Brazos Bend SP, 11/24/2019 Birding
It was a crisp, beautiful morning, so Scott and I headed out to get some birds. We didn't want to stop until we hit at least SIXTY. Which we did.
Ruddy duck was the bird of the day for us. Notably absent were White-eyed Vireo, Great Blue Heron, Cormorant, and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, all of which we expected to see this time of year.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S61712585
Photos -- listed below -- of birds were snapped with my phone from the camera's small LED screen. That way, I can get a clear shot of the bird with the big lens, zoom in the image more if necessary, and finally have a full-frame individual for iNat. It's unlikely I'll ever swap them out for the real-time images (too much work), but the SmugMug gallery has them there for all to see, linked from within the checklist.
Happy Birding!
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Great bird shots! Thanks for uploading these to iNat, and thanks for doing the bird surveys at Brazos Bend. :)
Nice to see your comment ... I don't usually get these! Spending time at BBSP is among some of my fav times. Turning in a bird (plant, herp, fungi) survey as well is icing on the cake. Only my phone battery limits my ability. Must find a good solution for that. Cheers, SamBiology. And Happy Birding!
Please realize that these surveys are super valuable for us at TPWD! Brazos Bend is a great place for all sorts of critters and plants, and these observations are being accumulated in the place on iNat:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=122244
And the species list is updating too:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=122244&view=species
The neat thing about this: it's a digital and filterable field guide to the specific place... So, if there is someone wanting to come to Brazos Bend to see birds, they can see the birds documented on iNat:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=122244&taxon_id=3&view=species
...or the beetles on iNat from Brazos Bend too:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=122244&taxon_id=47208&view=species
So, please, keep it up and keep documenting everything there at BBSP! :)
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