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Happy Birthday Judy

This is the day I have to be nice to her *all* day, no matter what.

A warm foggy morning. A little too wet to sit outside, so coffee in the windshield.

A drive north. Across the ferry. Ingleside for a visit with our friends at Johnson Greenhouse. A loop through Bayside, around Copano Bay. Hooded Mergansers. A huge flock of Snow Geese and Sandhill Cranes. Back through Holiday Beach. Looked for the Whooping Cranes but didn’t spot them. Rockport for lunch at Mac’s Barbecue. The sun came out about two. 70 degrees. A cloud of Black Skimmers at Jetty Beach.

A nice day for the three of us, Judy, Annie, and me.

Happy Birthday Judy.
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November bird list

  Both whistling ducks, white tailed hawks, crested caracaras, limpkins, oystercatchers, godwits, red knots, scissor-tailed flycatchers, fish crows.   5 states.  123 birds.  1 lifer, the Northern Jacana.  

1 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Texas sandia
2 Fulvous Whistling-Duck Texas choke canyon state park
3 Snow Goose Louisiana interstate 10
4 Wood Duck Texas hazel bazemore
5 American Wigeon Texas charlie’s pasture
6 Mallard Florida orlando area
7 Mottled Duck Texas choke canyon state park
8 Blue-winged Teal Texas port aransas
9 Cinnamon Teal Texas birding center
10 Northern Shoveler Texas port aransas
11 Northern Pintail Texas charlie’s pasture
12 Green-winged Teal Texas port aransas
13 Redhead Texas port aransas
14 Surf Scoter Texas port aransas.  ballfields ponds.
15 Ruddy Duck Texas port aransas
16 Pied-billed Grebe Florida orlando area
17 American White Pelican Florida ding darling wildlife refuge
18 Brown Pelican Florida ding darling wildlife refuge
19 Neotropic Cormorant Texas port aransas
20 Double-crested Cormorant Florida ding darling wildlife refuge
21 Anhinga Florida orlando area
22 Great Blue Heron Florida corkscrew swamp sanctuary
23 Great Egret Florida ding darling wildlife refuge
24 Snowy Egret Louisiana interstate 10
25 Little Blue Heron Florida ding darling wildlife refuge
26 Tricolored Heron Florida ding darling wildlife refuge
27 Reddish Egret Florida ding darling wildlife refuge
28 Cattle Egret Florida corkscrew swamp sanctuary
29 Green Heron Florida big cypress boardwalk
30 Black-crowned Night-Heron Florida orlando area
31 White Ibis Florida ding darling wildlife refuge
32 White-faced Ibis Texas choke canyon state park
33 Roseate Spoonbill Florida ding darling wildlife refuge
34 Wood Stork Florida ding darling wildlife refuge
35 Black Vulture Florida orlando area
36 Turkey Vulture Florida corkscrew swamp sanctuary
37 Osprey Florida ding darling wildlife refuge
38 Northern Harrier Texas gulf waters
39 Harris’s Hawk Texas choke canyon state park
40 Red-shouldered Hawk Florida corkscrew swamp sanctuary
41 White-tailed Hawk Texas gulf waters
42 Red-tailed Hawk Texas tivoli area
43 Crested Caracara Texas holiday beach
44 American Kestrel Florida corkscrew swamp sanctuary
45 Peregrine Falcon Texas gulf waters
46 Sora Texas birding center
47 Common Moorhen Florida orlando area
48 American Coot Alabama interstate 10
49 Limpkin Florida orlando area
50 Sandhill Crane Florida corkscrew swamp sanctuary
51 Black-bellied Plover Texas gulf waters beach
52 Piping Plover Texas gulf waters beach
53 Killdeer Louisiana interstate 10
54 American Oystercatcher Texas gulf waters beach
55 Black-necked Stilt Texas port aransas
56 American Avocet Texas port aransas
57 NORTHERN JACANA Texas choke canyon state park
58 Spotted Sandpiper Texas packery channel
59 Greater Yellowlegs Texas charlie’s pasture
60 Willet Florida ding darling wildlife refuge
61 Lesser Yellowlegs Texas charlie’s pasture
62 Long-billed Curlew Texas gulf waters
63 Marbled Godwit Texas packery channel
64 Ruddy Turnstone Texas gulf waters beach
65 Red Knot Texas gulf waters beach
66 Sanderling Texas gulf waters beach
67 Western Sandpiper Texas charlie’s pasture
68 Least Sandpiper Texas charlie’s pasture
69 Dunlin Texas port aransas
70 Short-billed Dowitcher Florida ding darling wildlife refuge
71 Long-billed Dowitcher Texas port aransas
72 Wilson’s Snipe Texas gulf waters
73 Laughing Gull Texas port aransas
74 Ring-billed Gull Texas port aransas
75 Herring Gull Texas gulf waters beach
76 Caspian Tern Texas charlie’s pasture
77 Forster’s Tern Alabama interstate 10
78 Royal Tern Florida ding darling wildlife refuge
79 Sandwich Tern Texas gulf waters beach
80 Rock Pigeon Florida orlando area
81 Eurasian Collared-Dove Florida orlando area
82 White-winged Dove Texas port aransas
83 Mourning Dove Florida corkscrew swamp sanctuary
84 Inca Dove Texas blucher
85 Belted Kingfisher Florida orlando area
86 Golden-fronted Woodpecker Texas choke canyon state park
87 Red-bellied Woodpecker Florida corkscrew swamp sanctuary
88 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Florida pensacola area
89 Northern Flicker Florida pensacola area. red shafted
90 Pileated Woodpecker Florida big cypress boardwalk. heard.
91 Eastern Phoebe Texas choke canyon state park
92 Couch’s Kingbird Texas choke canyon state park
93 Western Kingbird Texas sandia
94 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Texas choke canyon state park
95 Loggerhead Shrike Florida corkscrew swamp sanctuary
96 White-eyed Vireo Florida big cypress boardwalk
97 Blue Jay Florida corkscrew swamp sanctuary
98 Green Jay Texas choke canyon state park
99 American Crow Florida orlando area
100 Fish Crow Louisiana interstate 10
101 Horned Lark Texas charlie’s pasture
102 Carolina Wren Texas choke canyon state park
103 Bewick’s Wren Texas choke canyon state park
104 House Wren Texas choke canyon state park
105 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Florida pensacola area
106 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Florida big cypress boardwalk
107 American Robin Florida pensacola area
108 Gray Catbird Florida corkscrew swamp sanctuary
109 Northern Mockingbird Florida corkscrew swamp sanctuary
110 European Starling Louisiana interstate 10
111 Tennessee Warbler Texas stork anhinga pond
112 Orange-crowned Warbler Texas paradise pond
113 Yellow-rumped Warbler Texas gulf waters
114 Palm Warbler Florida corkscrew swamp sanctuary
115 Common Yellowthroat Texas stork anhinga pond
116 Savannah Sparrow Texas gulf waters
117 Northern Cardinal Florida ding darling wildlife refuge
118 Red-winged Blackbird Florida corkscrew swamp sanctuary
119 Eastern Meadowlark Texas tivoli area
120 Common Grackle Florida corkscrew swamp sanctuary
121 Boat-tailed Grackle Florida orlando area
122 Great-tailed Grackle Texas port aransas
123 House Sparrow Texas port aransas

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Saturday

  The sun came back out.  The wind and rain went away.  Fifty degrees.  A birding day.   Drove south to Loyola Beach and Riviera Beach on Baffin Bay, then worked our way back north.  Found a spot for Green Jays.  Got a Franklin’s gull.  Found a least grebe and a marsh wren at the birding center.  Found an unrecognizable carcass on the road, but it still had a flight feather on it so we brought it home and looked it up.  Barn Owl!  A short-eared owl flew across the road in front of us and almost became another unrecognizable carcass.  73 birds:  

1 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck riveria area
2 Greater White-fronted Goose riveria area
3 Snow Goose riveria area
4 American Wigeon riveria area
5 Mottled Duck riveria area
6 Blue-winged Teal birding center
7 Northern Shoveler riveria area
8 Northern Pintail riveria area
9 Green-winged Teal birding center
10 Redhead riveria area
11 Ring-necked Duck gulf waters
12 Bufflehead mustang island
13 Ruddy Duck gulf waters
14 Least Grebe birding center
15 Pied-billed Grebe gulf waters
16 American White Pelican mustang island
17 Brown Pelican mustang island
18 Double-crested Cormorant mustang island
19 Great Blue Heron gulf waters
20 Great Egret mustang island
21 Snowy Egret riveria area
22 Little Blue Heron riveria area
23 Tricolored Heron riveria area
24 Reddish Egret charlie’s pasture
25 Black-crowned Night-Heron birding center
26 White Ibis mustang island
27 Roseate Spoonbill mustang island
28 Black Vulture riveria area
29 Turkey Vulture mustang island
30 Osprey mustang island
31 Northern Harrier mustang island
32 Harris’s Hawk riveria area
33 White-tailed Hawk birding center
34 Red-tailed Hawk riveria area
35 Crested Caracara riveria area
36 American Kestrel mustang island
37 Merlin birding center
38 Common Moorhen birding center
39 American Coot gulf waters
40 Sandhill Crane riveria area
41 Black-bellied Plover mustang island
42 Killdeer mustang island
43 American Oystercatcher mustang island
44 Black-necked Stilt mustang island
45 Spotted Sandpiper charlie’s pasture
46 Greater Yellowlegs mustang island
47 Willet mustang island
48 Lesser Yellowlegs charlie’s pasture
49 Long-billed Curlew mustang island
50 Ruddy Turnstone mustang island
51 Sanderling mustang island
52 Least Sandpiper riveria area
53 Laughing Gull mustang island
54 Franklin‘s Gull riveria area
55 Ring-billed Gull mustang island
56 Forster’s Tern mustang island
57 Rock Pigeon mustang island
58 Eurasian Collared-Dove ballfields
59 Mourning Dove gulf waters
60 Barn Owl mustang island.  road kill
61 Short-eared Owl charlie’s pasture
62 Golden-fronted Woodpecker riveria area
63 Loggerhead Shrike mustang island
64 Green Jay riveria area
65 Horned Lark charlie’s pasture
66 Marsh Wren birding center
67 Northern Mockingbird riveria area
68 European Starling mustang island
69 Common Yellowthroat birding center
70 Lark Sparrow riveria area
71 Savannah Sparrow riveria area
72 Eastern Meadowlark mustang island
73 Great-tailed Grackle gulf waters