2022-09-18 SPI Farewell
20 Photos
Baltimore Oriole(Icterus galbula) |
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Description: This Baltimore Oriole passing through south Texas may travel as far as Mexico or even northern South America. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 11:46 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: BaltimoreOriole_8504372-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Belted Kingfisher(Megaceryle alcyon) |
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Description: Belted Kingfishers are ever-present wherever we find water bodies in south Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 11:27 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: BeltedKingfisher_8504325-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck(Dendrocygna autumnalis) |
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Description: Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck I toured the boardwalk at the SPI Birding and Nature Center and saw that the local Black-Bellied Whistling-Ducks were still raising babies in mid-September. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 10:44 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400 |
File Name: BlackBelliedWhistlingDuck_8504158-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck(Dendrocygna autumnalis) |
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Description: Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck I toured the boardwalk at the SPI Birding and Nature Center and saw that the local Black-Bellied Whistling-Ducks were still raising babies in mid-September. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 10:44 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: BlackBelliedWhistlingDuck_8504170-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Clapper Rail(Rallus crepitans) |
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Description: Clapper Rails, if they want to, can be nearly invisible as they navigate the marshes. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 11:37 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: ClapperRail_8504342-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eastern Wood-Pewee(Contopus virens) |
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Description: Most of the flycatchers I met on South Padre Island during this fall migration seemed to be Eastern Wood-Pewees. They were also the only ones I heard singing. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 12:24 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: EasternWoodPewee_8504504-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eastern Wood-Pewee(Contopus virens) |
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Description: Most of the flycatchers I met on South Padre Island during this fall migration seemed to be Eastern Wood-Pewees. They were also the only ones I heard singing. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 12:25 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: EasternWoodPewee_8504528-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) |
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Description: Great Blue Herons are the largest wading bird on the marshes shared by the South Padre Convention Center and the SPI Birding and Nature Center. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 10:08 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: GreatBlueHeron_8504079-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Egret(Ardea alba) |
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Description: Great Egrets are exceeded in stature by only the Great Blue Herons on the South Padre Island marshes. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 10:30 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: GreatEgret_8504087-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Juvenile Green Herons along the boardwalks at the SPI Birding and Nature Center sometimes allowed me to approach quite close, and I used the opportunity to capture headshots. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 11:07 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: GreenHeron_8504208-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Juvenile Green Herons along the boardwalks at the SPI Birding and Nature Center sometimes allowed me to approach quite close, and I used the opportunity to capture headshots. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 11:07 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_8504215-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Green Heron(Butorides virescens) |
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Description: Juvenile Green Herons along the boardwalks at the SPI Birding and Nature Center sometimes allowed me to approach quite close, and I used the opportunity to capture headshots. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 11:08 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: GreenHeron_8504246-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Least Flycatcher(Empidonax minimus) |
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Description: Least Flycatchers added themselves to the list of tricky flycatcher identification challenges here on South Padre Island. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 12:20 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: LeastFlycatcher_8504475-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Mottled Duck(Anas fulvigula) |
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Description: Mottled Duck are perpetual visitors to the marshes shared by the South Padre Convention Center and the SPI Birding and Nature Center. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 11:44 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: MottledDuck_8504368-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Roseate Spoonbill(Platalea ajaja) |
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Description: Here we have a mature Roseate Spoonbills on the left, and an immature bird on the right. These gorgeous birds loafed at day’s end on the marsh next to the SPI Convention Centre, though they occasionally, when the mood struck, would reposition to other parts of the island. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 10:47 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: RoseateSpoonbill_8504182-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Roseate Spoonbill(Platalea ajaja) |
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Description: Roseate Spoonbills loafed at day’s end on the marsh next to the SPI Convention Centre, though they occasionally, when the mood struck, would reposition to other parts of the island. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 11:35 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: RoseateSpoonbill_8504327-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Sandpiper(Actitis macularius) |
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Description: This juvenile Spotted Sandpiper seemed to enjoy the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 11:58 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: SpottedSandpiper_8504430-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Tricolored Heron(Egretta tricolor) |
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Description: Tricolored Herons along the boardwalks at the SPI Birding and Nature Center sometimes allowed me to approach quite close, and I used the opportunity to capture headshots. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 10:05 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: TriColoredHeron_8504035-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Tricolored Heron(Egretta tricolor) |
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Description: Tricolored Herons along the boardwalks at the SPI Birding and Nature Center sometimes allowed me to approach quite close, and I used the opportunity to capture headshots. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 10:08 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: TriColoredHeron_8504075-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow Warbler(Setophaga petechia) |
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Description: Yellow Warblers seemed to find the mangroves on the marshes shared by the South Padre Convention Center and the SPI Birding and Nature Center. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:18 11:56 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Bird and Natu |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: YellowWarbler_8504419-SPI-BNC |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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