When I left California for Texas, this was a bird I was hoping to meet and photograph. Atascosa NWR was a short drive from my camp in Brownsville, Texas, and remained open during the COVID-19 crisis, when many other nearby birding hotspots shut down.
When I left California for Texas, this was a bird I was hoping to meet and photograph. Atascosa NWR was a short drive from my camp in Brownsville, Texas, and remained open during the COVID-19 crisis, when many other nearby birding hotspots shut down.
When I left California for Texas, this was a bird I was hoping to meet and photograph. Atascosa NWR was a short drive from my camp in Brownsville, Texas, and remained open during the COVID-19 crisis, when many other nearby birding hotspots shut down.
When I left California for Texas, this was a bird I was hoping to meet and photograph. Atascosa NWR was a short drive from my camp in Brownsville, Texas, and remained open during the COVID-19 crisis, when many other nearby birding hotspots shut down.
When I left California for Texas, this was a bird I was hoping to meet and photograph. Atascosa NWR was a short drive from my camp in Brownsville, Texas, and remained open during the COVID-19 crisis, when many other nearby birding hotspots shut down.
When I left California for Texas, this was a bird I was hoping to meet and photograph. Atascosa NWR was a short drive from my camp in Brownsville, Texas, and remained open during the COVID-19 crisis, when many other nearby birding hotspots shut down.
When I left California for Texas, this was a bird I was hoping to meet and photograph. Atascosa NWR was a short drive from my camp in Brownsville, Texas, and remained open during the COVID-19 crisis, when many other nearby birding hotspots shut down.
When I left California for Texas, this was a bird I was hoping to meet and photograph. Atascosa NWR was a short drive from my camp in Brownsville, Texas, and remained open during the COVID-19 crisis, when many other nearby birding hotspots shut down.

Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula)

Plain Chachalaca

(Ortalis vetula)

Description:

When I left California for Texas, this was a bird I was hoping to meet and photograph. Atascosa NWR was a short drive from my camp in Brownsville, Texas, and remained open during the COVID-19 crisis, when many other nearby birding hotspots shut down.

Date Taken: 2020:04:20 8:22

Location:

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

Camera Information:

NIKON D500, 310 mm, f/8.0, 1/100

File Name: PlainChachalaca_D503905-Atascosa-NWR

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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