Northern Harrier and Rough-legged Hawk hiding in this Polk County landscape.
#birding #oregonbirding

Reddish egret doing what reddish egrets do. #photography #nature #wildlife #reddishegret #birds #birding #texasbirds

Close up and personal with a laughing gull. They could care less how close you get to them in South Padre Island. #photography #nature #wildlife #laughinggull #birds #birding #texasbirds

Plain Chachalaca are little dinosaurs, try to change my mind. #photography #nature #wildlife #plainchachalaca #birds #birding #texasbirds

Green jay on green jay on green jay on green jay. Is it too much??? #photography #nature #wildlife #greenjay #birds #biriding #texasbirds

Does it get any better than going to a park at dusk and watching 100s of parrots preparing to roost for the night? I know one thing, I wouldn’t want to live around the park! #photography #nature #wildlife #birds #whitefrontedparrot #texasbirds

After all the places I’ve visited and they were a guaranteed lifer, and dipped. I saw this Harris’s hawk on a light and thought, ‘Better turn around and get pics, it might be the only one I see’. They were everywhere, lol. #photography #nature #wildlife #harrisshawk #birds #birding #texasbirds

Altamira Oriole 1 of 13 lifers for me on our trip. #photography #nature #wildlife #texasbirds #bird #birding #altamiraoriole

They are everywhere in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and still couldn’t get enough.
#photography #nature #wildlife #greatkiskadee #texasbirds #bird #birding

Time to sort through thousands of photos and edit keepers.
#photography #nature #wildlife
#texasbirds #redcrownedparrot

Trip is over, 3.5 days in the Lower Rio Grande Valley…146 Species and 12 lifers. Enjoyed the trip more than I thought I would.

Day 2 birding in Southern Texas. 9 lifers and passed 600 in the ABA.
#photography #wildlife #nature #buffbelliedhummingbird #texasbirds

What kid got to take some crayons and color a green jay, and Mother Nature was like, “Yep, we’ll go with that.”
#photography #nature #wildlife
#greenjay #texasbirds

Chasing those year birds. #photography #nature #wildlife #tundraswan #ridgefieldnwr