A Least Tern, with a small fish, which would be used for courtship on Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary.
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April 2020
April 30, 2020
April 29, 2020
Least Tern
A Least Tern, at Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary in Texas. Photographed in April, 2019.
April 28, 2020
April 27, 2020
Willet
A different Willet, and a different fence post, from yesterday's picture.
April 26, 2020
Willet
A Willet perches on a fencepost along Rettilon Road, near Bolivar Flats Bird Sanctuary in Texas. A Willet in breeding plumage is quite a different looking bird from its drab gray appearance the rest of the year.
Photographed in April, 2019.
April 25, 2020
Red-winged Blackbird
A Red-winged Blackbird sings from a fencepost along Rettilon Road, on the way to Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary on the Bolivar Peninsula in Texas.
Photographed in April, 2019.
April 24, 2020
Gray Catbird, Swainson's Thrush
A Gray Catbird and Swainson's Thrushes take a bath.
Photographed at Boy Scout Woods preserve in High Island, Texas, in April of last year.
Splish splash!
April 23, 2020
Gray Catbird
A Gray Catbird picks a ripe, juicy, mulberry for a snack.
Photographed at Boy Scout Woods sanctuary on High Island, Texas, in April, 2019.
This one looks tasty!
In it goes!
Down the gullet!
April 22, 2020
Swainson's Thrush
A Swainson's Thrush visits a mulberry tree in Boy Scout Woods sanctuary in High Island Texas.
Photographed in April, 2019.
April 21, 2020
Gray Catbird
Many birds were attracted to the mulberry trees in Boy Scout Woods in High Island, Texas, such as this Gray Catbird. The soft outline was formed by out of focus grasses in the foreground.
Photographed in April, 2019.