Labels: Wood Duck. Shetland October What birds will be blown in? We were quick so scramble back to the car and head over to Easter Quarff. Typically I got distracted photographing the bird and failed to get point bank view of the barred warbler that was around the corner. I ad to search a little harder but only managed some views of it feeding in the hedge.
But, towards the end of the day another REV was found in a small garden of a cottage in Sandwick. Little Bunting: Day 3, our plan today was to try our best to tick off Richard's pipit, a bird thats edavided me for too long now. Nice self found bird. We were gutted, especially after making the extra long journey up here.
Before we left Unst there was report of a Radde's skulking in a small patch of common nettles. As soon as we landed we drove straight there and joined the growing group of birders peering into the nettles.
End date Date E. Ages - Any - All ages Over Javascript is required to view this map. Join our Master Naturalists in viewing local and migrating birds! Meet at the Bird blind parking lot to join in! After a brief birding lesson and binocular practice, you can choose to join the bird hike which is about miles, or enter the Bird blinds where we attract local birds with seed and suet!
Email us if you'd like to reserve a pair of binoculars while you are birding! As we arrived, i noticed two white dots on the side of one of the ponds, fed by a spring. These ponds are the only standing water in the county, aside from Independence Creek, the Pecos River, and the Rio Grande, none of which are ideal for shorebirds and waterfowl. I notice that the white dots that i thought were decoys were moving, and one was bigger that the other. It was a young Snow Goose with a Ross's Goose, foraging on the edge of the ponds.
They stayed Friday and Saturday, but continued northward Sunday. Soon after that, it got dark. On Saturday morning I got up early and went and birded around the ponds. I finished the day with 10 species of waterfowl, the best of which was three drake Cinnamon Teal. Also the same Long-billed Dowitchers were still there. Then I saw an odd bird, in the grove of large Pecan trees near the houses. It looked almost crow-like as it flew over the trees, but landed like a woodpecker.
Lewis's Woodpeckers are rare in Texas, and often none are seen for several years. I immediately snapped some poor pictures terrible lighting, Saturday was very overcast but ended up watching him forage for an hour. It was then when a second Lewis's Woodpecker flew into the tree, and began eating pecans too. They both playfully took turns chasing each other around the pecan grove for the better part of an hour.
I continued walking around the ponds, riding high from my big find, when I spooked a big flock of of Red-winged Blackbirds that were sitting up in a small pecan tree. One bird remained however, and I put my bins on it. It allowed me to get very close, so I could snap some good pictures! After working the ponds well, I walk a small stretch of the road into the scrubby juniper desert around the ponds.
Cactus Wrens were also out in good numbers. It began to go get dark, so I went inside, ate dinner and played some Minecraft. Very good day! I woke up again sunday morning, to a bright beautiful sunny day. I can get good shots of the Lewis's Woodpecker!! I spent the better half of three hours watching and photographing the Lewis's Woodpeckers, as they ate pecans and chased each other around.
Here are my best shots:. I then spent my last minutes with my friends the Lewis's Woodpeckers that is and then loaded up into the car and headed back to Austin. What a great trip!
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