2021-01-30 Boca Chica Beach

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American Avocet - Recurvirostra americana — **American Avocet**
*(Recurvirostra americana)*

**Description:**
Avocets were the most numerous birds on the river mouth. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:01:30 8:11

**Location:**

Boca Chica Beach
Brownsville, Texas
United States
19.69 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/1000

**File Name:** AmericanAvocet_D5X5899-BocaChicaBeach

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **American Avocet**
*(Recurvirostra americana)*

**Description:**
Avocets were the most numerous birds on the river mouth. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:01:30 8:11

**Location:**

Boca Chica Beach
Brownsville, Texas
United States
19.69 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/1000

**File Name:** AmericanAvocet_D5X5899-BocaChicaBeach

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos — **American White Pelican**
*(Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)*

**Description:**
White Pelicans foraged alongside the Brown Pelicans and the Avocets here on the river mouth. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:01:30 8:10

**Location:**

Boca Chica Beach
Brownsville, Texas
United States
19.69 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/1000

**File Name:** AmericanWhitePelican_D5X5895-BocaChicaBeach

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Bonaparte's Gull - Chroicocephalus philadelphia — **Bonaparte's Gull**
*(Chroicocephalus philadelphia)*

**Description:**
The Bonaparte's Gulls I met here on the river mouth seemed to be juveniles. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:01:30 8:15

**Location:**

Boca Chica Beach
Brownsville, Texas
United States
19.69 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** BonapartesGull_D5X6003-BocaChicaBeach

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis — **Brown Pelican**
*(Pelecanus occidentalis)*

**Description:**
Brown Pelicans forage by plunge diving, sometimes from great height, and sometimes from only a few feet. Occasionally they will dip in a manner similar to White Pelicans. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:01:30 8:22

**Location:**

Boca Chica Beach
Brownsville, Texas
United States
19.69 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** BrownPelican_D5X6165-BocaChicaBeach

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri — **Forster's Tern**
*(Sterna forsteri)*

**Description:**
Forster’s Terns are buoyant flyers when foraging, and can be a challenge to capture their images as they prepare a plunge dive. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:01:30 8:13

**Location:**

Boca Chica Beach
Brownsville, Texas
United States
19.69 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** ForstersTern_D5X5944-BocaChicaBeach

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca — **Greater Yellowlegs**
*(Tringa melanoleuca)*

**Description:**
Yellowlegs in Texas seem capable of making a living in many habitats. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:01:30 8:13

**Location:**

Boca Chica Beach
Brownsville, Texas
United States
19.69 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** GreaterYellowlegs_D5X5949-BocaChicaBeach

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla — **Laughing Gull**
*(Leucophaeus atricilla)*

**Description:**
Laughing Gulls are the most common gull on the Texas coast. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:01:30 8:44

**Location:**

Boca Chica Beach
Brownsville, Texas
United States
19.69 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** LaughingGull_D5X6568-BocaChicaBeach

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Space-X’s Texas Launch Facility - Scenery — **Space-X’s Texas Launch Facility**
*(Scenery)*

**Description:**
Boca Chica Beach, near the mouth of the Rio Grande is the site of Space-X’s Texas launch facility. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:01:30 7:33

**Location:**

Boca Chica Beach
Brownsville, Texas
United States
22.97 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 7, 29 mm, f/8.0, 1/250

**File Name:** LaunchComplex_Z7X3381-Space-X_BocaBeach-TX

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Net Fishing - Scenery — **Net Fishing**
*(Scenery)*

**Description:**
I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach, where fishermen from Mexico and their families cast nets at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:01:30 8:28

**Location:**

Boca Chica Beach
Brownsville, Texas
United States
19.69 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
motorola one 5G UW, 4.85 mm, f/1.7, 1/2000

**File Name:** NetFishing-IMG_20210130_BocaBeach-RiverMouth

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Reddish Egret - Egretta rufescens — **Reddish Egret**
*(Egretta rufescens)*

**Description:**
The larger white egret here appears to be a white-morph Reddish Egret. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:01:30 8:41

**Location:**

Boca Chica Beach
Brownsville, Texas
United States
19.69 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** ReddishEgret-WhiteMorph-Juvenile_D5X6541-BocaChicaBeach

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Ring-Billed Gull - Larus delawarensis — **Ring-Billed Gull**
*(Larus delawarensis)*

**Description:**
Gulls like this first year Ring-Billed, sometimes perch atop foraging pelicans, hoping to snag an escaped fish from the larger bird’s crop. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:01:30 8:34

**Location:**

Boca Chica Beach
Brownsville, Texas
United States
19.69 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** RingBilledGull_D5X6328-BocaChicaBeach

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Snowy Egret - Egretta thula — **Snowy Egret**
*(Egretta thula)*

**Description:**
Snowy Egrets joined the crew of shorebirds, pelicans and gulls at the mouth of the Rio Grande. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:01:30 8:13

**Location:**

Boca Chica Beach
Brownsville, Texas
United States
19.69 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** SnowyEgret_D5X5953-BocaChicaBeach

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

Avocets were the most numerous birds on the river mouth. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.

American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

Frantic foragers. Avocets were the most numerous birds on the river mouth. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.

American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

Here we see a size comparison with three species. Avocets were the most numerous birds on the river mouth. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.

American White Pelican

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

White Pelicans foraged alongside the Brown Pelicans and the Avocets here on the river mouth. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.

American White Pelican

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Bonaparte's Gull

Chroicocephalus philadelphia

The Bonaparte's Gulls I met here on the river mouth seemed to be juveniles. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.

Bonaparte's Gull

Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Sometimes you just gotta scratch that itch! The Bonaparte's Gulls I met here on the river mouth seemed to be juveniles. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.

Bonaparte's Gull

Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Bonaparte's Gull

Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Brown Pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis

Brown Pelicans forage by plunge diving, sometimes from great height, and sometimes from only a few feet. Occasionally they will dip in a manner similar to White Pelicans. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.

Brown Pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis

Loafing on the beach. Brown Pelicans forage by plunge diving, sometimes from great height, and sometimes from only a few feet. Occasionally they will dip in a manner similar to White Pelicans. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.

Brown Pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis

Brown Pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis

Brown Pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis

Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri

Forster’s Terns are buoyant flyers when foraging, and can be a challenge to capture their images as they prepare a plunge dive. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.

Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri

Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri

Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri

Forster’s Terns are buoyant flyers when foraging, and can be a challenge to capture their images. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.

Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca

Yellowlegs in Texas seem capable of making a living in many habitats. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.

Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca

Laughing Gull

Leucophaeus atricilla

Laughing Gulls are the most common gull on the Texas coast. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.

Space-X’s Texas Launch Facility

Scenery

Boca Chica Beach, near the mouth of the Rio Grande is the site of Space-X’s Texas launch facility. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.

Net Fishing

Scenery

I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach, where fishermen from Mexico and their families cast nets at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.

Reddish Egret

Egretta rufescens

The larger white egret here appears to be a white-morph Reddish Egret. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.

Ring-Billed Gull

Larus delawarensis

Gulls like this first year Ring-Billed, sometimes perch atop foraging pelicans, hoping to snag an escaped fish from the larger bird’s crop. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.

Ring-Billed Gull

Larus delawarensis

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

Snowy Egrets joined the crew of shorebirds, pelicans and gulls at the mouth of the Rio Grande. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

Snowy Egrets joined the crew of shorebirds, pelicans, gulls and other waders at the mouth of the Rio Grande. I rode my bike to the southern end of Boca Chica Beach and enjoyed meeting the foraging birds at the mouth of the Rio Grande. This is the east-most border of Texas and Mexico.