n88n88:
strange bird. the guy with me played a call he said was a king rail and this bird went nuts, running out if the grass right in front of us. looking at the pictures, though, it sure looks like a clapper. it was a freshwater pond, but there's saltwater n
n88n88:
IMG_7403
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IMG_7406
n88n88:
yellow-crowned night heron
n88n88:
yellow-billed cuckoo
n88n88:
the entire seaward beach was torn up like this for some oil spill recovery purpose...
n88n88:
swamp rabbit? eastern cottontail?
n88n88:
these blue crabs were snapping at tadpoles in a roadside ditch.
n88n88:
brown pelicans
n88n88:
blue grosbeak
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sanderling
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IMG_7365
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western palm warbler
n88n88:
brown creeper
n88n88:
big flock of black skimmers, royal and caspian terns. spooked by a harrier.
n88n88:
laughing gull
n88n88:
clapper rail
n88n88:
little blue heron
n88n88:
sandwich terns, forester's terns, black skimmer