Sunday, May 11, 2014

Rio Grande adventures

A close-up view of a whole other dimension:

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A few more cool avian pictures. I got lost in the grasslands and flushed a harrier out. It had caught a vole or a field mouse and I was disrupting its dinner:
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This is a rare Gray Hawk, found in US only along the lower Rio Grande. We actually saw a pair, and they were building a nest:
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This is a Black-Chinned Hummingbird:
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And a Buff-Bellied (love that name) Hummingbird:
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I love the lighting in these photos:
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A thoughtful American Coot:
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A Northern Cardinal in South Texas:
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Great Egret - always graceful:
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Spotted Sandpiper zeroing down on a fly:
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Texas Spiny Softshell, another Rio Grande specialty:
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