Here are two images of Tricolored Heron taken from Port Aransas Birding Center.
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Tricolored Heron
I took advantage of two excellent bird watching destinations in Port Aransas, Texas (April 2009). The first was Paradise Pond (lots of migrant song birds) and the second was Port Aransas Birding Center (lots of waders and shore birds). Both were excellent because of diversity and proximity - there were plenty of species to see, and they tended to be close.
Here are two images of Tricolored Heron taken from Port Aransas Birding Center.
Here are two images of Tricolored Heron taken from Port Aransas Birding Center.
Tricolored Heron
Since my previous two posts have been about blue wading birds, I figured I would add a third (while I wait for Super Bowl XLII to resume play in the second half). I guess it is possible for the Tricolored Heron to get confused with either of the other two blue herons, but his white belly and the thin line of white up the front of his neck give him away. You can find Tricolored Heron pretty much all year long along the gulf coast and up the east coast to about North Carolina. I have seen them in eastern Virginia in the warmer months.
This photo is another from Anhinga Trail in Everglades National Park, taken last month. While the line of white up his neck is not visible here, his white belly is obvious.
This photo is another from Anhinga Trail in Everglades National Park, taken last month. While the line of white up his neck is not visible here, his white belly is obvious.
Tricolored Heron
Today I drove south and west from Lafayette. I ended up at the Sabine Pass Swing Bridge. While that description of my travels today may seem random, I meant to go there. There is a colony of swallows nesting on the underside of the bridge, something that I wanted to check out. I got zero pictures of swallows because they fly too fast for my current photography skills. On the other hand, this Tricolored Heron was grabbing an easy meal (the food was easy enough for him not to care too much about me), and not flying, so I snapped a couple of photos. He is all pretty in his breeding plumage. The third photo shows just how close to Texas I got today.
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