2021-02-04 Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa

Buff-Bellied Hummingbird(Amazilia yucatanensis) |
Description: Buff-Bellied Hummingbirds are present year-round in south Texas, including here at the Laguna Vista Nature Trail. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 10:23 |
Location:
Laguna Vista |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: BuffBelliedHummingbird_D5X7958-LagunaVista-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Buff-Bellied Hummingbird(Amazilia yucatanensis) |
Description: Buff-Bellied Hummingbirds are present year-round in south Texas, including here at the Laguna Vista Nature Trail. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 10:23 |
Location:
Laguna Vista |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: BuffBelliedHummingbird_D5X7962-LagunaVista-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Great-Tailed Grackle(Quiscalus mexicanus) |
Description: When the grackle mob showed up at the feeding station, it was every bird for itself. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 11:27 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/250 |
File Name: GreatTailedGrackle_D5X8171-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Great-Tailed Grackle(Quiscalus mexicanus) |
Description: When the grackle mob showed up at the feeding station, it was every bird for itself. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 11:29 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/500 |
File Name: GreatTailedGrackle_D5X8217-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Great-Tailed Grackle(Quiscalus mexicanus) |
Description: When the grackle mob showed up at the feeding station, it was every bird for itself. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 11:34 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/250 |
File Name: GreatTailedGrackle_D5X8302-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Great-Tailed Grackle(Quiscalus mexicanus) |
Description: When the grackle mob showed up at the feeding station, it was every bird for itself. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 11:37 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/125 |
File Name: GreatTailedGrackle_D5X8369-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Great-Tailed Grackle(Quiscalus mexicanus) |
Description: When the grackle mob showed up at the feeding station, it was every bird for itself. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 12:37 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/125 |
File Name: GreatTailedGrackle_D5X8938-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Green Jay(Cyanocorax yncas) |
Description: Green Jays are always entertaining. These at Atascosa were no exception. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 11:21 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/250 |
File Name: GreenJay_D5X8059-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Green Jay(Cyanocorax yncas) |
Description: Green Jays are always entertaining. These at Atascosa were no exception. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 12:07 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/250 |
File Name: GreenJay_D5X8589-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Ladder-Backed Woodpecker(Dryobates scalaris) |
Description: Ladder-backed Woodpeckers worked all the trees around the feeders at Atascosa. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 12:28 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: LadderBackedWoodpecker_D5X8825-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Ladder-Backed Woodpecker(Dryobates scalaris) |
Description: Ladder-backed Woodpeckers worked all the trees around the feeders at Atascosa. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 12:48 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: LadderBackedWoodpecker_D5X8952-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Long-Billed Thrasher(Toxostoma longirostre) |
Description: I met my first Long-Billed Thrashers last spring here at Atascosa, and I enjoyed getting re-acquainted. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 11:18 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/125 |
File Name: LongBilledThrasher_D5X8000-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Long-Billed Thrasher(Toxostoma longirostre) |
Description: I met my first Long-Billed Thrashers last spring here at Atascosa, and I enjoyed getting re-acquainted. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 11:20 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/500 |
File Name: LongBilledThrasher_D5X8029-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Long-Billed Thrasher(Toxostoma longirostre) |
Description: I met my first Long-Billed Thrashers last spring here at Atascosa, and I enjoyed getting re-acquainted. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 12:17 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/250 |
File Name: LongBilledThrasher_D5X8771-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Northern Cardinal(Cardinalis cardinalis) |
Description: Cardinals are a fixture in most places here in south Texas, and Atascosa was no exception. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 11:19 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/250 |
File Name: NorthernCardinal_D5X8011-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Northern Cardinal(Cardinalis cardinalis) |
Description: Cardinals are a fixture in most places here in south Texas, and Atascosa was no exception. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 11:46 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/500 |
File Name: NorthernCardinal_D5X8434-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Northern Cardinal(Cardinalis cardinalis) |
Description: Cardinals are a fixture in most places here in south Texas, and Atascosa was no exception. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 12:12 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/250 |
File Name: NorthernCardinal_D5X8726-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Olive Sparrow(Arremonops rufivirgatus) |
Description: Olive Sparrows keep low to the floor of the thorny forest at Atascosa. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 12:52 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/500 |
File Name: OliveSparrow_D5X8962-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Orange-Crowned Warbler(Leiothlypis celata) |
Description: At the Laguna Vista Nature Trail, I enjoyed the company of these warblers. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 10:18 |
Location:
Laguna Vista |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: OrangeCrownedWarbler_D5X7933-LagunaVista-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Orange-Crowned Warbler(Leiothlypis celata) |
Description: As with many places I visited this winter in south Texas, Orange-Crowned and Yellow-Rumped were most prevalent. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 12:05 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/125 |
File Name: OrangeCrownedWarbler_D5X8556-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Red-Winged Blackbird(Agelaius phoeniceus) |
Description: At Atascosa, all the blackbirds I met seemed to be bachelor Red-Wings. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 11:22 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/250 |
File Name: RedWingedBlackbird_D5X8087-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Red-Winged Blackbird(Agelaius phoeniceus) |
Description: At Atascosa, all the blackbirds I met seemed to be bachelor Red-Wings. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 11:37 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/125 |
File Name: RedWingedBlackbird_D5X8359-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


White-Tipped Dove(Leptotila verreauxi) |
Description: The only doves I saw during my visit to Atascosa were White-Tipped. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 12:34 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/500 |
File Name: WhiteTippedDove_D5X8888-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Yellow-Rumped Warbler(Setophaga coronata coronata) |
Description: As with many places I visited this winter in south Texas, Orange-Crowned and Yellow-Rumped were most prevalent. I spent the day in Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa Thursday. I didn’t find any unusual birds, but I enjoyed those that I met. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:04 12:34 |
Location:
Laguna Atascosa NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/250 |
File Name: YellowRumpedWarbler_D5X8883-AtascosaNWR-TX |
© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |

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