2020-03-19 Adios Corpus Christi
11 Photos

Great-Tailed Grackle(Quiscalus mexicanus) |
Description: Grackles entertained me while I was waiting for the parakeets to return to view. As I was preparing to leave Corpus Christ, getting the RV ready for the road, I visited and RV Park and found Many dozens of nesting Monk Parakeets. Apparently Corpus Christi Texas wasn't done with me yet! |
Date Taken: 2020:03:19 14:52 |
Location:
Nueces |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/6.3, 1/2500 |
File Name: GreatTailedGrackle_D505930-CorpusChristi-TX |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Great-Tailed Grackle(Quiscalus mexicanus) |
Description: Grackles entertained me while I was waiting for the parakeets to return to view. As I was preparing to leave Corpus Christi, getting the RV ready for the road, I visited and RV Park and found Many dozens of nesting Monk Parakeets. Apparently Corpus Christi Texas wasn't done with me yet! |
Date Taken: 2020:03:19 14:53 |
Location:
Nueces |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/6.3, 1/1600 |
File Name: GreatTailedGrackle_D505965-CorpusChristi-TX |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Monk Parakeet(Myiopsitta monachus) |
Description: This bird has begun chewing through the branch near his foot. These birds are the only parrot to build communal stick nests. Here we can see them collecting small branches and carrying them to the palm trees they use for nesting. As I was preparing to leave Corpus Christ, getting the RV ready for the road, I visited an RV Park and found many dozens of nesting Monk Parakeets. Apparently Corpus Christi Texas wasn't done with me yet! |
Date Taken: 2020:03:19 13:47 |
Location:
Nueces |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/5.6, 1/8000 |
File Name: MonkParakeet_D505726-CorpusChristi-TX |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Monk Parakeet(Myiopsitta monachus) |
Description: This bird has begun chewing through the branch near his foot. These birds are the only parrot to build communal stick nests. Here we can see them collecting small branches and carrying them to the palm trees they use for nesting. As I was preparing to leave Corpus Christ, getting the RV ready for the road, I visited an RV Park and found many dozens of nesting Monk Parakeets. Apparently Corpus Christi Texas wasn't done with me yet! |
Date Taken: 2023:10:01 16:26 |
Camera Information: |
File Name: MonkParakeet_D505734-CorpusChristi-TX-scaled |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Monk Parakeet(Myiopsitta monachus) |
Description: This bird has begun chewing through the branch near his foot. These birds are the only parrot to build communal stick nests. Here we can see them collecting small branches and carrying them to the palm trees they use for nesting. As I was preparing to leave Corpus Christ, getting the RV ready for the road, I visited an RV Park and found many dozens of nesting Monk Parakeets. Apparently Corpus Christi Texas wasn't done with me yet! |
Date Taken: 2023:10:01 16:26 |
Camera Information: |
File Name: MonkParakeet_D505738-CorpusChristi-TX-scaled |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Monk Parakeet(Myiopsitta monachus) |
Description: This bird has harvested the branch and begins his journey back to the nest tree. These birds are the only parrot to build communal stick nests. Here we can see them collecting small branches and carrying them to the palm trees they use for nesting. As I was preparing to leave Corpus Christ, getting the RV ready for the road, I visited an RV Park and found many dozens of nesting Monk Parakeets. Apparently Corpus Christi Texas wasn't done with me yet! |
Date Taken: 2023:10:01 16:26 |
Camera Information: |
File Name: MonkParakeet_D505745-CorpusChristi-TX-scaled |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Monk Parakeet(Myiopsitta monachus) |
Description: This bird has harvested the branch and begins his journey back to the nest tree. These birds are the only parrot to build communal stick nests. Here we can see them collecting small branches and carrying them to the palm trees they use for nesting. As I was preparing to leave Corpus Christ, getting the RV ready for the road, I visited an RV Park and found many dozens of nesting Monk Parakeets. Apparently Corpus Christi Texas wasn't done with me yet! |
Date Taken: 2020:03:19 14:17 |
Location:
Nueces |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 340 mm, f/5.6, 1/8000 |
File Name: MonkParakeet_D505846-CorpusChristi-TX |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Monk Parakeet(Myiopsitta monachus) |
Description: At the nest tree, the birds monitor closely all activity in the neighborhood. These birds are the only parrot to build communal stick nests. I watched them collecting small branches and carrying them to the palm trees they use for nesting. As I was preparing to leave Corpus Christ, getting the RV ready for the road, I visited and RV Park and found Many dozens of nesting Monk Parakeets. Apparently Corpus Christi Texas wasn't done with me yet! |
Date Taken: 2020:03:19 14:55 |
Location:
Nueces |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/6.3, 1/3200 |
File Name: MonkParakeet_D505979-CorpusChristi-TX |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Monk Parakeet(Myiopsitta monachus) |
Description: At the nest tree, the birds monitor closely all activity in the neighborhood. These birds are the only parrot to build communal stick nests. I watched them collecting small branches and carrying them to the palm trees they use for nesting. As I was preparing to leave Corpus Christ, getting the RV ready for the road, I visited an RV Park and found many dozens of nesting Monk Parakeets. Apparently Corpus Christi Texas wasn't done with me yet! |
Date Taken: 2020:03:19 14:56 |
Location:
Nueces |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/6.3, 1/3200 |
File Name: MonkParakeet_D506047-CorpusChristi-TX |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Monk Parakeet(Myiopsitta monachus) |
Description: At the nest tree, the birds monitor closely all activity in the neighborhood. These birds are the only parrot to build communal stick nests. I watched them collecting small branches and carrying them to the palm trees they use for nesting. As I was preparing to leave Corpus Christ, getting the RV ready for the road, I visited an RV Park and found many dozens of nesting Monk Parakeets. Apparently Corpus Christi Texas wasn't done with me yet! |
Date Taken: 2020:03:19 14:56 |
Location:
Nueces |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/6.3, 1/4000 |
File Name: MonkParakeet_D506058-CorpusChristi-TX |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


White-Winged Dove(Zenaida asiatica) |
Description: This dove seemed to be keeping an eye on me and the parakeets. As I was preparing to leave Corpus Christi, getting the RV ready for the road, I visited an RV Park and found many dozens of nesting Monk Parakeets. Apparently Corpus Christi Texas wasn't done with me yet! |
Date Taken: 2020:03:19 14:06 |
Location:
Nueces |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/5.6, 1/4000 |
File Name: WhiteWingedDove_D505750-CorpusChristi-TX |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |

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