Coastal Birds of Texas by Ken Rudine. (original) (raw)

TX - Sea Gull

TX - Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron
October 2012

TX - Connie Hagar Wildlife Sanctuary1

Connie Hagar Wildlife Sanctuary
October 2012

TX - Marbled Godwit

Marbled Godwit
October 2012

TX - Kingfisher

Red Shouldered Hawk guarding nest, Texas coastal bird

Green Jay @ Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge

Black Skimmer with baby, Rockport Beach Park, Texas

Black Skimmer adult with juvenile (left)
December 2007
Rockport Beach Park
Rockport, Texas

Black Skimmer @ Rockport Beach Park (adults nesting)

Nesting Black Skimmers
Adults take turns guarding nests since unattended eggs will be eaten by gulls.
Rockport Beach Park
Rockport, Texas
December 2007
Rockport Hotels

White Ibis, Rockport Beach Park,, Texas

White Ibis
The rock-star of Egyptian hieroglyphics. One Pharaoh was reportedly entombed with 10,000 specimens.
Rockport Beach Park
Rockport, Texas December 2007 Rockport Hotels

Great Blue Heron, Texas coast

Great Blue Heron
December 2007

Great Blue Heron, feeding @ Rockport Beach Park

Great Blue Heron, feeding sequence @ Rockport Beach Park

Great Blue Heron, young @ at Port Aransas Birding Center

Green Kingfisher looking for fish @ North Fulton Beach Road

Big Head
A Green Kingfisher looking for its next meal.
North Fulton Beach Road
December 2007

Chacalaca @ Sabal Palm Grove, BrownsvilleTexas

Altamira Oriole @ Benson-Rio Grande Valley State Park , Texas

Forum: Thank you for the beautiful photos of coastal birds of Texas. Makes me want to head out of Austin and spend a few days down south. - Sincerely, Frances Giles, January 08, 2013