02.26.19 Rio Grande Valley Birding - Part 3

We are just getting started!

A white winged dove. She is a beauty. You can almost hear Stevie Nicks singing about her. Coo baby coo baby coo.


Chacalaca. A shy ground bird but does fly into the trees for food and safety.



Curved bill thrasher. See the band on the left leg. This tracks migration.



OK, more white winged doves. They are just too cute to ignore!










Kiskadees. Not as easy to photograph as I thought they would be.  See the yellow crown on one of the birds?






A few red squirrels at the feeders. All in harmony.







Green jays. Very colorful. Very shy.






Everyone is looking around the corner!







Crimson collared grosbeak, female. Vagrant from Mexico and a rare siting. Here she is in Quinta Mazatlán World Birding Center.



It is time for me to get ready for work. Will post more beautiful birds from along the Rio Grande River and Valley very soon.

02.26.19.Rio Grande Valley Birding Trip - Part 2.

Here are is the second groups of photographs taken along the Rio Grande Valley. We met  many very nice people who travel solo along this corridor birding. We were fortunate to see a few uncommon and rate birds and a few vagrants that flew up from the bordering mountains of Mexico.

Here are a few more for you to enjoy.


One gorgeous dog playing along the canal outside of Harlingen. Do you think she made me miss my own boys? Of course! Even though I enjoyed the change of pace with birding, I always miss Fionnegan, Gunnarr and Shorty.

A magnificent bird - the white tailed hawk. We saw a few fly over us over the course of the trip.



What a cute bird - this is a burrowing owl. She was nesting amongst the boulders.






These birds look like notes on a music sheet!















Sunset in Mc Allen, Texas. These parakeets and blackbirds flock to these wires on this one corner every night. When it gets dark, they leave to roost in a tree. What a sight. And so much squawking!

Eastern phoebe.



















Kiskadees. Their call is just like their name - kiss-ka-dee!  Gorgeous birds.



Clay colored thrush.



There will be more to share. Hope you are enjoying these lovely birds.