Fotogalleri

Beskrivelse: low in the vegetation - close to freshwater (pond)

Titel: A clumsy touchdown by the Heron is clearly disturbing the Anhinga

Beskrivelse: Note the breeding look of the Heron - i.e white top and bright-blue base of bill

Titel: Female or a 1Y male

Titel: 3 is a crowd....

Beskrivelse: A pair on the small island in the lake... a single duck arrived and this situation was the result... up and down for some time - and then the intruder left

Titel: Re-fueling after a long non-stop migration from i.e. Yucatan (app. 18 hours). The black mulberries are perfect for the purpose - contains lots of sugar.

Beskrivelse: To the left a 2nd winter sub-adult bird (grey wash at sides of breast). The other 2 gulls are adults.

Beskrivelse: Restricted distribution in Texas and NE Mexico.... southern/western relative to Tufted Titmouse

Titel: Drinking and bathing

Beskrivelse: This state park is worth a visit - realy great birding i.e. Golden-cheeked Warbler. Relatively easy and guided acces in most of the area. Wild Turkey is easy to spot - and the park supports the habitat favoured by the turkeys.

Titel: Cheek dominated by white in pattern, White bars to the top of the back (compare with Nuttall's Woodpecker)

Beskrivelse: The western population is more yellow than orange - eastern is notably more orange (look at pics from Texas and Mexico)

Titel: ...common hummer in this area, but about the only area in US to Watch this hummer.

Titel: .... colorful 'underwear'

Titel: Lucy's Warbler is about the only warbler breeding in the 'hot deserts' in SW- USA. It can seem very plain gray as here, but there is some brown on the upper tail - and the male has a small brown crown. Here as typical seen in mesquite not yet leafed out.

Titel: note the chestnut-brown upper tail - important ID for this othewise plain gray bird

Titel: In US a SW-orientated sayornis-flycatcher - and south in Mexico

Titel: Nuttall's is almost a California endem related to oak- and cottonwoods. The close relative Ladder-backed Woodpecker is found in arid areas in Arizona and east to Texas. They can inter-breed, but they hardly overlap.

Beskrivelse: 2 ID factors relevant for both sexes are: - prominent black in the pattern of the cheek in Nuttall's - while this is opposite in Ladder-backed. Also the upper back of Nuttall's is plain black - while Ladder-backed have white bars al the way up to the neck.

Titel: Springtime singing... in the mesquite

Beskrivelse: Rather restricted distribution in California/Oregon and NV Mexico. Big Morongo gives you a fair chance to see the bird.