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Picture ^ | Mar 5, 2016 | Me and you

Posted on 03/05/2016 4:01:48 PM PST by Islander7

Here are few pictures from my walk along Lake Jackson today. Hope you enjoy.

Sand hill crane on her nest.

Pine warbler (I think)

Purple grackle

Cat bird



TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Education; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: birds; nature; photography
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1 posted on 03/05/2016 4:01:48 PM PST by Islander7
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To: fidelis; Flycatcher; DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis; SWAMPSNIPER; Ditter; native texan; curdogmen; ...

Birdy ping


2 posted on 03/05/2016 4:02:18 PM PST by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: Islander7

Thank you for those delightful photos.


3 posted on 03/05/2016 4:04:53 PM PST by LucyT
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To: Islander7

Y’all get any raptors up in there? I’m a fan of the larger, predatory feathered friends. The red-tailed hawks and Kestrels are moving back north I guess, I still see a few but not like a couple of months ago.


4 posted on 03/05/2016 4:09:06 PM PST by West Texas Chuck (OBAMA: Fundamentally Twerking America)
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To: Islander7

Palm Warbler would be the second bird.


5 posted on 03/05/2016 4:10:39 PM PST by Chipper (You can't kill an Obamazombie by destroying the brain...they didn't have one to begin with.)
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To: Islander7

Fun. Thanks for posting.


6 posted on 03/05/2016 4:11:33 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Islander7
Nice work Islander! Great pics. You got the subspecies correct for the Common Grackle too.

I think you're almost ready to become a bird surveyor now. I can hook you up with a good seasonal job, if you don't mind hiking about 10 miles per day, enjoy sub-freezing temps at dawn, are not afraid of rattlesnakes or mountain lions, and relish sleeping on the ground every night.

You ready to commit? Haha!

7 posted on 03/05/2016 4:12:02 PM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: Chipper

Thanks. They all look alike to me. ;-)


8 posted on 03/05/2016 4:12:11 PM PST by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: Flycatcher

I retire in 4 years. Keep me in mind!


9 posted on 03/05/2016 4:13:03 PM PST by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: Chipper; Islander7
Correct call too!

And, Islander, not to be picking nits, but it's actually Gray Catbird (officially) for the 4th pic.

10 posted on 03/05/2016 4:15:28 PM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: Islander7

Nice Photos!


11 posted on 03/05/2016 4:16:05 PM PST by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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To: Islander7
Will do!

Have a warm sleeping bag ready...

12 posted on 03/05/2016 4:16:32 PM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: Islander7

Love the purple grackle!


13 posted on 03/05/2016 4:17:03 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: Islander7

Where do you live?


14 posted on 03/05/2016 4:17:46 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: West Texas Chuck
We have lots and lots of ospreys. Also bald eagles and various hawks. I've not had much luck with raptors though.

The crested Caracara is a year round inhabitant. It is a ground dwelling falcon.

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15 posted on 03/05/2016 4:20:01 PM PST by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: Islander7

Great photos! Here’s a photo I took of a white dove in a blizzard.

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You can see his beak pretty good.


16 posted on 03/05/2016 4:20:23 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Hot Tabasco

Sebring, Florida


17 posted on 03/05/2016 4:21:14 PM PST by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: blueunicorn6

Punny!


18 posted on 03/05/2016 4:22:00 PM PST by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: Islander7

The sand crane is cool.

All we have around here raiding the feeder are blue jays, cardinals, wrens, finches and mockingbirds.

The pileated woodpecker prefers to continue destroying the maple tree.


19 posted on 03/05/2016 4:22:59 PM PST by Rebelbase (Best election ever. Sick of it already, but best election ever.)
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To: Islander7; windcliff; stylecouncilor

Nice pix.

I got to carry on a conversation of sorts with an Anna’s Hummingbird that landed on a gate just outside my window. Evidently recognizing the barrier of a screen, it gradually hopped to within an arm’s length away, and stayed for about a minute while we just checked each other out.

It would have made a nice photo had not my phone been just out of reach.

Nuts.


20 posted on 03/05/2016 4:23:36 PM PST by onedoug
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