Photos tagged as birds

Day 149 - Whooping Cranes

This was at Aransas NWR. One of the three Whooping Cranes in the middle of the bay is a young one.

Date: 28 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Country: USA: gallery
Tags: birds whooping_crane
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Day 149 - Snowy Egret

This was at Aransas NWR

Date: 28 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Country: USA: gallery
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Day 149 - JL Feeding Birds

This time, Mom took a picture of me feeding the birds.

Date: 28 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Country: USA: gallery
Tags: people birds jl98584
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Day 149 - Crested Caracara Back

The Ranger at Aransas NWR called this a 'Mexican Eagle'.

Date: 28 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Country: USA: gallery
Tags: birds caracara
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Day 149 - Crested Caracara 3

This is a large raptor, more common south of the border but occasionally seen in south Texas.

Date: 28 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Country: USA: gallery
Tags: birds caracara
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Day 149 - Crested Caracara 2

We saw this 'Mexican Eagle' along the road as we headed to Aransas NWR.

Date: 28 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Country: USA: gallery
Tags: birds caracara
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Day 149 - Black Vulture Sleeping

Date: 28 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Country: USA: gallery
Tags: birds vulture
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Egret

Date: 27 January 2008
Photographer: daveh: gallery
Country: Tanzania: gallery
Tags: birds
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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
Country: USA: gallery
Tags: birds pelicans
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Bold Eagle

This is very american!!

Date: 26 January 2008
Photographer: Skary: gallery
Country: USA: gallery
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Stork at Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary

Date: 26 January 2008
Photographer: mexibell: gallery
Country: India: gallery
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Day 147 - Roseate Spoonbill 2

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

Date: 26 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Country: 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
Country: 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
Country: 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
Country: 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
Country: 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
Country: USA: gallery
Tags: birds pelican white_pelican
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Fly like an eagle

On top off the Stubnerkogel, 2250 meters, (Bad Gastein) watching the birds of prey

Date: 20 January 2008
Photographer: erodrigo: gallery
Country: Austria: gallery
Tags: mountains birds
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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.