Started the day at Anahuac at sunrise. An early morning lingering fulvous
whistling duck was about the first bird other than the mass of coots and
gallinules
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655030
A great blue heron was hurt by ? fight, prey that fought back or hitting a
stick when spearing a fish
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655032
Gadwalls are one of the common shoveler pond ducks
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655041
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655040
Neotropic cormorants were nesting in the reed beds of shoveler pond this
summer. These birds are attaining breeding plumage and may nest there this
winter like at shoveler pond
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655046
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655047
The only dark ibis I saw were white-faced ibis with a little pink shades
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655048
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655049
One little clump of bushes down near yellow rail prairie had several each
marsh and sedge wrens plus a single house wren
Once upon a time the marsh wren was known as the long-billed marsh wren
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655033
and the sedge wren was the short-billed marsh wren
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655038
Both can straddle reeds like the seaside sparrows
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655036
On the way out, a maybe 4 year old bald eagle was finishing off a coot for
a late breakfast
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655135
Had to check to see if it had dropped anything good
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655134
Tail not as white as the hid
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655137
Lots of eastern phoebes perched on the fences. Both they and the say's
phoebe were gleaning mainly spiders from the ground which the wintering
vermilion flycatchers also do
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655138
Bigger spiders need lots of kneading and whacking to get rid of the legs
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655152
This is the 4th winter that the bird has used this bit of fence. Today it
was facing the road into the south wind
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655154
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655153
Down on the peninsula are reddish reddish egret was waiting for goodies
from the fishermen
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655144
Its white friend followed a favorite fisherman all along the water and then
begged for food. Not quite ready for the loud beg
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655146
But a tug on the pant leg got attention
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655147
But you have to wait until a fish is caught
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655150
Double-crested cormorants were on the pilings at bolivar with no brown
pelicans
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655165
And only a couple of brown pelicans at the texas city dike
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655163
A couple of killdeer were up at the dike
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655169
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655168
The snowy plovers at bolivar flats were way out there and napping wherever
they were
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655171
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/164655172
And another great day on the UTC.
--
Joseph C. Kennedy
on Buffalo Bayou in West Houston
Josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx
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