Here are some of the best shots of the trip.
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Ruddy Turnstone
One of the most numerous birds at the shore, and everywhere.
They came within 3 feet as I was picnicking, hoping (with the Laughing Gulls) for a dropped morsel.
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Short-billed Dowitcher
My first decent picture of one.
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Blur-winged Teal
The most numerous duck in the area. If you saw ducks, they were BWT.
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Brown Pelican
Both Brown and White were there, but the white I saw only in one group on a pier.
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| Snowy Egret |
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| Forster's Tern |
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Black-necked Stilt
A bird I have seen but once in MA, but saw every day in Texas.
How elegant can a bird be?
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| White Ibis |
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Yellow-throated Vireo
Probably the most colorful of our Vireos
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Black-and-white Warbler
This bird practically begged to be photographed.
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Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Found year-round in Texas, occasionally in Fla, Ga. SC.
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Chestnut-sided Warbler
This was probably the first Warbler I learned to recognize in Western NC as a teen-ager.
Still a great bird, in every wa
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American Avocets
Having seen one for the first time in 20 years at the Outer Banks in April, now I see them everywhere.
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| Dunlin, very common in MA. |
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Wilson's Phalarope
Perhaps my favorite sighting, along with the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.
What incredible coloring.
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Crested Caracara
My first time ever to see one in the wild. And then I saw them every day for the rest of the week.
He is related to vultures more than hawks.
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| Typical beech scene during the week. |
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
A life-list bird, and really spectacular. I saw one earlier, with bad lighting, and
then, a short while later, found this one (same bird?) with good lighting.
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| And then he flew for me! |
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Whimbrel
My first photo. Now if I can just find a Long-billed Curlew!
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Pied-billed Grebe.
This little fellow was swimming about 5 feet close to a huge alligator!
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| And here he is. |
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Jumping spider
About the size of a small marble, but what great jaws! And eyes!
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