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Birds of Southern Arizona | Florida Revisited | Woodpeckers, Flickers and Sapsuckers | Birds I Met In New Hampshire | Wood Warblers | A Tale of Two Ospreys, and other Birds of Prey | Leucistic & Hybrid Birds | Hummingbirds | Some Birds I Met Along The Way | Orioles and Tanagers | Sparrows, Juncos and Towhees | A Texas Dozen | The Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy | The Common Loon - Errol, New Hampshire | Veni Vidi Cepi | Arizona Monsoon Lightning | Nectar Bats | The Nature of The Beast | In and Around Errol, New Hampshire | Florida Dragonflies | Through the eyes of a "Snowbird" | Bosque del Apache | Meteors | Comets Panstarrs, Ison & Neowise | Water and Shore Birds In Arizona | Birds of Sanibel Island | Flycatchers, Kingbirds & Phoebes | Fun With Birds | Ruby - An Arizona Ghost Town

A Texas Dozen

Spring of 2008 I spent a few days birding the South Padre Island area.
I had twelve birds on my wish list, I managed to get nine of them.
I made a return visit in 2009, now I have ten....
A return trip in 2010, still only have ten but love the birding there!
IMG_0728 Golden-fronted Woodpecker - male.jpg
IMG_0728 Golden-fronted Woodpecker - male.jpg		 IMG_1686 Great Kiskadee.jpg
IMG_1686 Great Kiskadee.jpg		 IMG_1235a Black-crested Titmouse.jpg
IMG_1235a Black-crested Titmouse.jpg		 IMG_2967 Red-cockaded Woodpecker.jpg
IMG_2967 Red-cockaded Woodpecker.jpg
IMG_2265 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.jpg
IMG_2265 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.jpg		 IMG_2127 Green Jay.jpg
IMG_2127 Green Jay.jpg		 IMG_2012 Long-billed Thrasher.jpg
IMG_2012 Long-billed Thrasher.jpg		 IMG_0387 Yellow-billed Cuckoo.jpg
IMG_0387 Yellow-billed Cuckoo.jpg
IMG_0360 Tennessee Warbler.jpg
IMG_0360 Tennessee Warbler.jpg		 IMG_2903 Red-eyed Vireo.jpg
IMG_2903 Red-eyed Vireo.jpg		 IMG_2518 Black-and-White Warbler.jpg
IMG_2518 Black-and-White Warbler.jpg		 IMG_0680 Olive Sparrow.jpg
IMG_0680 Olive Sparrow.jpg
IMG_2122 Green Jay.jpg
IMG_2122 Green Jay.jpg		 IMG_1268 Gray Catbird.jpg
IMG_1268 Gray Catbird.jpg		 IMG_2780 Baltimore Oriole female.jpg
IMG_2780 Baltimore Oriole female.jpg		 IMG_1647 Couch's Kingbird.jpg
IMG_1647 Couch's Kingbird.jpg
IMG_2758 Couch's Kingbird.jpg
IMG_2758 Couch's Kingbird.jpg		 IMG_1171 Golden-fronted Woodpecker.jpg
IMG_1171 Golden-fronted Woodpecker.jpg		 IMG_6981 Bell's Vireo.jpg
IMG_6981 Bell's Vireo.jpg		 IMG_2257 Eastern Meadowlark.jpg
IMG_2257 Eastern Meadowlark.jpg
IMG_2113 Bronzed Cowbird.jpg
IMG_2113 Bronzed Cowbird.jpg		 IMG_0618 American Redstart.jpg
IMG_0618 American Redstart.jpg		 IMG_0333 Chestnut-sided Warbler.jpg
IMG_0333 Chestnut-sided Warbler.jpg		 IMG_1811 Yellow Warbler.jpg
IMG_1811 Yellow Warbler.jpg
IMG_0726 Northern Cardinal.jpg
IMG_0726 Northern Cardinal.jpg		 IMG_2867 Warbling Vireo.jpg
IMG_2867 Warbling Vireo.jpg		 IMG_0923 Indigo Bunting.jpg
IMG_0923 Indigo Bunting.jpg		 IMG_1796 Painted Bunting.jpg
IMG_1796 Painted Bunting.jpg
IMG_0603 Baltimore Oriole imm male.jpg
IMG_0603 Baltimore Oriole imm male.jpg		 IMG_1238 White-tipped Dove.jpg
IMG_1238 White-tipped Dove.jpg		 IMG_0910 Scarlet Tanager.jpg
IMG_0910 Scarlet Tanager.jpg		 IMG_0925 Indigo Bunting.jpg
IMG_0925 Indigo Bunting.jpg
IMG_1291 Great-tailed Grackle.jpg
IMG_1291 Great-tailed Grackle.jpg		 IMG_2700 Plain Chachalaca.jpg
IMG_2700 Plain Chachalaca.jpg		 IMG_0834 Bronzed Cowbird.jpg
IMG_0834 Bronzed Cowbird.jpg		 IMG_2897 Red-eyed Vireo.jpg
IMG_2897 Red-eyed Vireo.jpg
IMG_5205 Wilson's Warbler.jpg
IMG_5205 Wilson's Warbler.jpg		 IMG_5884 Northern Waterthrush.jpg
IMG_5884 Northern Waterthrush.jpg		 IMG_3032a Blue-winged Warbler.jpg
IMG_3032a Blue-winged Warbler.jpg		 IMG_0297a Golden-cheeked Warbler.jpg
IMG_0297a Golden-cheeked Warbler.jpg
IMG_5221 Yellow Warbler.jpg
IMG_5221 Yellow Warbler.jpg		 IMG_5576 White-eyed Vireo.jpg
IMG_5576 White-eyed Vireo.jpg		 IMG_0297 Bronzed Cowbird.jpg
IMG_0297 Bronzed Cowbird.jpg		 IMG_5989 Red-winged Blackbird.jpg
IMG_5989 Red-winged Blackbird.jpg
IMG_5811 Buff-bellied Hummingbird.jpg
IMG_5811 Buff-bellied Hummingbird.jpg		 IMG_6634a Altamira Oriole.jpg
IMG_6634a Altamira Oriole.jpg		 IMG_6668 Yellow Warbler female.jpg
IMG_6668 Yellow Warbler female.jpg		 IMG_5853 Orchard Oriole male.jpg
IMG_5853 Orchard Oriole male.jpg
IMG_6542 Great-tailed Grackle.jpg
IMG_6542 Great-tailed Grackle.jpg		 IMG_6505 Ladder-backed Woodpecker.jpg
IMG_6505 Ladder-backed Woodpecker.jpg		 IMG_6337 Northern Parula.jpg
IMG_6337 Northern Parula.jpg		 IMG_6383 Yellow Warbler.jpg
IMG_6383 Yellow Warbler.jpg
IMG_6300 Brown-headed Cowbird.jpg
IMG_6300 Brown-headed Cowbird.jpg		 IMG_5773 Golden-fronted Woodpecker.jpg
IMG_5773 Golden-fronted Woodpecker.jpg		 IMG_5825 Green Jay.jpg
IMG_5825 Green Jay.jpg		 IMG_6357 Western Tanager.jpg
IMG_6357 Western Tanager.jpg
IMG_0928 Brewer's Blackbird.jpg
IMG_0928 Brewer's Blackbird.jpg		 IMG_7243 Eastern Wood Pewee.jpg
IMG_7243 Eastern Wood Pewee.jpg		 IMG_6590 Brown-crested Flycatcher.jpg
IMG_6590 Brown-crested Flycatcher.jpg		 IMG_6572 Eastern Wood Pewee.jpg
IMG_6572 Eastern Wood Pewee.jpg
IMG_6092 Indigo Bunting.jpg
IMG_6092 Indigo Bunting.jpg		 IMG_6276 Blue Grosbeak.jpg
IMG_6276 Blue Grosbeak.jpg		 IMG_6970 Blue Grosbeak.jpg
IMG_6970 Blue Grosbeak.jpg		 IMG_6323 Painted Bunting.jpg
IMG_6323 Painted Bunting.jpg
IMG_5004 Summer Tanager.jpg
IMG_5004 Summer Tanager.jpg		 IMG_5286a Baltimore Oriole male.jpg
IMG_5286a Baltimore Oriole male.jpg		 IMG_6175 Baltimore Oriole female.jpg
IMG_6175 Baltimore Oriole female.jpg		 IMG_5878 Summer Tanager imm male.jpg
IMG_5878 Summer Tanager imm male.jpg
IMG_7383 Scarlet Tanager female.jpg
IMG_7383 Scarlet Tanager female.jpg		 IMG_6729 Scarlet Tanager male.jpg
IMG_6729 Scarlet Tanager male.jpg		 IMG_6354 Western Tanager female.jpg
IMG_6354 Western Tanager female.jpg		 IMG_6106 Western Tanager.jpg
IMG_6106 Western Tanager.jpg
IMG_6148 Blue Grosbeak.jpg
IMG_6148 Blue Grosbeak.jpg		 IMG_6229 Rose-breasted Grosbeak.jpg
IMG_6229 Rose-breasted Grosbeak.jpg		 IMG_6047 Rose-breasted Grosbeak.jpg
IMG_6047 Rose-breasted Grosbeak.jpg		 IMG_5068 Rose-breasted Grosbeak imm male.jpg
IMG_5068 Rose-breasted Grosbeak imm male.jpg
IMG_6410 Indigo Bunting.jpg
IMG_6410 Indigo Bunting.jpg		 IMG_6752 Painted Bunting.jpg
IMG_6752 Painted Bunting.jpg		 IMG_6062 Indigo Bunting.jpg
IMG_6062 Indigo Bunting.jpg		 IMG_6029 Painted Bunting.jpg
IMG_6029 Painted Bunting.jpg
IMG_7175 Yellow Warbler.jpg
IMG_7175 Yellow Warbler.jpg		 IMG_7032 Common Yellowthroat.jpg
IMG_7032 Common Yellowthroat.jpg		 IMG_7129 Black-throated Green Warbler female.jpg
IMG_7129 Black-throated Green Warbler female.jpg		 IMG_7348 American Redstart female.jpg
IMG_7348 American Redstart female.jpg
IMG_7327 Bay-breasted Warbler.jpg
IMG_7327 Bay-breasted Warbler.jpg		 IMG_5939 Blackpoll Warbler.jpg
IMG_5939 Blackpoll Warbler.jpg		 IMG_6993 Nashville Warbler.jpg
IMG_6993 Nashville Warbler.jpg		 IMG_6670 Blue-winged Warbler.jpg
IMG_6670 Blue-winged Warbler.jpg
IMG_7379 Lesser Nighthawk.jpg
IMG_7379 Lesser Nighthawk.jpg		 IMG_6660 Western Kingbird.jpg
IMG_6660 Western Kingbird.jpg		 IMG_7357 Gray Catbird.jpg
IMG_7357 Gray Catbird.jpg		 IMG_7158 Lesser Nighthawk.jpg
IMG_7158 Lesser Nighthawk.jpg
IMG_0791a Summer Tanager imm male.jpg
IMG_0791a Summer Tanager imm male.jpg		 IMG_6275 Dickcissel.jpg
IMG_6275 Dickcissel.jpg		 IMG_6274 Indigo Bunting.jpg
IMG_6274 Indigo Bunting.jpg		 IMG_6318 Painted Bunting.jpg
IMG_6318 Painted Bunting.jpg
IMG_4871 Barn Swallow.jpg
IMG_4871 Barn Swallow.jpg		 IMG_7052a Northern Waterthrush.jpg
IMG_7052a Northern Waterthrush.jpg		 IMG_6459 Lincoln's Sparrow.jpg
IMG_6459 Lincoln's Sparrow.jpg		 IMG_3475a Blue Grosbeak.jpg
IMG_3475a Blue Grosbeak.jpg
IMG_2335 Eastern Kingbird.jpg
IMG_2335 Eastern Kingbird.jpg		 IMG_0130 Buff-bellied Hummingbird.jpg
IMG_0130 Buff-bellied Hummingbird.jpg		 IMG_1989a Dunlin.jpg
IMG_1989a Dunlin.jpg		 IMG_6285 Swainson's Thrush.jpg
IMG_6285 Swainson's Thrush.jpg
IMG_1825 Clapper Rail.jpg
IMG_1825 Clapper Rail.jpg		 IMG_0427 Roseate Spoonbill.jpg
IMG_0427 Roseate Spoonbill.jpg		 IMG_2584 Least Grebe.jpg
IMG_2584 Least Grebe.jpg		 IMG_2636 Pied-billed Grebe.jpg
IMG_2636 Pied-billed Grebe.jpg
IMG_1340 Tri-colored Heron.jpg
IMG_1340 Tri-colored Heron.jpg		 IMG_0740 Plain Chachalaca.jpg
IMG_0740 Plain Chachalaca.jpg		 IMG_1385 Black Skimmer.jpg
IMG_1385 Black Skimmer.jpg		 IMG_6586 Greater Roadrunner.jpg
IMG_6586 Greater Roadrunner.jpg
IMG_6029 Fulvous Whistling Duck.jpg
IMG_6029 Fulvous Whistling Duck.jpg		 IMG_0626 Whistling Duck.jpg
IMG_0626 Whistling Duck.jpg		 IMG_2790 Tri-colored Heron.jpg
IMG_2790 Tri-colored Heron.jpg		 IMG_1128 Plain Chachalaca.jpg
IMG_1128 Plain Chachalaca.jpg
IMG_5541 Least Grebe.jpg
IMG_5541 Least Grebe.jpg		 IMG_5527 Snowy Egret.jpg
IMG_5527 Snowy Egret.jpg		 IMG_6281 Common Moorhen.jpg
IMG_6281 Common Moorhen.jpg		 IMG_5263 Purple Gallinule.jpg
IMG_5263 Purple Gallinule.jpg
IMG_0140 Reddish Egret.jpg
IMG_0140 Reddish Egret.jpg		 IMG_5438 Green Heron.jpg
IMG_5438 Green Heron.jpg		 IMG_5184 Tri-colored Heron.jpg
IMG_5184 Tri-colored Heron.jpg		 IMG_5336 Great Egret.jpg
IMG_5336 Great Egret.jpg
IMG_0152 White Ibis.jpg
IMG_0152 White Ibis.jpg		 IMG_5332 Black-crowned Night Heron.jpg
IMG_5332 Black-crowned Night Heron.jpg		 IMG_6152 Black-crowned Night Heron.jpg
IMG_6152 Black-crowned Night Heron.jpg		 IMG_5203 Little Blue Heron.jpg
IMG_5203 Little Blue Heron.jpg
IMG_0251 White & White-faced Ibis.jpg
IMG_0251 White & White-faced Ibis.jpg		 IMG_5358 Great Blue Heron.jpg
IMG_5358 Great Blue Heron.jpg		 IMG_5402a Black-necked Stilt.jpg
IMG_5402a Black-necked Stilt.jpg		 IMG_0242a White-faced Ibis.jpg
IMG_0242a White-faced Ibis.jpg
IMG_1888 Wilson's Plover.jpg
IMG_1888 Wilson's Plover.jpg		 IMG_6146 Neotropic Cormorant.jpg
IMG_6146 Neotropic Cormorant.jpg		 IMG_0259 Roseate Spoonbill.jpg
IMG_0259 Roseate Spoonbill.jpg		 IMG_5451 Great Blue Heron.jpg
IMG_5451 Great Blue Heron.jpg
IMG_6402 Long-billed Curlew.jpg
IMG_6402 Long-billed Curlew.jpg		 IMG_5976 Wilson's Phalarope.jpg
IMG_5976 Wilson's Phalarope.jpg		 IMG_5162 Short-billed Dowitcher.jpg
IMG_5162 Short-billed Dowitcher.jpg		 IMG_6271 Dunlin.jpg
IMG_6271 Dunlin.jpg
IMG_6247 Lesser Yellowlegs.jpg
IMG_6247 Lesser Yellowlegs.jpg		 IMG_5142 Pectoral Sandpiper.jpg
IMG_5142 Pectoral Sandpiper.jpg		 IMG_6450 Willet.jpg
IMG_6450 Willet.jpg		 IMG_5973 Greater Yellowlegs - Wilson's Phalarope.jpg
IMG_5973 Greater Yellowlegs - Wilson's Phalarope.jpg
IMG_5291 Sanderling.jpg
IMG_5291 Sanderling.jpg		 IMG_5477 Sora.jpg
IMG_5477 Sora.jpg		 IMG_5269 Common Gallinule.jpg
IMG_5269 Common Gallinule.jpg		 IMG_1250 Whistling Duck.jpg
IMG_1250 Whistling Duck.jpg
IMG_1475 Willet.jpg
IMG_1475 Willet.jpg		 IMG_6573 Ruddy Turnstone.jpg
IMG_6573 Ruddy Turnstone.jpg		 IMG_6577 Black Skimmer.jpg
IMG_6577 Black Skimmer.jpg		 IMG_6527 Gull - Sandpiper.jpg
IMG_6527 Gull - Sandpiper.jpg
IMG_6610 Royal Tern.jpg
IMG_6610 Royal Tern.jpg		 IMG_6611 Royal Tern.jpg
IMG_6611 Royal Tern.jpg		 IMG_6613 Royal Tern.jpg
IMG_6613 Royal Tern.jpg		 IMG_6615 Royal Tern.jpg
IMG_6615 Royal Tern.jpg
IMG_6809 Black-bellied Plover.jpg
IMG_6809 Black-bellied Plover.jpg		 IMG_5746 Willet.jpg
IMG_5746 Willet.jpg		 IMG_6565 Sandwich Tern.jpg
IMG_6565 Sandwich Tern.jpg		 IMG_6575 Black Skimmer - Ruddy Turnstone.jpg
IMG_6575 Black Skimmer - Ruddy Turnstone.jpg
IMG_5893 Aplomado Falcons.jpg
IMG_5893 Aplomado Falcons.jpg		 IMG_0981 Crested Caracara.jpg
IMG_0981 Crested Caracara.jpg		 IMG_0968 Harris's Hawk.jpg
IMG_0968 Harris's Hawk.jpg		 IMG_1038 Osprey.jpg
IMG_1038 Osprey.jpg
IMG_1440a Golden-fronted Woodpecker.jpg
IMG_1440a Golden-fronted Woodpecker.jpg		 IMG_1484a Buff-bellied Hummingbird.jpg
IMG_1484a Buff-bellied Hummingbird.jpg		 IMG_1085b Red-headed Woodpecker.jpg
IMG_1085b Red-headed Woodpecker.jpg		 IMG_6250 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.jpg
IMG_6250 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.jpg
IMG_0979a Hooded Oriole male.jpg
IMG_0979a Hooded Oriole male.jpg		 IMG_3024a Blue-winged Warbler.jpg
IMG_3024a Blue-winged Warbler.jpg		 IMG_3299a Chestnut-sided Warbler.jpg
IMG_3299a Chestnut-sided Warbler.jpg		 IMG_3151a Nashville Warbler.jpg
IMG_3151a Nashville Warbler.jpg
IMG_0722a Summer Tanager female.jpg
IMG_0722a Summer Tanager female.jpg		 IMG_0818a Orchard Oriole male.jpg
IMG_0818a Orchard Oriole male.jpg		 IMG_0331a Indigo Bunting.jpg
IMG_0331a Indigo Bunting.jpg		 IMG_0096a Black- crested Titmouse.jpg
IMG_0096a Black- crested Titmouse.jpg
IMG_2199a Magnolia Warbler.jpg
IMG_2199a Magnolia Warbler.jpg		 IMG_2195a Tennessee Warbler.jpg
IMG_2195a Tennessee Warbler.jpg		 IMG_2211a Black-throated Green Warbler.jpg
IMG_2211a Black-throated Green Warbler.jpg		 IMG_3429a Blackpoll Warbler.jpg
IMG_3429a Blackpoll Warbler.jpg
IMG_3029a Blue-winged Warbler.jpg
IMG_3029a Blue-winged Warbler.jpg		 IMG_3463a Black-and-white Warbler.jpg
IMG_3463a Black-and-white Warbler.jpg		 IMG_3473a Yellow Warbler male.jpg
IMG_3473a Yellow Warbler male.jpg		 IMG_6428 Palm Warbler.jpg
IMG_6428 Palm Warbler.jpg
IMG_2039a Scarlet Tanager.jpg
IMG_2039a Scarlet Tanager.jpg		 IMG_3187 Barn Swallow.jpg
IMG_3187 Barn Swallow.jpg		 IMG_3189 Barn Swallow male.jpg
IMG_3189 Barn Swallow male.jpg		 IMG_3190 Barn Swallow female.jpg
IMG_3190 Barn Swallow female.jpg
IMG_2709a Laughing Gulls.jpg
IMG_2709a Laughing Gulls.jpg		 IMG_2789a Franklin's Gull.jpg
IMG_2789a Franklin's Gull.jpg		 IMG_2567a Sandwich Tern.jpg
IMG_2567a Sandwich Tern.jpg		 IMG_2630a Least Tern.jpg
IMG_2630a Least Tern.jpg
IMG_5542a Colima Warbler.jpg
IMG_5542a Colima Warbler.jpg		 IMG_0232 Golden-cheeked Warbler.jpg
IMG_0232 Golden-cheeked Warbler.jpg		 IMG_1564a Clay-colored Thrush.jpg
IMG_1564a Clay-colored Thrush.jpg		 IMG_0140 Black-capped Vireo.jpg
IMG_0140 Black-capped Vireo.jpg
IMG_1992 Mangrove Yellow Warbler.jpg
IMG_1992 "Mangrove" Yellow Warbler.jpg		 IMG_3500a Gray-cheeked Thrush.jpg
IMG_3500a Gray-cheeked Thrush.jpg		 IMG_1189 Green Kingfisher.jpg
IMG_1189 Green Kingfisher.jpg		 IMG_1573a Olive Sparrow.jpg
IMG_1573a Olive Sparrow.jpg

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militaire16-Sep-2015 13:20
A very nice gallery, C.
Catholique02-Sep-2015 09:05
A very nice gallery, C.
gazon26-Jun-2015 15:42
Nice gallery
joseantonio28-Apr-2014 04:11
Excellent collection of great images.V.
sandra kroeger14-Sep-2012 15:25
Fantastic gallery!
Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)29-May-2010 23:45
That is a fabulous Gallery.Vote!
Paolo
Dan Nihiser20-May-2009 23:09
Great Gallery Dick! We have only a few of these birds in Ohio (See my "All kinds of birds" gallery). I also really enjoyed your "Birds of Sanibel" Gallery. We have made a number of trips to Ding Darling NWR. It is absolutely a fabulous place. Coincidentally, we have a "Birds of Sanibel Island" Gallery as well. We plan to get to Texas on a birding trip in the future.
Joe Fischer21-Oct-2008 01:50
Nice Collection of Shots. V.
jychamberland21-Oct-2008 01:49
very beautiful collection.
Rick P19-Jun-2008 02:47
This is a beautiful gallery of the birds of South Texas. I missed the Valley this spring...now I regret it!
Guest 12-Sep-2007 02:37
These are awesome pictures tata!! Krista thought they were national geographic, very nice!!!
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