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"One of several medium-sized terns that are similar in appearance, the Forster's Tern breeds primarily in marshes and winters along the coasts. The comma-shaped black ear patch in winter plumage is distinctive, but some other plumages are very confusing. -allaboutbirds.org
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Padre Island
The Longest Stretch of Undeveloped Barrier Island in The World....
Padre Island National Seashore separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Laguna Madre, one of a few hypersaline lagoons in the world. The park protects 70 miles of coastline, dunes, prairies, and wind tidal flats teeming with life. It is a safe nesting ground for the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle and a haven for 380 bird species. It also has a rich history, including the Spanish shipwrecks of 1554.
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He/She looks a little hacked off. ;)
"Unique among North American raptors for its diet of live fish and ability to dive into water to catch them, Ospreys are common sights soaring over shorelines, patrolling waterways, and standing on their huge stick nests, white heads gleaming. These large, rangy hawks do well around humans and have rebounded in numbers following the ban on the pesticide DDT. Hunting Ospreys are a picture of concentration, diving with feet outstretched and yellow eyes sighting straight along their talons." -allaboutbirds.org
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The Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator, is the largest native North American bird, if measured in terms of weight and length, and is (on average) the largest living waterfowl species on earth. It is the North American counterpart of the European Whooper Swan.
~Wikipedia
In recent decades wild nesting populations of Trumpeters have been successfully restored in several northerly states and Ontario. Most swans now winter near their northern breeding areas, but an unknown number are pioneering southward where they are beginning to establish use of more southerly wintering sites. ~trumpeterswansociety.org
I know many of you are used to seeing them in the wild, but we are NOT used to it in Oklahoma. We've had several reported sightings across the central and northern parts of the state & it's been exhilarating to see & photograph them! We saw a total of twelve today in three different areas. Unreal.
PLUS, we got to see a Tundra swan! Can you tell I'm a bit excited? ;-)
Photos from the first day of rehearsal for the DCPA Theatre Company's upcoming production of "Smart People," by Lydia R. Diamond. This acclaimed new play is a biting comedy that follows a quartet of Harvard intellectuals struggling to understand why the lives of so many people – including their own – continue to be undermined by race. No matter how hard they research, question and confront the issue, their own problems with self-awareness make it difficult to face the facts of life. The cast includes Esther Chen, Timothy McCracken, Jason Veasey and Tatiana Williams. The director is Nataki Garrett. "Smart People" runs Oct. 13 through Nov. 19, 2017, in the Ricketson Theatre. Call 303-893-4100 or go to denvercenter.org. Photos by John Moore for the DCPA NewsCenter.
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"The Wood Duck is one of the most stunningly pretty of all waterfowl. Males are iridescent chestnut and green, with ornate patterns on nearly every feather; the elegant females have a distinctive profile and delicate white pattern around the eye. These birds live in wooded swamps, where they nest in holes in trees or in nest boxes put up around lake margins. They are one of the few duck species equipped with strong claws that can grip bark and perch on branches." -allaboutbirds.org
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"A spectacular and distinctive flycatcher, the bright red Vermilion Flycatcher inhabits riparian areas and scrub in the southwestern United States and southward. It perches conspicuously, making periodic flights to nab insect prey." -allaboutbirds.org