Oh, right. We left Mom to fend for herself at Rattlesnake Creek. Ha roo roo roo - just kidding. Let's take a look at some of the birdies we saw next! As we mentioned, we started seeing scads of Avocets!
American Avocets and Blue Winged Teals |
Those guys were hanging out with some ducks! Also nearby was this guy!
White-Faced Ibis, American Avocet in the background, mooning him |
Isn't the Ibis cool!?! Here's an action shot of one of the Avocets:
And here he is, doing a killer head-tilt pose!
"Hello!" |
Mom should have tossed him a Zuke's for that!
These two were looking for bugs together:
American Avocets on patrol |
Mom stopped to shoot this scene with her iPhone.
In one of the trees in the distance, there are a bunch of Turkey Vultures! (Click here for a close-up.)
In one of the marshes, Mom saw this heron chased off ...
Great Blue Heron with nesting material |
... by this guy:
Great Egret |
Probably mixing it up to see who's really great!
We also saw a couple chase scenes on land!
Snowy Egret chasing a Greater Yellowlegs |
Snowy Egret chasing another Snowy Egret, Least Sandpiper in as the referee |
Here's a group of White-Faced Ibises doing a fly-by:
White-Faced Ibises. Ibisi? Whatever. |
This heron watched them fly high over him!
"Ibises? Ibisi? I don't know, either!" |
See? I'm not the only one.
Here's another birdie Mom had never seen before!
Black-Necked Stilts! |
And just as she was shooting them (with the camera, people! with the camera!), another "lifer" flew past!
Yellow-Headed Blackbird! |
Mom said that's not the best shot, but she was excited to see yet another bird she'd never seen before!
We'll close today with this group of Black-Necked Stilts, a Snowy Egret, and a White-Faced Ibis. (This gathering was almost too much for Mom to handle!)
"Yeah ... so, I just flew in from Canada, and boy, are my wings tired!" |
That Snowy was quite a card!
Stay tuned; more birdies and adventure to come!
Yours sincerely,
Margaret Thatcher
That's such a pretty place. We're glad y'all are enjoying your family adventure.
ReplyDeleteOh my cats that Avocet has a killer beak too. It looks like Edward Scissorhands finger nails!! What an amazing variety of shore birds there!!
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What a cute head tilt from that avocet!!! But all those avocets were way too cooperative with your Mom's flashy beast - maybe you need to give them some Siberian Posing 101 tips:)
ReplyDeleteWoos - Ciara and Lightning
LOve the head tilt pic!!!
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Mr Bailey, Hazel & Mabel
Oh boy...I don't think we would ever be able to tear our Mama away from all those birdies!!
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Dory, Jakey, Arty & Bilbo
Your mom takes the most incredible birdie pictures! We just love them all!
ReplyDeleteBOL!!! OMD, what FABulous pics!!!! those Avocets have the coooolest beaks! I don't thinks Ma could have torn herself away!
ReplyDeleteThis is soooo excitin'!
Kisses,
Ruby ♥
More great birdies that we have never seen before.
ReplyDeleteWe love all the photos from this adventure! You are so lucky to have such opportunities!
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