Memories of Resaca de la Palma State Park

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Wilson's Phalarope - Phalaropus tricolor — **Wilson's Phalarope**
*(Phalaropus tricolor)*

**Description:**
While I was looking for anis, cuckoos, thrushes, buntings and warblers, a single Wilson’s Phalarope landed in the tiny nearby mud puddle. It was the only remaining water in the resaca. Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:04:29 11:01

**Location:**

Resaca de las Palmas
Brownsville, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200

**File Name:** WilsonsPhalarope_D509225-Resaca-de-las-Palmas

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **Wilson's Phalarope**
*(Phalaropus tricolor)*

**Description:**
While I was looking for anis, cuckoos, thrushes, buntings and warblers, a single Wilson’s Phalarope landed in the tiny nearby mud puddle. It was the only remaining water in the resaca. Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:04:29 11:01

**Location:**

Resaca de las Palmas
Brownsville, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200

**File Name:** WilsonsPhalarope_D509225-Resaca-de-las-Palmas

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Yellow-Billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanus — **Yellow-Billed Cuckoo**
*(Coccyzus americanus)*

**Description:**
Cuckoos are shy birds, and this one was no exception. It monitored me while maintaining an obscure position in the canopy. It was the only remaining water in the resaca. Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:04:29 10:50

**Location:**

Resaca de las Palmas
Brownsville, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250

**File Name:** YellowBilledCuckoo_D509198-Resaca-de-las-Palmas

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Inca Dove - Columbina inca — **Inca Dove**
*(Columbina inca)*

**Description:**
Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition. Spring is a time for courting and these Inca Doves were acting accordingly.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:04:29 9:22

**Location:**

Resaca de las Palmas
Brownsville, Texas
United States
45.93 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250

**File Name:** IncaDove_D509111-Resaca-de-las-Palmas

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Groove-Billed Ani - Crotophaga sulcirostris — **Groove-Billed Ani**
*(Crotophaga sulcirostris)*

**Description:**
Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition. In 2017 I met a single bird on Isla Socorro, 600 miles off the Pacific coast of Mexico. These were the first Groove-Billed Anis I met in a more expected habitat.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:04:29 11:23

**Location:**

Resaca de las Palmas
Brownsville, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640

**File Name:** GrooveBilledAni_D509344-Resaca-de-las-Palmas

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Couch's Kingbird - Tyrannus couchii — **Couch's Kingbird**
*(Tyrannus couchii)*

**Description:**
Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition. Looking nearly identical to Tropical Kingbirds, these Couch’s Kingbirds have a different song.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:04:29 8:50

**Location:**

Resaca de las Palmas
Brownsville, Texas
United States
45.93 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/400

**File Name:** CouchsKingbird_D509100-Resaca-de-las-Palmas

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Clay-Colored Thrush - Turdus grayi — **Clay-Colored Thrush**
*(Turdus grayi)*

**Description:**
Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition. Clay-Colored Thrushes proved rather camera-shy during this visit.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:04:29 11:32

**Location:**

Resaca de las Palmas
Brownsville, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** ClayColoredThrush_D509379-Resaca-de-las-Palmas

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Bronzed Cowbird - Molothrus aeneus — **Bronzed Cowbird**
*(Molothrus aeneus)*

**Description:**
Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition. This male Bronzed Cowbird was courting a nearby female.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:04:29 9:34

**Location:**

Resaca de las Palmas
Brownsville, Texas
United States
45.93 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640

**File Name:** BronzedCowbird_D509127-Resaca-de-las-Palmas

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Blue-Winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera — **Blue-Winged Warbler**
*(Vermivora cyanoptera)*

**Description:**
Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition. I met this Blue-Winged Warbler during my first visit here at the end of April.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:04:29 10:28

**Location:**

Resaca de las Palmas
Brownsville, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000

**File Name:** BlueWingedWarbler_D509142-Resaca-de-las-Palmas

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus — **Stilt Sandpiper**
*(Calidris himantopus)*

**Description:**
Stilt Sandpipers found the shallow remnant pond in the otherwise dry resaca a viable place to forage. I rode my bike across the reserve at Resaca de las Palmas on my last full day in Brownsville Texas.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:05:07 10:36

**Location:**

Resaca de las Palmas
Brownsville, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250

**File Name:** StiltSandpiper_D503769-Resaca-de-las-Palmas

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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White Ibis - Eudocimus albus — **American White Ibis**
*(Eudocimus albus)*

**Description:**
White Ibis here were plentiful, and occasionally bold. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:03:21 11:08

**Location:**

Resaca de la Palma
Brownsville, Texas
United States
52.49 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** WhiteIbis_D5X4514-ResacaDeLaPalma

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Louisiana Waterthrush - Parkesia motacilla — **Louisiana Waterthrush**
*(Parkesia motacilla)*

**Description:**
I spotted this waterthrush earlier, but pictures were not possible because of distance and brushy obstructions. This was my first meeting with the species. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:03:21 12:09

**Location:**

Resaca de la Palma
Brownsville, Texas
United States
52.49 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** LouisianaWaterThrush_D5X4649-ResacaDeLaPalma

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Least Grebe - Tachybaptus dominicus — **Least Grebe**
*(Tachybaptus dominicus)*

**Description:**
I saw but one pair of Least Grebes on the resaca during my visit, and the crayfish hunting was good. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:03:21 13:47

**Location:**

Resaca de la Palma
Brownsville, Texas
United States
52.49 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000

**File Name:** LeastGrebe_D5X4958-ResacaDeLaPalma

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea — **Little Blue Heron**
*(Egretta caerulea)*

**Description:**
For most of the time I spent at Hunter Lane, this heron was content to stay into the sun and out of camera range. Luckily, it broke the pattern briefly before I finished my day. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:03:21 13:00

**Location:**

Resaca de la Palma
Brownsville, Texas
United States
52.49 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000

**File Name:** LittleBlueHeron_D5X4790-ResacaDeLaPalma

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria — **Solitary Sandpiper**
*(Tringa solitaria)*

**Description:**
For a long time, the Solitary Sandpiper was a nemesis for me. This bird was only the second individual I managed to photograph. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:03:21 12:52

**Location:**

Resaca de la Palma
Brownsville, Texas
United States
52.49 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000

**File Name:** SolitarySandpiper_D5X4768-ResacaDeLaPalma

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Great Egret - Ardea alba — **Great Egret**
*(Ardea alba)*

**Description:**
Many wading birds, including this Great Egret, plied the shallow ponds for crayfish and other morsels. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:03:21 11:05

**Location:**

Resaca de la Palma
Brownsville, Texas
United States
52.49 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** GreatEgret_D5X4479-ResacaDeLaPalma

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus — **Great Kiskadee**
*(Pitangus sulphuratus)*

**Description:**
Great Kiskadees were actively working the edges of the resaca during my visit. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:03:21 12:42

**Location:**

Resaca de la Palma
Brownsville, Texas
United States
52.49 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** GreatKiskadee_D5X4688-ResacaDeLaPalma

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas — **Common Yellowthroat**
*(Geothlypis trichas)*

**Description:**
I met this bird at Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas after it was opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition. While Gray-Crowned Yellowthroats are present in south Texas, this Common Yellowthroat was what I found here.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:04:29 10:23

**Location:**

Resaca de las Palmas
Brownsville, Texas
United States
42.65 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/400

**File Name:** CommonYellowThroat_D509136-Resaca-de-las-Palmas

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

While I was looking for anis, cuckoos, thrushes, buntings and warblers, a single Wilson’s Phalarope landed in the tiny nearby mud puddle. It was the only remaining water in the resaca. Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition.

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus americanus

Cuckoos are shy birds, and this one was no exception. It monitored me while maintaining an obscure position in the canopy. It was the only remaining water in the resaca. Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition.

Inca Dove

Columbina inca

Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition. Spring is a time for courting and these Inca Doves were acting accordingly.

Groove-Billed Ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris

Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition. In 2017 I met a single bird on Isla Socorro, 600 miles off the Pacific coast of Mexico. These were the first Groove-Billed Anis I met in a more expected habitat.

Groove-Billed Ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris

Groove-Billed Anis are strange birds, with their heavy bills they appear more parrot-like than their cuckoo relatives. I rode my bike across the reserve at Resaca de las Palmas on my last full day in Brownsville Texas.

Groove-Billed Ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris

Groove-Billed Ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris

Groove-Billed Ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris

Groove-Billed Ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris

Couch's Kingbird

Tyrannus couchii

Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition. Looking nearly identical to Tropical Kingbirds, these Couch’s Kingbirds have a different song.

Couch's Kingbird

Tyrannus couchii

Couch's Kingbird

Tyrannus couchii

Unless they show their red crown patch, like the bird perched on the left, Couch’s Kingbirds are difficult to differentiate from Tropical Kingbirds, except by voice. I rode my bike across the reserve at Resaca de las Palmas on my last full day in Brownsville Texas.

Clay-Colored Thrush

Turdus grayi

Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition. Clay-Colored Thrushes proved rather camera-shy during this visit.

Clay-Colored Thrush

Turdus grayi

Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition. Clay-Colored Thrushes proved rather camera-shy during this visit.

Bronzed Cowbird

Molothrus aeneus

Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition. This male Bronzed Cowbird was courting a nearby female.

Blue-Winged Warbler

Vermivora cyanoptera

Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition. I met this Blue-Winged Warbler during my first visit here at the end of April.

Groove-Billed Ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris

Stilt Sandpiper

Calidris himantopus

Stilt Sandpipers found the shallow remnant pond in the otherwise dry resaca a viable place to forage. I rode my bike across the reserve at Resaca de las Palmas on my last full day in Brownsville Texas.

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

American White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

White Ibis here were plentiful, and occasionally bold. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds.

American White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

American White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

White Ibis here were plentiful, and occasionally bold. Occasionally a hard working ibis found a reward of a crayfish meal. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds.

Louisiana Waterthrush

Parkesia motacilla

I spotted this waterthrush earlier, but pictures were not possible because of distance and brushy obstructions. This was my first meeting with the species. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds.

Least Grebe

Tachybaptus dominicus

I saw but one pair of Least Grebes on the resaca during my visit, and the crayfish hunting was good. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds.

Least Grebe

Tachybaptus dominicus

I saw but one pair of Least Grebes on the resaca during my visit. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds.

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

For most of the time I spent at Hunter Lane, this heron was content to stay into the sun and out of camera range. Luckily, it broke the pattern briefly before I finished my day. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds.

Solitary Sandpiper

Tringa solitaria

For a long time, the Solitary Sandpiper was a nemesis for me. This bird was only the second individual I managed to photograph. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds.

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Many wading birds, including this Great Egret, plied the shallow ponds for crayfish and other morsels. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds.

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

Great Kiskadees were actively working the edges of the resaca during my visit. Hunter Lane is at the far side of the park, two miles from the Resaca de la Palma Visitor Center. It is the most reliable place in the reserve to find standing water, and my favorite place to enjoy birds.

Least Grebe

Tachybaptus dominicus

Common Yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichas

I met this bird at Resaca de las Palmas in Brownsville, Texas after it was opened to the public a few days before I left Texas on my 2020 expedition. While Gray-Crowned Yellowthroats are present in south Texas, this Common Yellowthroat was what I found here.