Showing posts with label a. avocet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label a. avocet. Show all posts

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Sea Rim State Park, Sabine Pass TX

Of course I will get behind on blogging as I have most of the time a dead computer...It stays charged long enough for me to upload the zillion photos then it goes dead. I have been in Texas since Wednesday and I'm still at the very same place...because at first it was so awesome then the weekend hit, so I stayed put leaving here on Sunday.  Here is Sea Rim State Park.   on the Gulf coast.   Here is my camp they said sorry the campground is full..but the beach is open!



So I said hell yeah!  Why would I ever want to leave....And to boot there are soooo many birds here.



black bellied plover

Right outside the door of my van I see this!! And then the tide pools are full of terns, stilts, and long billed dowitchers. 







black necked stilt

I have to sort through these terns and see what is there....


there is so much to see and do right here..
I  have met some nice people and enjoyed some good chats while I've been hiking around the park looking at the birds...



dunlin getting their black belly patch

here is another shot taken right outside my van door...the Ruddy Turnstone.







the staff here are so nice...the beach is considered primitive, so no amenities, but this to me is an emenity...



Another right in front of me lifer the Snowy Plover.




One nature trail is the Gambusia...its all a boardwalk thru the marsh...its awesome and depending on the time of day you walk it you will see all sorts from coots, blue winged teal to Black bellied whistling ducks! Another lifer.









it's just gorgeous here...




and finally I see the American Avocet in breeding plumage! 


Least tern...




Least Sandpiper

Nearby is Sabine Woods I found this migrating Orchard Oriole





Sabine woodlot

The best part is I don't have to do anything except wait to see a great sunset.



Second day was perfect too...but I'll have to save that post for next.




PEACE
Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do the thing you think you can not.

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

Been off the grid so long I will try to catch up...Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge



is chock full of wading birds of all sorts...great place to visit...Im just going to run some photos I took ...
it was quite foggy as I got out early...







the fog makes for great sound enhancements tho...and a beautiful fog rainbow!!



  






a. avocets in the fog



Willet



Stilt Sandpiper Droop on bill 


Dunlin in foreground Semipalmated Sandpiper in rear...








black skimmers




lesser scaup





white ibis







Roseate Spoonbills



Greater Yellowlegs





glossy ibis



green heron





blue winged teal





black pointe drive



common moorhen





reddish egret





osprey



common loon




wood storks


mottled duck





manatee seen down the road from the wildlife drive


snowy egret


and lastly I liked this shot it has so much going on!!



max brewer bridge and the city of Titusville, FL in background in the mist..


Im behind as usual but my next stop is Big Cypress National Preserve!
Hope you are all doing well I'll catch up to your blogs when I have electricity..right now I have about one slither of battery left...

PEACE
Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do the thing you think you can not.