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Been having such a good time looking for cool birds down here in Texas that I completely forgot about checking in. We've been on the road for over a month now. We've driven more than 4000 miles, and nearly half of that has been in Texas. Big place. Birding has been great. We saw condors in California, whooping cranes, a rare warbler (golden cheeked warbler), and the endangered red cockaded woodpecker here in Texas, along with a whole lot of other birds. Incredible variety. We've seen more than 260 species so far. In two days we'll go on a 9 mile hike into the Chisos Mountain of Big Bend NP, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Colima Warbler. Very rare bird, only a few hundred nesting pairs in the US. When I'm not so tired, I'll try posting a few pics.

I was sailing in the Gulf of Mexico Saturday and had this little critter with me for about 20 minutes. I was close to five miles offshore when it landed. I'm guessing I was a convenient spot to rest. Anyone know what it is?

Sheppie62 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 18, 2022 9:41 am Just a Warning! The supposed birds could really be watching You! https://apple.news/AisErCWh0SYyEB6pCcSBXsw

Wait! You mean that the “Birds” weren’t really a band?
So whose concert did I go to?



You mean Alfred Hitchcock swapped in frames to subliminally just make us think there was a band?


Best Regards
Over Easy
fudt

Be Free wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 5:39 am I was sailing in the Gulf of Mexico Saturday and had this little critter with me for about 20 minutes. I was close to five miles offshore when it landed. I'm guessing I was a convenient spot to rest. Anyone know what it is?

Took a minute to find the birdie at the base of the lifeline stantion hiding behind the winch….


It looks like a rare variety of “ fugax defessus modicum flavum punctata avis requiescit super bonum homines navis“!!

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Over Easy
fudt

That is an “L.Y.J.” As some of the local Bird vet specialists here would call it. Little Yellow Jobber https://postimg.cc/NLFwm2K0

Possibly a Female/immature Townsend's Warbler. ??

It sure look like one but they are not supposed to live anywhere near here. I wonder if they have any east coast relatives.

I think this thread should include dogs as well. That is Dexter the Adventure Dog taking his first surf lesson

And Iguanas

The camouflage of this white-crowned sparrow in the grass is just remarkable.

Where's Waldo?


He's a little more obvious in the feeder.

Outside my back window

I just won my own bounty for photographing a new species. Unfortunately it came with the destruction of a robin, but such is the circle of life.




Now, to identify.
**on edit: Cooper's Hawk

Outside view from our condo patio we r on the ground floor so we get our own large personal patio instead of a small balcony

These tree,s r on the water front over looking the inner harbour right behind the guy wearin the kilt outfit



Two American Bald Head Eagles



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Be Free wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 5:39 am I was sailing in the Gulf of Mexico Saturday and had this little critter with me for about 20 minutes. I was close to five miles offshore when it landed. I'm guessing I was a convenient spot to rest. Anyone know what it is?

Be Free,

I don’t see anything :

Highlander wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 11:32 am Outside view from our condo patio we r on the ground floor so we get our own large personal patio instead of a small balcony

These tree,s r on the water front over looking the inner harbour right behind the guy wearin the kilt outfit



Two American Bald Head Eagles



J

John,

Why does it look like the other fellow is holding a squeeze bottle of mustard.