Photos taken in USA and tagged as birds

Day 148 - Pelicans

In Texas, we're beginning to see White and Brown Pelican's together. These guys seemed to know what time the fish place throws out their trash.

Date: 27 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
Tags: birds pelicans
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Bold Eagle

This is very american!!

Date: 26 January 2008
Photographer: Skary: gallery
Location: USA: gallery
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Day 147 - Roseate Spoonbill 2

Date: 26 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Houston, USA: gallery
Tags: birds roseate_spoonbill spoonbill
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Day 147 - Roseate Spoonbill

Date: 26 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Houston, USA: gallery
Tags: birds roseate_spoonbill spoonbill
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Day 147 - Moorhen

These are also referred to as gallinus. They are a close relative of the coot.

Date: 26 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Houston, USA: gallery
Tags: birds moorhen gallinus
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Day 144 - White Pelicans

These were at a city park just off the freeway. Immature birds can have dark flight feathers.

Date: 23 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Baton Rouge, USA: gallery
Tags: birds pelican
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Day 144 - Snowy Egret

This was at the same city park as the White Pelicans.

Date: 23 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Baton Rouge, USA: gallery
Tags: birds egret snowy_egret
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Day 144 - Great Egret

This has black legs. The Great White Heron looks almost identical, but has yellow legs and is a morph of the Great Blue Heron, not an Egret (though they are related)

Date: 23 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Baton Rouge, USA: gallery
Tags: birds egret great_egret
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Day 144 - White Pelicans Feeding

This group swam together, then would all poke their heads underwater to feed.

Date: 23 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Baton Rouge, USA: gallery
Tags: birds pelican white_pelican
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Day 141 - Davis Bayou Birds

The weather was decent today, but the birds seemed to still be bunched up together waiting for it to warm up. A small tricolor heron is in the middle of the egrets.

Date: 20 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: New Orleans, USA: gallery
Tags: birds heron egret
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Day 141 - Muscovy Duck Hybred

There are several of these at the campground. Also known as mules - they are a cross between Muscovy and Mallard Ducks, and like mules, are sterile.

Date: 20 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: New Orleans, USA: gallery
Tags: birds ducks
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Day 140 - Davis Bayou Birds

It was very stormy today. These egrets too refuge in this protected area of the bayou.

Date: 19 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Pensacola, USA: gallery
Tags: birds egrets
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Day 139 - Cape San Blas, Cardinal

There were several cardinals walking around the campground this morning.

Date: 18 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Walton, USA: gallery
Tags: birds cardinals
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Day 138 - Carrabelle Beach, Mom Feeding Terns

When we stopped for lunch, we found out that Terns are very good at in flight refueling!

Date: 17 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Tallahassee, USA: gallery
Tags: people birds phylisej terns
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Day 138 - Carrabelle Beach, Terns

When the terns saw us sit down for lunch, they gathered at the next table over and just waited quietly for us to get the food out.

Date: 17 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Tallahassee, USA: gallery
Tags: birds terns
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Day 138 - Cape San Blas, Surf Bird

The bird picture isn't that spectacular here, but I loved the water action contrast

Date: 17 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Tallahassee, USA: gallery
Tags: beaches birds
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Day 138 - Cape San Blas, Sm Surf Bird

Date: 17 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Tallahassee, USA: gallery
Tags: beaches birds
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Day 137 - S. Foster Center, Cardinal

Date: 16 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Jacksonville, USA: gallery
Tags: birds cardinal
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Day 135 - White Peacock

The White Peacock (or male Peafowl) is a recessive genetic mutation. These were at the Fountain of Youth park.

Date: 14 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Saint Augustine, USA: gallery
Tags: birds peacock peafowl
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Day 135 - Ring Billed Seagulls

I just thought it was cute the way they had all lined up along the foot bridge railing. This was at Nombre de Dios Mission.

Date: 14 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Saint Augustine, USA: gallery
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Day 135 - Fountain of Youth, JL Feeding Peafowl

Somebody left off some Peafowl at the center and they've done very well there. There are machines that dispense food (for a quarter) so you can feed the birds