2021-01-28 Sabal Palms, Ten Days Hence
34 Photos
Black-Crested Titmouse(Baeolophus atricristatus) |
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Description: Titmice take their neighborhood watch roles seriously. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 8:55 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: BlackCrestedTitmouse_D5X5315-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Crested Titmouse(Baeolophus atricristatus) |
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Description: Titmice take their neighborhood watch roles seriously. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 8:58 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: BlackCrestedTitmouse_D5X5370-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Crested Titmouse(Baeolophus atricristatus) |
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Description: Seed bandit at large. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 11:38 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BlackCrestedTitmouse_D5X5800-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Crested Titmouse(Baeolophus atricristatus) |
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Description: Titmice take their neighborhood watch roles seriously. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 11:41 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/250 |
File Name: BlackCrestedTitmouse_D5X5822-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Blue-Winged Teal(Spatula discors) |
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Description: Dabblers in the resaca included Gadwall and Blue-Winged Teal. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 10:26 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: BlueWingedTeal_D5X5622-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Blue-Winged Teal(Spatula discors) |
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Description: Dabblers in the resaca included Gadwall and Blue-Winged Teal. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 11:04 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: BlueWingedTeal_D5X5663-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Buff-Bellied Hummingbird(Amazilia yucatanensis) |
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Description: Buff-Bellied Hummers remain year-round in south Texas. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 8:51 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: BuffBelliedHummingbird_D5X5230-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Carolina Wren(Thryothorus ludovicianus) |
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Description: Wrens, like the titmice, keep an eye out for the neighborhood. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 8:39 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: CarolinaWren_D5X5198-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: Busily hawking insects over the resaca was this Eastern Phoebe. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 10:23 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: EasternPhoebe_D5X5601-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eastern Phoebe(Sayornis phoebe) |
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Description: Busily hawking insects over the resaca was this Eastern Phoebe. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 10:27 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: EasternPhoebe_D5X5631-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Egret(Ardea alba) |
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Description: The only wader I saw on the resaca was this lone egret. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 10:50 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: GreatEgret_D5X5655-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Just south of the Rio Grande I could hear, but not see geese and cranes, until this group flew over. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 8:22 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose_D5X5150-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Jay(Cyanocorax yncas) |
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Description: Jays in south Texas are some of the most splendid birds I’ve ever seen, yet they behave as all jays will. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 11:31 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/500 |
File Name: GreenJay_D5X5704-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Jay(Cyanocorax yncas) |
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Description: Jays in south Texas are some of the most splendid birds I’ve ever seen, yet they behave as all jays will. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 11:40 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/250 |
File Name: GreenJay_D5X5814-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
House Wren(Troglodytes aedon) |
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Description: House wrens, wherever I’ve met them, are some of the sassiest birds I know. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 8:51 |
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Location:
Sabal Palm Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: HouseWren_D5X5242-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Least Grebe(Tachybaptus dominicus) |
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Description: Even though I’d photographed these grebes when I first met them here recently, I could not resist the temptation to gather more images. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 9:35 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/500 |
File Name: LeastGrebe_D5X5479-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Least Grebe(Tachybaptus dominicus) |
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Description: Even though I’d photographed these grebes when I first met them here recently, I could not resist the temptation to gather more images. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 9:35 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: LeastGrebe_D5X5485-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Least Grebe(Tachybaptus dominicus) |
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Description: Even though I’d photographed these grebes when I first met them here recently, I could not resist the temptation to gather more images. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 9:37 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: LeastGrebe_D5X5507-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Long-Billed Thrasher(Toxostoma longirostre) |
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Description: Cardinals, jays, titmice, and thrashers were attracted to the feeders and water provided by the staff at the sanctuary. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 11:37 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/250 |
File Name: LongBilledThrasher_D5X5793-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Northern Cardinal(Cardinalis cardinalis) |
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Description: Cardinals, jays, titmice, and thrashers were attracted to the feeders and water provided by the staff at the sanctuary. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 11:33 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/500 |
File Name: NorthernCardinal_D5X5739-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Northern Cardinal(Cardinalis cardinalis) |
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Description: Cardinals, jays, titmice, and thrashers were attracted to the feeders and water provided by the staff at the sanctuary. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 11:47 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/250 |
File Name: NorthernCardinal_D5X5851-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Northern Cardinal(Cardinalis cardinalis) |
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Description: Cardinals, jays, titmice, and thrashers were attracted to the feeders and water provided by the staff at the sanctuary. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 11:50 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/125 |
File Name: NorthernCardinal_D5X5871-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Northern Parula(Setophaga americana) |
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Description: This meeting was my first encounter with this lovely warbler species. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 8:54 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: NorthernParula_D5X5281-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Northern Parula(Setophaga americana) |
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Description: This meeting was my first encounter with this lovely warbler species. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 8:56 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: NorthernParula_D5X5361-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Northern Parula(Setophaga americana) |
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Description: This meeting was my first encounter with this lovely warbler species. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 8:56 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: NorthernParula_D5X5363-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Orange-Crowned Warbler(Leiothlypis celata) |
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Description: Orange-Crowned and Yellow-Rumps were the most common warblers I met in south Texas this winter. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 8:47 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: OrangeCrownedWarbler_D5X5219-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Orange-Crowned Warbler(Leiothlypis celata) |
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Description: Orange-Crowned and Yellow-Rumps were the most common warblers I met in south Texas this winter. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 8:55 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: OrangeCrownedWarbler_D5X5333-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Orange-Crowned Warbler(Leiothlypis celata) |
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Description: Orange-Crowned and Yellow-Rumps were the most common warblers I met in south Texas this winter. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 8:55 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: OrangeCrownedWarbler_D5X5340-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Osprey(Pandion haliaetus) |
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Description: The highlight of my morning was this Osprey’s capture of a fish and watching it wheel over the resaca on its way to finding a perch to enjoy its meal. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 10:07 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: Osprey_D5X5573-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Osprey(Pandion haliaetus) |
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Description: The highlight of my morning was this Osprey’s capture of a fish and watching it wheel over the resaca on its way to finding a perch to enjoy its meal. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 10:07 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: Osprey_D5X5579-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Turkey Vulture(Cathartes aura) |
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Description: Just as on my first visit to the sanctuary, I found about a hundred vultures (mostly Turkey Vultures) roosting in the palms, then kettling out as the day warmed up. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 8:18 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: TurkeyVulture_D5X5139-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Turkey Vulture(Cathartes aura) |
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Description: Just as on my first visit to the sanctuary, I found about a hundred vultures (mostly Turkey Vultures) roosting in the palms, then kettling out as the day warmed up. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 8:30 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: TurkeyVulture_D5X5184-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
White-Tipped Dove(Leptotila verreauxi) |
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Description: When not exploiting the food at the feeding station, these doves skulked through the thick brush under the trees. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 11:32 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/500 |
File Name: WhiteTippedDove_D5X5719-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
White-Tipped Dove(Leptotila verreauxi) |
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Description: When not exploiting the food at the feeding station, these doves skulked through the thick brush under the trees. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 11:34 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/500 |
File Name: WhiteTippedDove_D5X5745-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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