There were a lot of Teals (both blue- and green-winged) and a lot of turtles, but other than that, not a lot of the birds we usually see. In this picture, you see a couple of Ibis, a lot of turtles, and a bunch of "brown" ducks -- they might be redheads, but I couldn't tell.We did see one Spoonbill flying over (too quick to get a picture), and there was some sort of heron off in a corner "dancing" around, but I could not get a clear picture of that one either.
However, of the pics I got of some of the birds, this is my favorite: a male Blue-winged Teal in his breeding plumage, among rippling water with stray feathers and a great reflection.
This is a Ruddy Duck, whose breeding season is March to August. You can see that his blue bill is almost back to gray (no, it's not all mud).
I took a pic of a Ruddy at this same place back during the summer. Who knows, it might even be the same duck! But you can see that he is much brighter and his whole bill is blue!
We often see Nutria at Port A -- this time, we only saw one and he was a small one. They are often considered pests in many parts of the world (like Louisiana). I wonder if they're edible? (Marc says they're pretty nasty -- they're like rats.)
3 comments:
love the pics. I'm gonna hitch a ride with y'all some time!
Sally -- you are most welcome to join us! We'll probably go a couple more times between now and March.
I'll try to get day 3 up tomorrow. We didn't see a lot of whoopers, and they weren't close, but those we did see flew and I got some good flight pics!
Yo from up north. My brother crawled off of my combine and headed for your neck of the woods. He winters on the beach near there. On Windward drive south of CC if my memory serves me correctly.
Port Aransas caught my attention as it was a place I visited two winters ago.
Great pics as always. Stay well. We're getting to see some typical temps here. After 60 today we'll be in the low 30's for high temps the rest of the week.
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