2021-02-11 SPI Convention Centre and Bahia Grande

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American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus — **American Oystercatcher**
*(Haematopus palliatus)*

**Description:**
One of these birds was wearing jewelry at Bahia Grande. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:11 8:26

**Location:**

Bahia Grande
Brownsville, Texas
United States
19.69 ft above sea level

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

**File Name:** AmericanOystercatcher_D5X1384-BahiaGrande

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **American Oystercatcher**
*(Haematopus palliatus)*

**Description:**
One of these birds was wearing jewelry at Bahia Grande. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:11 8:26

**Location:**

Bahia Grande
Brownsville, Texas
United States
19.69 ft above sea level

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

**File Name:** AmericanOystercatcher_D5X1384-BahiaGrande

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon — **Belted Kingfisher**
*(Megaceryle alcyon)*

**Description:**
Belted Kingfishers on South Padre Island teased me with distant fly-bys. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:11 13:28

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** BeltedKingfisher_D5X1741-SPI_ConventionCentre

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Black-Bellied Plover - Pluvialis squatarola — **Black-Bellied Plover**
*(Pluvialis squatarola)*

**Description:**
Black-Bellied Plovers in basic plumage spend winters in south Texas. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:11 8:33

**Location:**

Bahia Grande
Brownsville, Texas
United States
19.69 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/1000

**File Name:** BlackBelliedPlover_D5X1591-BahiaGrande

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Black-Necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus — **Black-Necked Stilt**
*(Himantopus mexicanus)*

**Description:**
Black-Necked Stilts congregated in the shallow marsh pond near the Convention Centre. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:11 13:43

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000

**File Name:** BlackNeckedStilt_D5X1849-SPI_ConventionCentre

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias — **Great Blue Heron**
*(Ardea herodias)*

**Description:**
Great Blue Herons were the 500 pound gorillas of birds in the marshes near the Convention Centre. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:11 13:30

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500

**File Name:** GreatBlueHeron_D5X1768-SPI_ConventionCentre

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca — **Greater Yellowlegs**
*(Tringa melanoleuca)*

**Description:**
Notice the slightly larger size and the longer bills of the Greater Yellowlegs. Both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs wandered in the marshes near the Convention Centre. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:11 12:42

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/1000

**File Name:** GreaterYellowlegs-Mixed_D5X1670-SPI_ConventionCentre

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes — **Lesser Yellowlegs**
*(Tringa flavipes)*

**Description:**
Both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs wandered in the marshes near the Convention Centre. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:11 13:42

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000

**File Name:** LesserYellowlegs_D5X1799-SPI_ConventionCentre

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Roseate Spoonbill - Platalea ajaja — **Roseate Spoonbill**
*(Platalea ajaja)*

**Description:**
Sometimes you get lucky and find spoonbills foraging in the wetlands of Bahia Grande. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:11 8:53

**Location:**

Bahia Grande
Port Isabel, Texas
United States
0.00 ft above sea level

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

**File Name:** RoseateSpoonbill_D5X1620-BahiaGrande

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor — **Tricolored Heron**
*(Egretta tricolor)*

**Description:**
Tricolored Herons are regular visitors to the marshes by the SPI Convention Centre. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:02:11 12:52

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800

**File Name:** TricoloredHeron_D5X1682-SPI_ConventionCentre

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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American Oystercatcher

Haematopus palliatus

One of these birds was wearing jewelry at Bahia Grande. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.

American Oystercatcher

Haematopus palliatus

American Oystercatcher

Haematopus palliatus

American Oystercatcher

Haematopus palliatus

Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

Belted Kingfishers on South Padre Island teased me with distant fly-bys. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.

Black-Bellied Plover

Pluvialis squatarola

Black-Bellied Plovers in basic plumage spend winters in south Texas. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.

Black-Bellied Plover

Pluvialis squatarola

Black-Necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

Black-Necked Stilts congregated in the shallow marsh pond near the Convention Centre. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Great Blue Herons were the 500 pound gorillas of birds in the marshes near the Convention Centre. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.

Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca

Notice the slightly larger size and the longer bills of the Greater Yellowlegs. Both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs wandered in the marshes near the Convention Centre. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.

Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes

Both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs wandered in the marshes near the Convention Centre. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

Sometimes you get lucky and find spoonbills foraging in the wetlands of Bahia Grande. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

Tricolored Heron

Egretta tricolor

Tricolored Herons are regular visitors to the marshes by the SPI Convention Centre. For my final winter expedition from my Brownsville camp, I chose South Padre Island. The drive to the island crosses Bahia Grande, where I stopped to look for waders, gulls and shorebirds.

Tricolored Heron

Egretta tricolor

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