Monday, May 28, 2012

Sea Island Birdwatching

We saw old familiars: Cardinals abundant

Crows



 Grackles, both Common and Boat-tailed

Along with ducks and geese 


And a Red-headed Woodpecker!

 Hey, you're a nut, not a bird!

Gorgeous Great Blue Heron






And angelic Great Egrets!

 






And we made new friends:
Anhinga!


Great swimmers...love the color scheme

Tri-Color Heron in flight

Snowy Egret!

American White Ibis!


Ibises

Along with a brown pelican

And a Wood Stork!!!



Sand Pipers, Terns and such were everywhere


And, of course, 
So were Gulls


Lots of Gulls

Laughing Gulls Galore

Some of which looked like penguins with wings that worked

This was exciting: probably a Cory's Shearwater!


We saw a Flying Dog!

And, yes, a Penguin

2 comments:

ellen abbott said...

beautiful pictures. we see all those down on the Texas coast. no roseate spoonbills?

Rachel Fox said...

Great collection!
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