New Year’s birding
January 1st 2018 started with a nice sunrise and a Song Sparrow scratching leaves in our garden in the dark as I peeked my head outside the door. I didn’t mean to bird as hard as I did on day 1, but first of year birding is too exciting. Every bird is new, every one a…
Florida: Circle B Bar Reserve II
Circling back to Limpkins. I was excited to see these subdued brown and white streaked waterbirds because Florida is its northernmost breeding range. It’s highly uncommon to find them north of southern Georgia and I certainly can’t see them in Oregon. Structurally related to cranes and named for a perceived limp when they walk, Limpkins are the only…
Texas: Party Parrots
After tacos we continued birding at Estero Llano Grande State Park. Our second trip to this destination. Or third? I’ve lost count. Every park in Texas is worth at least one revisit. This time it was for a Roseate Spoonbill knocking teals off a log. The one with the biggest spoon wins the perch. A pair…