Paradise Birding Texas Day 2
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Led by Steve Shunk
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Port Aransas, 99 Sightings
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
We had a lovely sunset visit with these ducks. They were coming in to roost in this pond, and sat still for many photographs.
Loons
Grebes
Pelicans
Cormorants
Bitterns and Herons
Ibises and Spoonbills
Roseate Spoonbill
They're so pink! Some of the local's we met called them "Texas Flamingos".
New World Vultures
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Caracaras and Falcons
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
King Rail
Mary spotted this bird at the edge of the pond using the scope.
Cranes
Whooping Crane
We saw several different family groups during the boat trip, totaling perhaps eight individuals, which I guess is more than one percent of the world's population of this species.
Plovers
Oystercatchers
Stilts and Avocets
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Pigeons and Doves
Swifts
Hummingbirds
Kingfishers
Tyrant Flycatchers
Shrikes
Vireos
Swallows
Wrens
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Starlings
Wood-Warblers
Emberizids
Cardinals and Saltators
Blackbirds
Old World Sparrows
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Trip Notes
Port Aransas, Rockport, Aransas NWR
Trip Photos
            
Trip Map
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