November 4, 2016

Port Aransas Birds

WRadmin / Nature, Travel

I am not a “birder”, but I like shorebirds a lot and wish I could easily identify more of them, so I’m working on it.

american-oyster-catcher — American Oyster Catcher

am-oyster-catcher — American Oyster Catcher

great-blue-heron — This Great Blue Heron hangs out on the jetty so the fisherman will feed him. Smart bird, but maybe a little lazy…

great-blue-heron-juvenile — Juvenile Great Blue Heron

great-blue-heron-majestic — Isn’t he gorgeous?

great-blue-heron-majestic3 — Great blue near pier

into-the-wind — Royal terns and gulls all facing into a very stiff breeze

laughing-gull — Difference between adult and juvenile gulls

ring-billed-gull-snack — Juvenile gull who caught an evening snack

The sanderlings looked so cute with the heads tucked in

snowy-egret — Snowy Egret – thought it was a Great Egret but they have yellow bills.

solitary-sandpiper — Solitary Sandpipers

Look at the back of the legs -- they have yellow feet too. — Look at the back of the legs — they have yellow feet too.

If you see a GULL (they're a big bird) it might be a herring gull — If you see a GULL (they’re a big bird) it might be a herring gull

These pelicans were bobbing along scooping up fish late in the day

This guy was very coy - kept turning his head side to side and eyeing me — This guy was very coy – kept turning his head side to side and eyeing me

I can’t tell you how many 1 legged birds I see. Some walks on the beach I get angrier and angrier. They are not resting with 1 leg up — they are hopping around on 1 leg. How the heck do they get up after they sleep??? I’m sure all the amputations are from the string, rope, fishing line, balloon ribbons we allow to get into the ocean. We humans need to clean up our act — along with the environment we share with all the other creatures.

Piping Lover- These little guys have brown backs, white bellies, short dark beaks, and the give away is the orange legs

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