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| American Avocets and two Black-necked Stilts |
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| Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks perched on a roof |
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| Yellow-crowned Night-heron |
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| Sora Rail |
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| Snowy Egret |
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| Another alligator |
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| Sleeping Black Skimmers |
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| Portuguese Man-o'-war jelly fish |
Sabal Palms Bird Sanctuary, Brownsville, Texas
Although this refuge is not part of the World Birding Centre, we spent a morning at Sabal Palms where the highlight was seeing a female crimson-collared grosbeak. This bird is a rare visitor to Texas from Mexico and is often secretive and difficult to see. She was hungry and was feeding from apples the staff put out in their feeder area, so we were able to get a picture of her. No male crimson-collared grosbeak was seen while we were there.
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| Female Crimson-collared Grosbeak |
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| Tufted Titmouse |
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| Red-eared Turtle |
Back to the World Birding Centre locations:
Estero Llano Grande (Weslaco)
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| Great Kiskadee A handsome flycatcher we also saw in Ecuador and Colombia |
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| Ringed Kingfisher-- Photo taken with long lens. He was across the lake. |
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| Fulvous Whistling-Duck |
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| Anhinga |
Old Hidalgo Pump-house
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| Couch's Kingbird |
Quinta Mazatlan (McAllen)
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| Curve-billed Thrasher |
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| Great Kiskadee displaying rarely seen yellow patch on top of head |
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley (Mission)
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| Great Kiskadee |
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| Hooded Oriole |
