The past two years we've volunteered at LBJ State Park for the months of October - December. Nearby Pedernales State Park has some amazing bird blinds that offer excellent photo ops. We didn't volunteer at LBJ this year but we did decide to stop by Pedernales one morning to see what was going on at the blinds.
The water feature was popular with the various finches:
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| Lesser Goldfinches and House Finches bathing |
There were very few sparrows, but this Lincoln's Sparrow made an appearance:
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| Lincoln's Sparrow |
Lot's of Northern Cardinals, and the Texas State Bird stopped by!
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| Northern Cardinal - male |
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| Northern Mockingbird |
On the small side, an Orange-crowned Warbler and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet posed long enough for pictures:
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| Orange-crowned Warbler |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
The larger White-winged Doves and Western Scrub Jays enjoyed the water feature.
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| White-winged Dove |
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| Western Scrub Jay |
The male Lesser Goldfinches were striking:
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| Lesser Goldfinch - male |
But the best show had to be this male Northern Cardinal bathing in the lower pool of the water feature. He must have been getting ready for Christmas!!
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| Get this side clean... |
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| Now that side... |
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| Done!!! |
Mark
Good job finding a kinglet that would sit still long enough to get a picture! :)
ReplyDeleteWow, that Cardinal is very vigorous in his bathing!
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