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Bill ­ in ­ Texas
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Mar 04, 2017 03:45 |  #6976

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Mar 04, 2017 03:57 |  #6977

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Mar 04, 2017 06:49 |  #6978

WOW!! Great shot Bill. Don't get many of these in my neck of the woods. I saw a grand total of one last year.


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Mar 04, 2017 07:23 |  #6979

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Woohoo Will!! Love this little burrowers! That's a unique shot too. So Burrowing Owls in Texas too ??


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Mar 04, 2017 07:24 |  #6980

Wonderful colors in those Spoonies.


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Mar 04, 2017 08:09 |  #6981

My first Painted Bunting

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Mar 04, 2017 08:49 |  #6982

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Mar 04, 2017 08:56 |  #6983

i find that when i look at a series of shots, the birds personalty seems to become more apparent.

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Mar 04, 2017 09:05 |  #6984

I think this is a Lesser Yellowlegs, it could be a Greater or maybe it's not a Yellowlegs at all.

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Mar 04, 2017 09:26 as a reply to  @ docg's post |  #6985

Thanks Doc. If you ever get down this way in March and April this is the place. Smith Oaks Rookery (external link) at High Island.


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Mar 04, 2017 09:28 as a reply to  @ MedicineMan4040's post |  #6986

Robert they are spread around the state from east to west. This one is at the Anahuac NWR and appears to be a loner. He lives under that concrete that is located in a cattle feed lot filled with cattle and what cattle do. ;-)a


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Mar 04, 2017 09:29 as a reply to  @ MedicineMan4040's post |  #6987

Thanks Robert. They are all dressed up for breeding.


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Mar 04, 2017 09:43 |  #6988

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Mar 04, 2017 09:44 |  #6989

rrdubya wrote in post #18291477 (external link)
I think this is a Lesser Yellowlegs, it could be a Greater or maybe it's not a Yellowlegs at all.
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Mar 04, 2017 09:51 |  #6990

Why does this thing remind me of Jimmy Durante?




  
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