Monday, December 28, 2009

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Yesterday Dee and I spent four hours at San Bernard NWR on a perfect winter day. There were fewer birds than I had hoped for but we still saw 41 species.

The entrance road was lined with Loggerhead Shrikes and American Kestrels.

American Kestrel

Although the Moccasin Loop was quiet for water- and wading birds, we saw enough to keep us occupied.


Eastern Phoebe

Great Blue Heron

White Ibis

Ruddy Duck

Pied-billed Grebe

American Alligator

Bobcat Woods was very busy with common birds.

Bobcat Woods

Savannah Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Common Yellowthroat

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

The highlights of the day, though, were all the great views we had of raptors: Northern Harriers, Red-tailed Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawk, White-tailed Hawk, Merlin and Crested
Caracara.


Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

2 comments:

  1. Merry Christmas Jeff, have just looked through your previous posts over Christmas and love the photos! You're lucky to see so many raptors.

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  2. Hi, Sharon. We had hoped for a Bald Eagle but the number of other raptors made up for its absence.

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