A Japanese lantern poem:
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Small
Duck
Relaxing
Sunning herself
Sweet
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Is this beauty a Green-winged Teal or a Blue-winged Teal?
~Birding in Texas and A Japanese Lantern Poem
Category Archives: Photos-Birds
Photos that I have taken of Birds.
~Birding in Texas, Blue-winged Teal
Cattail Marsh, Beaumont, TX, April, 2017
A very handsome guy in his breeding plumage, with a white crescent on his face and a white hip patch.
She has a vague crescent, with white at the base of bill and a whitish throat.
Happy Birding!
~Birding in Texas, American Avocet
Cattail Marsh, Beaumont, TX, April, 2017
Groups of Avocets gather in shallow water, sweeping their bills from side to side to feed. They rest in compact flocks, as seen in my photos.
Identification tip: You can tell a male from a female by their bill. Males bill is longer and straighter.
Header photo: Beautiful evening light highlights these gorgeous birds.
~Birding in Texas, Green-winged Teal
Cattail Marsh, Beaumont, TX, April, 2017
There are several towns we like to stop when traveling east and west along I-10. Beaumont, TX is one of them. We discovered, less than four miles from the RV Park, Cattail Marsh, a scenic wetland and broadwalk. There are hiking trails around the marches with lovely views of sleeping alligators (ha), and the lovely broadwalk that extends over the water that provides excellent views of the birds. Beaumont is where we stay when visiting High Island.
The Green-winged Teal is our smallest duck. They are common and usually found on shallow ponds, marshes and flooded fields. It was fun watching them resting, sleeping, feeding and foraging.
Happy Birding!
~Birding in Texas, Smith Oaks Rookery Video
~A short video, taken by Howard using his iPhone, at Smith Oaks Rookery. It is amazing being there, seeing and hearing these beautiful birds. You just don’t know where to look.
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Featured photo: A Pied-billed Grebe in breeding plumage at Smith Oaks Rookery. One second he is there, the next second he is gone.
The Pied-bill Grebe is the most widespread grebe, found on small marshy ponds and waterways across most of the continent. His call when breeding is, a vibrant, throaty bark of ge ge gadum gadum gadum gaum goom gwaaaaaow gwaaaaaaow. (taken from Sibley Birds)
If you want to hear their call, go here: Pied-bill Grebe calls
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Up next photos from our trip to Cattail Marsh in Beaumont, TX – Cattail Marsh
Happy Birding!
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