Sunday, April 18, 2010

Padre Island, more fallout birding

Howdee all,

Another great day of birding on Padre Island..

We arrived on the island and went directly to Sheepshead Road..

Where I immediately saw a beautiful Life bird….Cerulean Warbler..Jeff was able to get some good looks as well before it flew off…No photo of the purdy birdie, others there were able to see and photograph it.

We saw a good number of birds here..warblers, vireos, Tanagers, Orioles..etc

There are lots of Indigo Buntings around..

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At the Convention center we saw

Painted buntings FALLOUT BIRDING_058FALLOUT BIRDING_060Black and white warbler  FALLOUT BIRDING_067  Jeff found this Blackburnian warbler…see the orange throat

FALLOUT BIRDING_070 more throat..I tried but didn't get good photos..FALLOUT BIRDING_072 There were lots of cameras on this bird..I think some of the big lenses got some good photos ..FALLOUT BIRDING_075We picked up another life bird at the Convention Center..but no photo..

Black-billed Cuckoo 

We were told that across the street from the Convention Center we would see a brown and tan Great Blue Heron..

So off we went..to see this strange Morph..

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At the RV park we saw

Red-crowned parrots FALLOUT BIRDING_102 FALLOUT BIRDING_103

 

and another life bird

Tropical Kingbird.

 

Birds of the day

Cerulean warbler
Black&white warbler
Tennessee warbler
Nashville warbler
Orange-crowned warbler
Northern parula
Black-throated green
American redstart
Worm-eating warbler
Northern water thrush
Hooded warbler
Scarlet tanager
Summer tanager
Blue grosbeak
Indigo bunting
Orchard oriole
Chipping sparrow
Bullocks oriole
Swanson's thrush
Gray catbird
House wren
Blue-headed vireo
Warbling vireo
White-eyed vireo
Red-eyed vireo
Blackburnian warbler
Black-billed cuckoo
Baltimore oriole
Painted bunting
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Common yellowthroat
Great-crested flycatcher
Great kiskadee
Eastern Phoebe
Scissor-tailed flycatcher
Franklins gulls
Laughing gull
Great-tailed grackle

RV park

Tropical kingbird

Red-crowned parrot

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