2022-08-30 at Laguna Atascosa NWR

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Ash-Throated Flycatcher - Myiarchus cinerascens — **Ash-Throated Flycatcher**
*(Myiarchus cinerascens)*

**Description:**
I’d met Ash-Throated Flycatchers at the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge during my spring visits to Brownsville Texas in 2020 and 2021. This bird in August 2022 was silent, so I’m not 100% sure of its identity. Brown-Crested and Great Crested Flycatchers look very much like the Ash-Throated Flycatcher.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:30 10:00

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Buena Vista, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000

**File Name:** AshThroatedFlycatcher_8506369-LagunaAtascosa

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **Ash-Throated Flycatcher**
*(Myiarchus cinerascens)*

**Description:**
I’d met Ash-Throated Flycatchers at the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge during my spring visits to Brownsville Texas in 2020 and 2021. This bird in August 2022 was silent, so I’m not 100% sure of its identity. Brown-Crested and Great Crested Flycatchers look very much like the Ash-Throated Flycatcher.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:30 10:00

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Buena Vista, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000

**File Name:** AshThroatedFlycatcher_8506369-LagunaAtascosa

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Green Jay - Cyanocorax yncas — **Green Jay**
*(Cyanocorax yncas)*

**Description:**
Green Jays are the most common birds at the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. On this August visit, many of the birds were molting, with sheathed feathers erupting from their heads and faces. Some of the birds sported fresh feathered finery, and some were young birds from the recent breeding season.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:30 10:43

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Buena Vista, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500

**File Name:** GreenJay_8506509-LagunaAtascosa

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Long-Billed Thrasher - Toxostoma longirostre — **Long-Billed Thrasher**
*(Toxostoma longirostre)*

**Description:**
Like many locations in south Texas, the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge has its share of Long-Billed Thrashers. On my summer visit in August 2022, they seemed more shy than my spring visits in 2020 and 2022.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:30 11:16

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Buena Vista, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250

**File Name:** LongBillThrasher_8506628-LagunaAtascosa

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura — **Mourning Dove**
*(Zenaida macroura)*

**Description:**
I believe the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge has four large dove species year-round. Mourning Doves, White-Winged, and White-Tipped Doves are native, but the invasive Eurasian Collared Dove is not. The much smaller and shier Common Ground Doves and Inca Doves are also found here.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:30 11:45

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Buena Vista, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200

**File Name:** MourningDove_8506732-LagunaAtascosa

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Mourning Warbler - Geothlypis philadelphia — **Mourning Warbler**
*(Geothlypis philadelphia)*

**Description:**
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is only a few miles north of South Padre Island on the Texas Gulf Coast. Migrating birds, such as this young Mourning Warbler, pass through here each spring and fall.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:30 9:37

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Buena Vista, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250

**File Name:** MourningWarbler_8506281-LagunaAtascosa

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Red-Eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus — **Red-Eyed Vireo**
*(Vireo olivaceus)*

**Description:**
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is only a few miles north of South Padre Island on the Texas Gulf Coast. Migrating birds, such as this Red-Eyed Vireo, pass through here each spring and fall.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:30 9:42

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Buena Vista, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500

**File Name:** RedEyedVireo_8506328-LagunaAtascosa

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Rio Grande Ground Squirrel - Ictidomys parvidens — **Rio Grande Ground Squirrel**
*(Ictidomys parvidens)*

**Description:**
When I saw these small squirrels at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, I thought it was a Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel. When I researched their range online, I learned they were not found this far south. I then realized these were Rio Grande Ground Squirrels.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:30 10:55

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Buena Vista, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600

**File Name:** RioGrandeGroundSquirrel_8506539-LagunaAtascosa

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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White-Tipped Dove - Leptotila verreauxi — **White-Tipped Dove**
*(Leptotila verreauxi)*

**Description:**
I believe the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge has four large dove species year-round. Mourning Doves, White-Winged, and White-Tipped Doves are native, but the invasive Eurasian Collared Dove is not. The much smaller and shier Common Ground Doves and Inca Doves are also found here.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:30 9:53

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Buena Vista, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600

**File Name:** WhiteTippedDove_8506356-LagunaAtascosa

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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White-Winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica — **White-Winged Dove**
*(Zenaida asiatica)*

**Description:**
I believe the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge has four large dove species year-round. Mourning Doves, White-Winged, and White-Tipped Doves are native, but the invasive Eurasian Collared Dove is not. The much smaller and shier Common Ground Doves and Inca Doves are also found here.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:30 9:44

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Buena Vista, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/320

**File Name:** WhiteWingedDove_8506339-LagunaAtascosa

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Worm-Eating Warbler - Helmitheros vermivorum — **Worm-Eating Warbler**
*(Helmitheros vermivorum)*

**Description:**
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is only a few miles north of South Padre Island on the Texas Gulf Coast. Migrating birds, such as this Worm-Eating Warbler, pass through here each spring and fall. This was my favorite bird of the day.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:30 10:00

**Location:**

Laguna Atascosa NWR
Buena Vista, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600

**File Name:** WormEatingWarbler_8506381-LagunaAtascosa

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Ash-Throated Flycatcher

Myiarchus cinerascens

I’d met Ash-Throated Flycatchers at the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge during my spring visits to Brownsville Texas in 2020 and 2021. This bird in August 2022 was silent, so I’m not 100% sure of its identity. Brown-Crested and Great Crested Flycatchers look very much like the Ash-Throated Flycatcher.

Green Jay

Cyanocorax yncas

Green Jays are the most common birds at the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. On this August visit, many of the birds were molting, with sheathed feathers erupting from their heads and faces. Some of the birds sported fresh feathered finery, and some were young birds from the recent breeding season.

Green Jay

Cyanocorax yncas

Green Jay

Cyanocorax yncas

Green Jay

Cyanocorax yncas

Green Jay

Cyanocorax yncas

Long-Billed Thrasher

Toxostoma longirostre

Like many locations in south Texas, the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge has its share of Long-Billed Thrashers. On my summer visit in August 2022, they seemed more shy than my spring visits in 2020 and 2022.

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

I believe the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge has four large dove species year-round. Mourning Doves, White-Winged, and White-Tipped Doves are native, but the invasive Eurasian Collared Dove is not. The much smaller and shier Common Ground Doves and Inca Doves are also found here.

Mourning Warbler

Geothlypis philadelphia

Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is only a few miles north of South Padre Island on the Texas Gulf Coast. Migrating birds, such as this young Mourning Warbler, pass through here each spring and fall.

Mourning Warbler

Geothlypis philadelphia

Mourning Warbler

Geothlypis philadelphia

Mourning Warbler

Geothlypis philadelphia

Red-Eyed Vireo

Vireo olivaceus

Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is only a few miles north of South Padre Island on the Texas Gulf Coast. Migrating birds, such as this Red-Eyed Vireo, pass through here each spring and fall.

Red-Eyed Vireo

Vireo olivaceus

Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is only a few miles north of South Padre Island on the Texas Gulf Coast. Migrating birds, such as this Red-Eyed Vireo, pass through here each spring and fall.

Rio Grande Ground Squirrel

Ictidomys parvidens

When I saw these small squirrels at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, I thought it was a Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel. When I researched their range online, I learned they were not found this far south. I then realized these were Rio Grande Ground Squirrels.

Rio Grande Ground Squirrel

Ictidomys parvidens

Rio Grande Ground Squirrel

Ictidomys parvidens

White-Tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

White-Winged Dove

Zenaida asiatica

Worm-Eating Warbler

Helmitheros vermivorum

Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is only a few miles north of South Padre Island on the Texas Gulf Coast. Migrating birds, such as this Worm-Eating Warbler, pass through here each spring and fall. This was my favorite bird of the day.