2022-09-17 SPI Beaches
27 Photos
South Padre Beach(Scenery) |
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Description: A rain squall that, thankfully, did not reach the shore as I searched for small plovers. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:01 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: SM-S906U, 5.4 mm, f/1.8, 1/4200 |
File Name: BeachScape_20220917_100135 |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Forster's Tern(Sterna forsteri) |
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Description: Forster's Terns foraged along the beach in the shallowest waves near the shoreline on the South Padre beaches. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:02 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: ForstersTern_8503649-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Forster's Tern(Sterna forsteri) |
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Description: Forster's Terns foraged along the beach in the shallowest waves near the shoreline on the South Padre beaches. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:52 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: ForstersTern_8503984-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Forster's Tern(Sterna forsteri) |
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Description: Forster's Terns foraged along the beach in the shallowest waves near the shoreline on the South Padre beaches. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:52 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: ForstersTern_8504000-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Piping Plover(Charadrius melodus) |
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Description: As far as I know, I’d never met Piping Plovers before I visited South Padre Beach. They look so much like Snowy Plovers, I may have mistaken them for Snowy Plovers on beaches elsewhere in Texas. Their yellow legs give them away. Snowy Plovers have grayish legs. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:27 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: PipingPlover_8503697-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Piping Plover(Charadrius melodus) |
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Description: As far as I know, I’d never met Piping Plovers before I visited South Padre Beach. They look so much like Snowy Plovers, I may have mistaken them for Snowy Plovers on beaches elsewhere in Texas. Their yellow legs give them away. Snowy Plovers have grayish legs. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:29 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: PipingPlover_8503718-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Piping Plover(Charadrius melodus) |
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Description: As far as I know, I’d never met Piping Plovers before I visited South Padre Beach. They look so much like Snowy Plovers, I may have mistaken them for Snowy Plovers on beaches elsewhere in Texas. Their yellow legs give them away. Snowy Plovers have grayish legs. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:32 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: PipingPlover_8503740-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Piping Plover(Charadrius melodus) |
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Description: As far as I know, I’d never met Piping Plovers before I visited South Padre Beach. They look so much like Snowy Plovers, I may have mistaken them for Snowy Plovers on beaches elsewhere in Texas. Their yellow legs give them away. Snowy Plovers have grayish legs. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:33 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: PipingPlover_8503760-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Piping Plover(Charadrius melodus) |
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Description: As far as I know, I’d never met Piping Plovers before I visited South Padre Beach. They look so much like Snowy Plovers, I may have mistaken them for Snowy Plovers on beaches elsewhere in Texas. Their yellow legs give them away. Snowy Plovers have grayish legs. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:33 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: PipingPlover_8503764-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Piping Plover(Charadrius melodus) |
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Description: As far as I know, I’d never met Piping Plovers before I visited South Padre Beach. They look so much like Snowy Plovers, I may have mistaken them for Snowy Plovers on beaches elsewhere in Texas. Their yellow legs give them away. Snowy Plovers have grayish legs. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:35 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: PipingPlover_8503777-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Piping Plover(Charadrius melodus) |
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Description: As far as I know, I’d never met Piping Plovers before I visited South Padre Beach. They look so much like Snowy Plovers, I may have mistaken them for Snowy Plovers on beaches elsewhere in Texas. Their yellow legs give them away. Snowy Plovers have grayish legs. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:35 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: PipingPlover_8503788-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Piping Plover(Charadrius melodus) |
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Description: As far as I know, I’d never met Piping Plovers before I visited South Padre Beach. They look so much like Snowy Plovers, I may have mistaken them for Snowy Plovers on beaches elsewhere in Texas. Their yellow legs give them away. Snowy Plovers have grayish legs. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:36 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: PipingPlover_8503818-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Piping Plover(Charadrius melodus) |
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Description: As far as I know, I’d never met Piping Plovers before I visited South Padre Beach. They look so much like Snowy Plovers, I may have mistaken them for Snowy Plovers on beaches elsewhere in Texas. Their yellow legs give them away. Snowy Plovers have grayish legs. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:37 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: PipingPlover_8503830-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Piping Plover(Charadrius melodus) |
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Description: As far as I know, I’d never met Piping Plovers before I visited South Padre Beach. They look so much like Snowy Plovers, I may have mistaken them for Snowy Plovers on beaches elsewhere in Texas. Their yellow legs give them away. Snowy Plovers have grayish legs. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:37 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: PipingPlover_8503841-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Piping Plover(Charadrius melodus) |
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Description: As far as I know, I’d never met Piping Plovers before I visited South Padre Beach. They look so much like Snowy Plovers, I may have mistaken them for Snowy Plovers on beaches elsewhere in Texas. Their yellow legs give them away. Snowy Plovers have grayish legs. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:38 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: PipingPlover_8503848-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Piping Plover(Charadrius melodus) |
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Description: As far as I know, I’d never met Piping Plovers before I visited South Padre Beach. They look so much like Snowy Plovers, I may have mistaken them for Snowy Plovers on beaches elsewhere in Texas. Their yellow legs give them away. Snowy Plovers have grayish legs. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:38 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: PipingPlover_8503856-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Piping Plover(Charadrius melodus) |
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Description: As far as I know, I’d never met Piping Plovers before I visited South Padre Beach. They look so much like Snowy Plovers, I may have mistaken them for Snowy Plovers on beaches elsewhere in Texas. Their yellow legs give them away. Snowy Plovers have grayish legs. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:40 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: PipingPlover_8503862-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Piping Plover(Charadrius melodus) |
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Description: As far as I know, I’d never met Piping Plovers before I visited South Padre Beach. They look so much like Snowy Plovers, I may have mistaken them for Snowy Plovers on beaches elsewhere in Texas. Their yellow legs give them away. Snowy Plovers have grayish legs. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:45 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: PipingPlover_8503950-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruddy Turnstone(Arenaria interpres) |
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Description: With no stones on the beach at South Padre, these Ruddy Turnstones turned over sand instead. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:42 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: RuddyTurnstone_8503893-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruddy Turnstone(Arenaria interpres) |
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Description: With no stones on the beach at South Padre, these Ruddy Turnstones turned over sand instead. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:42 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: RuddyTurnstone_8503894-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruddy Turnstone(Arenaria interpres) |
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Description: With no stones on the beach at South Padre, these Ruddy Turnstones turned over sand instead. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:50 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: RuddyTurnstone_8503973-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Sanderling(Calidris alba) |
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Description: Sanderlings were, by far, the most numerous shorebirds on the South Padre beaches. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:41 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: Sanderling_8503871-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Sanderling(Calidris alba) |
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Description: Sanderlings were, by far, the most numerous shorebirds on the South Padre beaches. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:41 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: Sanderling_8503874-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Sandwich Tern(Thalasseus sandvicensis) |
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Description: Sandwich Terns spend the entire year on the Texas Gulf Coast, and can usually be found on South Padre beaches. This immature bird was probably raised on nearby dunes. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:43 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: SandwichTern_8503904-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Sandwich Tern(Thalasseus sandvicensis) |
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Description: Sandwich Terns spend the entire year on the Texas Gulf Coast, and can usually be found on South Padre beaches. This immature bird was probably raised on nearby dunes. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:43 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: SandwichTern_8503915-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Willet(Tringa semipalmata) |
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Description: Willets were the largest shorebirds I saw during my September visit to South Padre Island. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:41 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: Willet_8503883-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Willet(Tringa semipalmata) |
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Description: Willets were the largest shorebirds I saw during my September visit to South Padre Island. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:17 10:42 |
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Location:
South Padre Beaches |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: Willet_8503900-SPI.Beaches |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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