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  1. Semipalmated Plover

    Semipalmated Plover

    Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) non-breeding plumage.
  2. Black-bellied Plover

    Black-bellied Plover

    Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae) also known as the Grey Plover, non-breeding plumage.
  3. Semipalmated Plover

    Semipalmated Plover

    Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
  4. Reddish Egret, Juvenile

    Reddish Egret, Juvenile

    Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens rufescens) juvenile, hiding in the sea ox-eye (Borrichia frutescens: Asteraceae).
  5. Inca Dove

    Inca Dove

    Inca Dove (Columbina inca).
  6. Forster's Tern

    Forster's Tern

    Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri) non-breeding plumage.
  7. Piping Plover

    Piping Plover

    Piping Plover (Charadrius melodies)
  8. Black-bellied Plover

    Black-bellied Plover

    Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae) also known as the Grey Plover, non-breeding plumage.
  9. Bronzed Cowbirds

    Bronzed Cowbirds

    Bronzed Cowbirds (Molothrus aeneus aeneus) two males.
  10. Banded Tussock Moth Caterpillars

    Banded Tussock Moth Caterpillars

    Banded Tussock Moth Caterpillars (Halysidota tessellaris: Erebidae) Caterpillars can reach 4.4 cm (1.73 in) long.
  11. Brown-headed Cowbird, Bronzed Cowbird, and Common Starling

    Brown-headed Cowbird, Bronzed Cowbird, and Common Starling

    Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater ater) male, Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus aeneus) male, Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris).
  12. Reddish Egret (white morph) breeding plumage

    Reddish Egret (white morph) breeding plumage

    Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens rufescens) white morph in breeding plumage.
  13. Forster's Tern

    Forster's Tern

    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.
  14. Dunlin

    Dunlin

    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.
  15. Reddish Egret (white morph)

    Reddish Egret (white morph)

    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.
  16. Stilt Sandpiper

    Stilt Sandpiper

    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.
  17. Willet

    Willet

    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.
  18. Pied-billed Grebe (adult breeding)

    Pied-billed Grebe (adult breeding)

    Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps subsp. podiceps) Sexes similar. Photographed in Ingleside, San Patricio County, Texas, USA. Live stock pond in the Gulf Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Area in an urban setting at 4 m (13 ft) elevation.
  19. Red Saddlebags (male)

    Red Saddlebags (male)

    Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta: Libellulidae) Body length of 4.1-4.8 cm (1.6-1.9 in) long. Photographed at South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center in Corpus Christi, San Patricio County, Texas, USA. Gulf Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Area. Margin of a large shallow salt flat dominated...
  20. Neotropic Cormorant (juvenile)

    Neotropic Cormorant (juvenile)

    Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus) There are four subspecies with two being recognized. Only subspecies mexicanus is mapped for Texas. Sexes similar. Photographed at a small pond in Live Oak Park in south Ingleside, San Patricio County, Texas, USA. Pond with adjacent...
  21. Laughing Gull (breeding plumage)

    Laughing Gull (breeding plumage)

    Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla megalopterus) Two subspecies are recognized with only megalopterus being mapped for Texas. Sexes similar. Photographed at Port Aransas, San Patricio County, Texas, USA. Beach along Redfish Bay.
  22. Great-tailed Grackle (female)

    Great-tailed Grackle (female)

    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...
  23. Least Sandpiper (breeding plumage)

    Least Sandpiper (breeding plumage)

    Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) Sexes similar. Smallest of the Calidris sandpipers. The female often leaves the young with the males for a few days after hatching before she returns to help with the rearing duties. Photographed at Red Fish Bay near Aransas Pass, San Patricio County...
  24. Gull-billed Tern (breeding plumage)

    Gull-billed Tern (breeding plumage)

    Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica aranea) Six subspecies are recognized with only subspecies aranea being mapped for Texas. Sexes similar. This thick-billed tern is unlike most terns in that it does not depend on on fish. Photographed at Red Fish Bay near Aransas Pass, San Patricio...
  25. Pied-billed Grebe

    Pied-billed Grebe

    Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps podiceps) There are four subspecies with three or four being recognized with only the nominate being mapped for North America. Sexes similar. Photographed in Ingleside, San Patricio County, Texas, USA. Live stock pond in the Gulf Prairies and Marshes...
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