[texbirds] San Jacinto SP Long-tailed Duck 1/17/13
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- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:12:52 -0500 (EST)
We were just leaving the Baytown Nature Center doing the monthly bird count
when we got a call from Ray Porter and he had the Long-tailed Duck in his
sights so to speak. We went over the ferry and Ray very quickly put us on
it. I took a few very far pictures and they are highly cropped but you can
at least see what you are looking for if you haven't seen it. It stands out
quite a bit from the Lesser Scaup since it is smaller and of course has a
lot more white on it. If you look close you can see the short tail on it.
I have posted a few pictures here today that also include 3 hummingbird
pictures from here at the house, a few shots from the Baytown Nature Center
bird count today and then the last two are of the Long-tailed Duck.
_http://hansonnaturephotography.smugmug.com/Nature/Texas-Birds/17293655_vKBN
QB#!i=2324629791&k=KxJcTFX_
(http://hansonnaturephotography.smugmug.com/Nature/Texas-Birds/17293655_vKBNQB#!i=2324629791&k=KxJcTFX)
Count numbers for the BNC count today will be coming later. Highlights were
the first of season Harris's Sparrow, Lots of Lesser Scaup, Ruddy Ducks
and Red-breasted Mergansers and the pictures I posted of one of the Ospreys
diving into the water catching a mullet and surfacing and flying off.
David and Jan Hanson
Baytown/Mont Belvieu Area
Chambers County
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