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bronzed cowbird
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common starling
molothrus aeneus aenus
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portland
san patricio county
sturnus vulgaris
texas
usa
Forsters Tern (Sterna forsteri) Coastal Bend Area, Portland, San Patricio County, Texas, USA. Sunset Lake Park, a small peninsula jutting into Nueces and Corpus Christi Bays, sea level.
Dunlin (Calidris alpina subsp. hudsonia) Sexes similar. Breeding plumage (well almost). Indian Point Park and Pier, Corpus Christi Bay, Portland, San Patricio County, Texas, USA. Shoreline of Corpus Christi Bay with typical coastal vegetation just inland.
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) Sexes similar. All white form. Coastal Bend Area, Portland, San Patricio County, Texas, USA. Sunset Lake Park, a small peninsula jutting into Nueces and Corpus Christi Bays, sea level. Nueces Bay side.
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidrris himantopus) Sexes similar. Adult breeding on the left. Bird on the right has not made the plumage transformation yet. Coastal Bend Area, Portland, San Patricio County, Texas, USA. Sunset Lake Park, a small peninsula jutting into Nueces and Corpus Christi Bays, sea level.
Willet (Tringa semipalmata subsp. inornata) Non-breeding adult. Indian Point Park and Pier, Corpus Christi Bay, Portland, San Patricio County, Texas, USA. Shoreline with typical coastal vegetation just inland.
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus atratus) Three subspecies are recognized including the nominate. Only the nominate is mapped for the USA. Photographed near Portland, San Patricio County, Texas, USA. Gulf Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Area at ca. 13 m (43 ft) elevation. Open disturbed...
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres morinella) There are two recognized subspecies with only subspecies morinella mapped for Texas. Sexes similar. Indian Point Park and Pier, Portland, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Bay side, Corpus Christi Bay.
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus prosopidicola) Eight subspecies are recognized with two being mapped for Texas. Subspecies monsoni is found in West Texas while subspecies prosopidicola is wide spread in Texas. Species strongly sexually dimorphic. Photographed in Sunset Lake Park...
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres morinella) There are two recognized subspecies with only subspecies morinella mapped for Texas. Sexes similar. One of my favorite all time pictures, not because of the quality or subject matter but because it illustrates how things are not always like they...
Willet (Tringa semipalmata inornatus) Two subspecies are recognized with both being found in Texas. The nominate subspecies semipalmata breeds in Texas but does not winter here. Semipalmata is generally gone from Texas by the end of July. The western subspecies inornatus is present year round...
Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway audubonii) A picture that I could not resist! Photographed in Sunset Lake Park, Portland, San Patricio County, Texas, USA. Narrow strip of land jutting into the Nueces Bay on the west side with Corpus Christi Bay on the east side. Dominated by shrubby salt...
Redbud Flower (Menodora heterophylla: Oleaceae) This native perennial grows decumbent to ca. 25 cm (ca. 10 in) tall and flowers from February to October. Photographed in Portland, Nueces County, Texas, U.S.A. Roadside adjacent to agriculture field, converted coastal prairie at ca. 13 m (43 ft)...