If not for the kindness of strangers pointing them out, I would have missed seeing these highly cryptic birds roosting in the leaf litter. This Wednesday tour of Estero Llano Grande State Park was only my second visit here. My first visit was on foot, but this day I rode my bike and explored a much wider area.
If not for the kindness of strangers pointing them out, I would have missed seeing these highly cryptic birds roosting in the leaf litter. This Wednesday tour of Estero Llano Grande State Park was only my second visit here. My first visit was on foot, but this day I rode my bike and explored a much wider area.
If not for the kindness of strangers pointing them out, I would have missed seeing these highly cryptic birds roosting in the leaf litter. This Wednesday tour of Estero Llano Grande State Park was only my second visit here. My first visit was on foot, but this day I rode my bike and explored a much wider area.
If not for the kindness of strangers pointing them out, I would have missed seeing these highly cryptic birds roosting in the leaf litter. This Wednesday tour of Estero Llano Grande State Park was only my second visit here. My first visit was on foot, but this day I rode my bike and explored a much wider area.
If not for the kindness of strangers pointing them out, I would have missed seeing these highly cryptic birds roosting in the leaf litter. This Wednesday tour of Estero Llano Grande State Park was only my second visit here. My first visit was on foot, but this day I rode my bike and explored a much wider area.
If not for the kindness of strangers pointing them out, I would have missed seeing these highly cryptic birds roosting in the leaf litter. This Wednesday tour of Estero Llano Grande State Park was only my second visit here. My first visit was on foot, but this day I rode my bike and explored a much wider area.
If not for the kindness of strangers pointing them out, I would have missed seeing these highly cryptic birds roosting in the leaf litter. This Wednesday tour of Estero Llano Grande State Park was only my second visit here. My first visit was on foot, but this day I rode my bike and explored a much wider area.
If not for the kindness of strangers pointing them out, I would have missed seeing these highly cryptic birds roosting in the leaf litter. This Wednesday tour of Estero Llano Grande State Park was only my second visit here. My first visit was on foot, but this day I rode my bike and explored a much wider area.

Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)

Common Pauraque

(Nyctidromus albicollis)

Description:

If not for the kindness of strangers pointing them out, I would have missed seeing these highly cryptic birds roosting in the leaf litter. This Wednesday tour of Estero Llano Grande State Park was only my second visit here. My first visit was on foot, but this day I rode my bike and explored a much wider area.

Date Taken: 2021:03:24 15:46

Location:

Estero Llano Grande State Park
Weslaco, Texas
United States
78.74 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500

File Name: CommonPauraque_D5X5275-Estero_Llano

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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