Yesterday I showed some of the long legged wading birds that we saw at the South Padre Island Birding Center. Today I'll show some of the less leggy birds out there.
Every time we visited last year a Tropical Kingbird was perched in the trees out front. Do you think this is the same bird?
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| Tropical Kingbird |
As soon as we entered the boardwalk a group of Brown Pelicans began diving into a school of fish. They put on quite a show for about five minutes and then left to fish in another spot.
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| Brown Pelicans fishing |
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| Brown Pelican |
There didn't seem to be as many ducks there as we remember from last year, but there were still plenty.
Northern Pintails seem to be the most graceful of the ducks with their long necks and tails.
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| Northern Pintail |
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| Northern Pintail |
Redheads were there in good numbers, with their distinctive copper-colored heads.
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| Redhead and American Wigeon |
When the sun was shining just right we could see the green arc on the head of the American Wigeons. Otherwise that area appears to be black.
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| American Wigeon |
You have to be a die-hard birder to appreciate this last little fellow. The Least Sandpiper is the smallest of the North American sandpipers.
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| Least Sandpiper |
Mark
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