2022-09-03 Saturday at the SPIBNC

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

**Description:**
Belted Kingfishers are often frustrating subjects, spending their time on the move or taking a perch too far away for good pictures. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 8:47

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000

**File Name:** BeltedKingfisher_8507624-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **Belted Kingfisher**
*(Megaceryle alcyon)*

**Description:**
Belted Kingfishers are often frustrating subjects, spending their time on the move or taking a perch too far away for good pictures. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 8:47

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000

**File Name:** BeltedKingfisher_8507624-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Canada Warbler - Cardellina canadensis — **Canada Warbler**
*(Cardellina canadensis)*

**Description:**
Canada Warblers seemed to be on the move while I visited South Padre Island. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 10:23

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600

**File Name:** CanadaWarbler_8507864-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Clapper Rail - Rallus crepitans — **Clapper Rail**
*(Rallus crepitans)*

**Description:**
Usually shy birds, this Clapper Rail spent a few minutes posing very near me for pictures. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 11:51

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000

**File Name:** ClapperRail_8508056-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata — **Common Gallinule**
*(Gallinula galeata)*

**Description:**
Resident year-round in south Texas, these adult Common Gallinules had nearly full-grown juveniles nearby. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 9:13

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** CommonGallinule_8507723-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus — **Eastern Kingbird**
*(Tyrannus tyrannus)*

**Description:**
Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 9:06

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** EasternKingbird_8507692-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens — **Eastern Wood-Pewee**
*(Contopus virens)*

**Description:**
Eastern Wood-Pewees aren’t known to breed this far south in Texas, so these birds were probably on the move south to their winter homes in South America. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 10:49

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200

**File Name:** EasternWoodPewee_8507972-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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

**Description:**
Great Blue Herons are constant fixtures in south Texas. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 10:07

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200

**File Name:** GreatBlueHeron_8507808-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Great Egret - Ardea alba — **Great Egret**
*(Ardea alba)*

**Description:**
Great Egrets are constant fixtures in south Texas. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 12:09

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400

**File Name:** GreatEgret_8508278-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus — **Great Kiskadee**
*(Pitangus sulphuratus)*

**Description:**
Great Kiskadees are so common in south Texas, not all folks living here love them. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 12:35

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/320

**File Name:** GreatKiskadee_8508293-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Green Heron - Butorides virescens — **Green Heron**
*(Butorides virescens)*

**Description:**
Green Herons nest in the mangroves here during the spring, and many of those I met were products of the recent nesting season. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 8:51

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000

**File Name:** GreenHeron_8507660-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla — **Least Sandpiper**
*(Calidris minutilla)*

**Description:**
Least Sandpipers nest at the highest latitudes of North America. Some will spend winters in south Texas, while others will continue moving to South America. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 11:45

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** LeastSandpiper_8508037-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Mangrove Warbler - Setophaga petechia oraria — **Mangrove Warbler**
*(Setophaga petechia oraria)*

**Description:**
Mangrove Warblers are actually a subspecies of the Yellow Warbler collective. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 9:31

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** MangroveWarbler_8507766-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Mottled Duck - Anas fulvigula — **Mottled Duck**
*(Anas fulvigula)*

**Description:**
Mottled Ducks are constant fixtures in south Texas. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 8:45

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** MottledDuck_8507600-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Northern Parula - Setophaga americana — **Northern Parula**
*(Setophaga americana)*

**Description:**
Northern Parulas breed in Texas, but not this far south. It’s likely these birds were heading to Mexico. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 10:22

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800

**File Name:** NorthernParula_8507842-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Northern Waterthrush - Parkesia noveboracensis — **Northern Waterthrush**
*(Parkesia noveboracensis)*

**Description:**
I spent time with Northern Waterthrushes in Canada during my 2022 expedition through North America. It’s likely this bird will move south to Mexico, or further for the winter. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 10:46

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640

**File Name:** NorthernWaterthrush_8507953-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Prothonotary Warbler - Protonotaria citrea — **Prothonotary Warbler**
*(Protonotaria citrea)*

**Description:**
I first met Prothonotary Warblers here on South Padre Island when they were headed north in the spring of 2021. Now I was meeting them as they traveled south to their winter homes somewhere between the Texas Gulf Coast and South America. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 10:28

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640

**File Name:** ProthonatoryWarbler_8507893-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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

**Description:**
Though not as near as I’d have liked, I was still glad to see Roseate Spoonbills on my September visit to south Texas. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 12:08

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400

**File Name:** RoseateSpoonbill_8508273-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Willet - Tringa semipalmata — **Willet**
*(Tringa semipalmata)*

**Description:**
Like those I’ve found in southern California, Willets seem to enjoy south Texas wherever sandy shores are nearby. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 8:48

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** Willet_8507639-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Wilson's Plover - Charadrius wilsonia — **Wilson's Plover**
*(Charadrius wilsonia)*

**Description:**
For years, I’ve wanted to meet Wilson's Plovers. What a treat to finally find them in south Texas. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 8:44

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** WilsonsPlover_8507573-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea — **Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron**
*(Nyctanassa violacea)*

**Description:**
The mud flats under the mangroves were crowded with Fiddler Crabs. It did not surprise me that Yellow-Crowned Night-Herons would be attracted to this food source. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 8:53

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500

**File Name:** YellowCrownedNightHeron_8507674-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia — **Yellow Warbler**
*(Setophaga petechia)*

**Description:**
Yellow Warblers breed across most of North America, but Texas is not one of those places. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:09:03 10:29

**Location:**

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

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800

**File Name:** YellowWarbler_8507936-SPI-BirdNatureCenter

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

Belted Kingfishers are often frustrating subjects, spending their time on the move or taking a perch too far away for good pictures. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

Canada Warbler

Cardellina canadensis

Canada Warblers seemed to be on the move while I visited South Padre Island. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Canada Warbler

Cardellina canadensis

Clapper Rail

Rallus crepitans

Usually shy birds, this Clapper Rail spent a few minutes posing very near me for pictures. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Clapper Rail

Rallus crepitans

Clapper Rail

Rallus crepitans

Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

Resident year-round in south Texas, these adult Common Gallinules had nearly full-grown juveniles nearby. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Contopus virens

Eastern Wood-Pewees aren’t known to breed this far south in Texas, so these birds were probably on the move south to their winter homes in South America. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Contopus virens

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Great Blue Herons are constant fixtures in south Texas. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Great Egrets are constant fixtures in south Texas. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

Great Kiskadees are so common in south Texas, not all folks living here love them. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Green Herons nest in the mangroves here during the spring, and many of those I met were products of the recent nesting season. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla

Least Sandpipers nest at the highest latitudes of North America. Some will spend winters in south Texas, while others will continue moving to South America. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla

Mangrove Warbler

Setophaga petechia oraria

Mangrove Warblers are actually a subspecies of the Yellow Warbler collective. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Mangrove Warbler

Setophaga petechia oraria

Mangrove Warbler

Setophaga petechia oraria

Mottled Duck

Anas fulvigula

Mottled Ducks are constant fixtures in south Texas. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Northern Parula

Setophaga americana

Northern Parulas breed in Texas, but not this far south. It’s likely these birds were heading to Mexico. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Northern Waterthrush

Parkesia noveboracensis

I spent time with Northern Waterthrushes in Canada during my 2022 expedition through North America. It’s likely this bird will move south to Mexico, or further for the winter. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Prothonotary Warbler

Protonotaria citrea

I first met Prothonotary Warblers here on South Padre Island when they were headed north in the spring of 2021. Now I was meeting them as they traveled south to their winter homes somewhere between the Texas Gulf Coast and South America. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Prothonotary Warbler

Protonotaria citrea

Prothonotary Warbler

Protonotaria citrea

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

Though not as near as I’d have liked, I was still glad to see Roseate Spoonbills on my September visit to south Texas. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Willet

Tringa semipalmata

Like those I’ve found in southern California, Willets seem to enjoy south Texas wherever sandy shores are nearby. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Wilson's Plover

Charadrius wilsonia

For years, I’ve wanted to meet Wilson's Plovers. What a treat to finally find them in south Texas. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Wilson's Plover

Charadrius wilsonia

Wilson's Plover

Charadrius wilsonia

Wilson's Plover

Charadrius wilsonia

Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron

Nyctanassa violacea

The mud flats under the mangroves were crowded with Fiddler Crabs. It did not surprise me that Yellow-Crowned Night-Herons would be attracted to this food source. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Yellow Warbler

Setophaga petechia

Yellow Warblers breed across most of North America, but Texas is not one of those places. Spend a day at the SPI Bird and Nature Center (BNC) and there will surely be some interesting birds for your entertainment.

Yellow Warbler

Setophaga petechia

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