Wednesday 30 January 2013

South Padre Island


Redhead - very important wintering area in the lagoons created by South Padre Island for this beautiful spp

American Wigeon
Reddish Egret
Tri-coloured Heron
Reddish Egret
Great Blue Heron

Snowy Plover

Piping Plover
Sly and shy standing stilts
Clapper Rail in close up
Clapper Rail
Half time drinks - some Texas beer and a 'Texan Man sized portion' of fish n chips
Gary, myself, Paul and Lou. 

Bad driving - it took a while to dig it out.....

A Flotilla of Brown Pelicans
The family minus Tom - probably reading in a vehicle on South Padre Island

Lifer missed - Flammulated Owl

Lifer gained - Tropical Kingbird

We finally tracked down our Nakuspian comrades; Gary and Marie and Paul and Marie, or they tracked us down and we arranged a day's excursion east to south Padre Island.

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