near the Burrowing Owl mound |
DSC_0936b.JPGFerruginous Hawk |
DSC_0939b.JPGFerruginous Hawk |
DSC_0963b.JPGFerruginous Hawk |
DSC_0977b.JPGFerruginous Hawk on the ground |
DSC_0980b.JPGFerruginous Hawk |
DSC_0986b.JPGFerruginous Hawk |
DSC_0014b.JPGMale Northern Harrier
gliding over a field at Hackberry Flat WMA |
DSC_0021b.JPGMale Northern Harrier |
DSC_0022b.JPGMale Northern Harrier |
DSC_0031b.JPGAmerican Kestrel |
DSC_0088b.JPGThree of six Wilson's Snipes
in a pond on the east side of Hwy 54 |
DSC_0089b.JPGWilson's Snipes |
DSC_0155b.JPGMale and female Brewer's Blackbirds
among a flock of mostly-female Red-winged Blackbirds |
DSC_0162b.JPGMale Brewer's Blackbird |
DSC_0179b.JPGBrown-headed Cowbird
among female Red-winged Blackbirds |
DSC_0201b.JPGWestern Red-tailed Hawk
on a round hay bale |
DSC_0209b.JPGMale Brown-headed Cowbirds and
female Red-winged Blackbirds |
DSC_0211b.JPGCowbirds and Blackbirds |
DSC_0220b.JPGMale Northern Bobwhite |
DSC_0225b.JPGTwo female Northern Bobwhites |
DSC_0235b.JPGMeadowlark |
DSC_0240b.JPGMeadowlark |
DSC_0242b.JPGMeadowlark |
DSC_0244b.JPGMeadowlark--
when we get one to stand still, we take a lot of photos |
DSC_0264b.JPGLone Wilson's Snipe
on the north shore of the
Hackberry Flat WMA reservoir |
DSC_0265b.JPGWilson's Snipe |
DSC_0268b.JPGWilson's Snipe |
DSC_0282b.JPGWilson's Snipe |
DSC_0314b.JPGWilson's Snipe |
DSC_0332b.JPGGreater Yellowlegs
back feather pattern |
DSC_0333b.JPGGreater Yellowlegs |
DSC_0336b.JPGGreater Yellowlegs |
DSC_0323b.JPGDowitchers
BD: dark feather centers on coverts and tertials and
gray wash below the wing indicate Long-billed
|
DSC_0323bb.JPGLong-billed Dowitcher
|
DSC_0326b.JPGLong-billed Dowitchers |
DSC_0327b.JPGLong-billed Dowitcher
BD: supercilium not strongly arched,
chin and upper neck not notably pale,
very long bill
|
DSC_0340b.JPGTwo pairs of Cinnamon Teal, a Green-winged Teal
and two other ducks
North side of Hackberry Flat WMA reservoir |
DSC_0340bb.JPGCinnamon Teal |
DSC_0341b.JPGTucked in Northern Pintails on the left,
Canvasback on the right |
DSC_0346b.JPGGreater Yellowlegs |
DSC_0375b.JPGWhen we got back on Hwy 5 to head home,
this colorful American Kestrel watched us leave. |
DSC_0377b.JPGAmerican Kestrel |
DSC_0382b.JPGAmerican Kestrel |