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OOS So TX 2014-15 trip, Day 2

Sunday, Dec 28, 2014. This is our first day of birding with the OOS group. We met and traveled with some of them from Refugio, TX, then met the others in Brownsville in the afternoon.
Our first good look at a Whooping Crane and three Sandhill Cranes at Goose Island State Park, Fulton, TX
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Our first good look at a Whooping Crane and three Sandhill Cranes at Goose Island State Park, Fulton, TX

Immature Whooping Crane, Fulton, TX
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Immature Whooping Crane, Fulton, TX

Immature Whooping Crane
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Immature Whooping Crane

Two adult Whooping Cranes in flight
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Two adult Whooping Cranes in flight

Two adult Whooping Cranes
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Two adult Whooping Cranes

Two adult Whooping Cranes, Goose Island State Park, Fulton, TX
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Two adult Whooping Cranes, Goose Island State Park, Fulton, TX

Immature Whooping Crane
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Immature Whooping Crane

Night-herons along the pond we visited yesterday
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Night-herons along the pond we visited yesterday

Great Blue Heron at the same pond
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Great Blue Heron at the same pond

Two more adult Whooping Cranes at a feeder in a yard at Goose Island State Park, TX
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Two more adult Whooping Cranes at a feeder in a yard at Goose Island State Park, TX

White-tailed Hawk on a power pole along Highway 77, driving to Brownsville, TX
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White-tailed Hawk on a power pole along Highway 77, driving to Brownsville, TX

We thought this dead cat was an Ocelot along the highway to Brownsville, TX, but the folks at Laguna Atascosa NWR said it was a southwestern morph of Bobcat.
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We thought this dead cat was an Ocelot along the highway to Brownsville, TX, but the folks at Laguna Atascosa NWR said it was a southwestern morph of Bobcat.

Tropical Parula in the parking lot at Resaca de la Palma State Park, Brownsville, TX
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Tropical Parula in the parking lot at Resaca de la Palma State Park, Brownsville, TX

Orange-crowned Warbler in the parking lot at Resaca de la Palma State Park, Brownsville, TX
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Orange-crowned Warbler in the parking lot at Resaca de la Palma State Park, Brownsville, TX

Blue-winged Teal at Resaca de la Palma State Park, Brownsville, TX
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Blue-winged Teal at Resaca de la Palma State Park, Brownsville, TX

Solitary Sandpiper, Resaca de la Palma State Park, TX
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Solitary Sandpiper, Resaca de la Palma State Park, TX

Great-tailed Grackle on a feeder at the visitor center at Resaca de la Palma State Park, Brownsville, TX
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Great-tailed Grackle on a feeder at the visitor center at Resaca de la Palma State Park, Brownsville, TX

White-fronted Parrot on wire at Oliveira Park, Brownsville, TX
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White-fronted Parrot on wire at Oliveira Park, Brownsville, TX

Yellow-headed, Red-lored and Red-crowned Parrots in a tree across the street from Oliveira Park, Brownsville, TX
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Yellow-headed, Red-lored and Red-crowned Parrots in a tree across the street from Oliveira Park, Brownsville, TX

Three Yellow-headed Parrots, Oliveira Park, Brownsville, TX
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Three Yellow-headed Parrots, Oliveira Park, Brownsville, TX

Red-crowned Parrots, Oliveira Park, Brownsville, TX
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Red-crowned Parrots, Oliveira Park, Brownsville, TX

Red-lored Parrots
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Red-lored Parrots

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Yellow-headed Parrot
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Yellow-headed Parrot

Two Yellow-headed Parrots
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Two Yellow-headed Parrots