2021-02-04 Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa

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Buff-Bellied Hummingbird - Amazilia yucatanensis — **Buff-Bellied Hummingbird**
*(Amazilia yucatanensis)*

**Description:**
Buff-Bellied Hummingbirds are present year-round in south Texas, including here at the Laguna Vista Nature Trail. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:04 10:23

**Location:**

Laguna Vista
Port Isabel, Texas
United States
22.97 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/4000

**File Name:** BuffBelliedHummingbird_D5X7958-LagunaVista-TX

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **Buff-Bellied Hummingbird**
*(Amazilia yucatanensis)*

**Description:**
Buff-Bellied Hummingbirds are present year-round in south Texas, including here at the Laguna Vista Nature Trail. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:04 10:23

**Location:**

Laguna Vista
Port Isabel, Texas
United States
22.97 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/4000

**File Name:** BuffBelliedHummingbird_D5X7958-LagunaVista-TX

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Great-Tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus — **Great-Tailed Grackle**
*(Quiscalus mexicanus)*

**Description:**
When the grackle mob showed up at the feeding station, it was every bird for itself. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:04 11:27

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Los Fresnos, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/250

**File Name:** GreatTailedGrackle_D5X8171-AtascosaNWR-TX

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Green Jay - Cyanocorax yncas — **Green Jay**
*(Cyanocorax yncas)*

**Description:**
Green Jays are always entertaining. These at Atascosa were no exception. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:04 11:21

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Los Fresnos, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/250

**File Name:** GreenJay_D5X8059-AtascosaNWR-TX

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Ladder-Backed Woodpecker - Dryobates scalaris — **Ladder-Backed Woodpecker**
*(Dryobates scalaris)*

**Description:**
Ladder-backed Woodpeckers worked all the trees around the feeders at Atascosa. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:04 12:28

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Los Fresnos, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/1000

**File Name:** LadderBackedWoodpecker_D5X8825-AtascosaNWR-TX

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Long-Billed Thrasher - Toxostoma longirostre — **Long-Billed Thrasher**
*(Toxostoma longirostre)*

**Description:**
I met my first Long-Billed Thrashers last spring here at Atascosa, and I enjoyed getting re-acquainted. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:04 11:18

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Los Fresnos, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/125

**File Name:** LongBilledThrasher_D5X8000-AtascosaNWR-TX

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis — **Northern Cardinal**
*(Cardinalis cardinalis)*

**Description:**
Cardinals are a fixture in most places here in south Texas, and Atascosa was no exception. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:04 11:19

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Los Fresnos, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/250

**File Name:** NorthernCardinal_D5X8011-AtascosaNWR-TX

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Olive Sparrow - Arremonops rufivirgatus — **Olive Sparrow**
*(Arremonops rufivirgatus)*

**Description:**
Olive Sparrows keep low to the floor of the thorny forest at Atascosa. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:04 12:52

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Los Fresnos, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/500

**File Name:** OliveSparrow_D5X8962-AtascosaNWR-TX

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Orange-Crowned Warbler - Leiothlypis celata — **Orange-Crowned Warbler**
*(Leiothlypis celata)*

**Description:**
At the Laguna Vista Nature Trail, I enjoyed the company of these warblers. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:04 10:18

**Location:**

Laguna Vista
Port Isabel, Texas
United States
22.97 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** OrangeCrownedWarbler_D5X7933-LagunaVista-TX

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Red-Winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus — **Red-Winged Blackbird**
*(Agelaius phoeniceus)*

**Description:**
At Atascosa, all the blackbirds I met seemed to be bachelor Red-Wings. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:04 11:22

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Los Fresnos, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/250

**File Name:** RedWingedBlackbird_D5X8087-AtascosaNWR-TX

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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White-Tipped Dove - Leptotila verreauxi — **White-Tipped Dove**
*(Leptotila verreauxi)*

**Description:**
The only doves I saw during my visit to Atascosa were White-Tipped. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:04 12:34

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Los Fresnos, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/500

**File Name:** WhiteTippedDove_D5X8888-AtascosaNWR-TX

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Yellow-Rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata coronata — **Yellow-Rumped Warbler**
*(Setophaga coronata coronata)*

**Description:**
As with many places I visited this winter in south Texas, Orange-Crowned and Yellow-Rumped were most prevalent. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:04 12:34

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Los Fresnos, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/250

**File Name:** YellowRumpedWarbler_D5X8883-AtascosaNWR-TX

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Buff-Bellied Hummingbird

Amazilia yucatanensis

Buff-Bellied Hummingbirds are present year-round in south Texas, including here at the Laguna Vista Nature Trail. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.

Buff-Bellied Hummingbird

Amazilia yucatanensis

Great-Tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

When the grackle mob showed up at the feeding station, it was every bird for itself. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.

Great-Tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

Great-Tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

Great-Tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

Great-Tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

Green Jay

Cyanocorax yncas

Green Jays are always entertaining. These at Atascosa were no exception. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.

Green Jay

Cyanocorax yncas

Ladder-Backed Woodpecker

Dryobates scalaris

Ladder-backed Woodpeckers worked all the trees around the feeders at Atascosa. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.

Ladder-Backed Woodpecker

Dryobates scalaris

Long-Billed Thrasher

Toxostoma longirostre

I met my first Long-Billed Thrashers last spring here at Atascosa, and I enjoyed getting re-acquainted. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.

Long-Billed Thrasher

Toxostoma longirostre

Long-Billed Thrasher

Toxostoma longirostre

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

Cardinals are a fixture in most places here in south Texas, and Atascosa was no exception. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

Olive Sparrow

Arremonops rufivirgatus

Olive Sparrows keep low to the floor of the thorny forest at Atascosa. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.

Orange-Crowned Warbler

Leiothlypis celata

At the Laguna Vista Nature Trail, I enjoyed the company of these warblers. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.

Orange-Crowned Warbler

Leiothlypis celata

As with many places I visited this winter in south Texas, Orange-Crowned and Yellow-Rumped were most prevalent. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.

Red-Winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

At Atascosa, all the blackbirds I met seemed to be bachelor Red-Wings. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.

Red-Winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

At Atascosa, all the blackbirds I met seemed to be bachelor Red-Wings. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.

White-Tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

The only doves I saw during my visit to Atascosa were White-Tipped. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met.

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronata coronata

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