Texas Photos from April Trip

          

Barred Owl in Waco Wetlands

          Sharon and I made a week long trip to Texas in late April. We flew to Waco to do some sightseeing and then took a flight to Harlingen to bird along the Rio Grande Valley. The following are mostly bird photos for your enjoyment.

Neotropic Cormorant

Green Tree Frog

Texas Blue Bonnets

Dr Pepper Museum in Waco

The Silos from the HGTV show Fixer Upper.

Western Kingbird

Waco Mammoth National Monument 

Mommoth Tusk Fossil

TexasWaffle Breakfast

Sora - Convention Center on South Padre Island

Caracara at Brownsville Landfill

Imm White-tailed Hawk at Landfill (leftmost)

Adult White-tailed Hawk - Old Port Isabel Rd

Gull-billed Terns - Old Port Isabel Rd

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Old Port Isabel Rd

S Padre Island Birding Center

Black-necked Stilt - S Padre Island Convention Center

Reddish Egret - S Padre Island Convention Center

American Coot

Tricolored Heron - S Padre Island Convention Center

Birding Center Boardwalk

Tricolored Heron - S Padre Island Convention Center

Common Gallinule - Birding Center

Mottled Duck - Notice black area at gape of mouth

Common Gallinule

Great Egret

Roseate Spoonbill, Laughing Gull and Common Gallinule

Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks

Scarlet Tanager - Birding Center

Tightrope Act - Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks

Tennessee Warbler - Convention Center

Hooded Warbler - Convention Center

Dickcissel

Some of the Indigo Buntings at the Convention Center

        These were some of the birds seen on just the first three days in Texas. More to come.