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My third rare bird sighting. This was the first one officially documented in Dallas County. It flew into a sand bar in front of me, joining a bunch of killdeer and least sandpipers. A lifer for me and my photo of it was entered into the Texas Bird Image Archive which can be found here: www.texasbirdimages.com/home/region-2/long-billed-dowitch...
Juvenile Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus )
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Like all arthropods (including crustaceans and insects), horseshoe crabs have a hard exoskeleton (shell) on the outside of their body. To grow, the crab must shed its old exoskeleton and form a new, bigger one. Unlike true crabs, which back out of their old exoskeletons, horseshoe crabs push forward, leaving their molts behind them, leaving a split in the front.
When this image was taken over 5 years ago I was a very new birder and photographer. This was a confusing fall warbler to me back then and I was mistaken as to the species. It is indeed a Northern parula.
This bird does appear to be a first fall female. The yellow chest is essentially devoid of any evidence of color bands, and the dorsal aspects that are visible show only green and no blue at all. An adult fall female would have more blue in the green areas, and a diagnostic adult fall female would also have a obvious orange wash in the yellow throat. The second comment below has an embedded image that shows even more of the dorsal aspects of the same bird.
It was a very dark day. I don't think I got below ISO 2000, but there were lots of birds. Ten Warblers that I could identify, and a couple of Fallblers.
Canada geese eat seeds, berries, grasses, sedges. These were snacking on the slimy algae covered aquatic grasses on the upper spillway. They may be a freshwater version of eelgrass. Does not look very appetizing to me but the geese seemed to love it.
Canada Goose (Branta Canadensis)
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Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, AB, Canada
September 10, 2011
I've been wanting to capture the pale (or gray) coloured winter plumage of the American Avocet. My wish came true! I know others have found or seen a huge flock at the other Miquelon Lake, but this one Avocet was hanging around the beach area. These are all lifer shots for me!
The osprey is found year-round in Florida both as a nesting species and as a spring and fall migrant passing between more northern areas and Central and South America.
Photographed 15 September 2018, Smith Point Hawk Watch, Candy Cain Abshier WMA, Smith Point, Chambers County, Texas
Kennesaw Mountain at the very top. Also a male hooded warbler, and my very first worm-eating warbler photo below. All today on Kennesaw Mt. No ceruleans seen today but I had a good flock that flew over that I totally missed out on save IDing a yellow-throated vireo. Also had good looks at a couple of black-and-white warblers today.
As I was walking in, I saw a Hawk sitting in the nest, but it wasn't there when I got to the farm. I went off the trail to see if I could get one last look at the Harriers, and the Red-tail has returned.