Lots More Birding

Today Skip and I went out to the Birding Center and Convention Center today. We saw lots of stuff.

Southwest Texan Crescent

Fiery Skipper

Queen Butterfly

Mating queen butterflies

We spent 15 minutes watching this great blue heron devour a rather large fish

First gator sighting of the day

Marsh Wren

Black-bellied Whistling Duck with muddy bill

Tricolour Heron

Black-crowned night heron

Green Heron in its usual spot - at a drain

Female (on left with brown back) and male Black-Necked Stilt

Osprey

Second gator sighting

Couch's Kingbird

Greater Yellowlegs

Killdeer

American Golden Plover

Blue-winged Teal

Third gator sighting at the bird blind with Great-tailed Grackle in the foreground

This cat was prowling around the plant centre beside the Birding Center.

This small (and probably harmless) snake was in the butterfly garden

Cactus beginning to bloom with lots of other buds

Phaon Crescent (I love the striped antennae)

Green Heron in pond in the middle of the Birding Center parking circle

Funereal Duskywing

Over at the Convention Center we went right over to the water feature, which was running.

Great Kiskadee

Grey Catbird

Black and White Warbler

Northern Parula

Parula and bathing Yellow-Rumped Warbler

While I was taking pictures at the water feature, Skip saw some Scissor-tailed Flycatchers from the boardwalk.

Back view

Side view

Silhouette of the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher