These pictures were taken on January 10th, 2010 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission Texas. This is a fairly rare bird but does show up occassionally in Southern Arizona and in the Rio Grande Valley of Southern Texas. His main diet is insects but also eats insect larvae, fruits and berries. He doesn't normally come to feeders but will eat peanut butter.
These pictures were taken on January 1st, 2010 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission Texas. The upper picture is a male which has a red crown. Females don't have the red crown (bottom picture).
This picture was taken on January 1st, 2010 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission Texas. They are a small owl that is most active in early morning and late evening but will hunt during the day as well. Smaller birds will mob this guy when he's around.
These pictures were taken on January 1st, 2010 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission Texas.
These pictures were taken on January 1st, 2010 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission Texas.
These pictures were taken on January 1st, 2010 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Texas.
This picture was taken on January 4th, 2010 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission Texas.
These pictures were taken on January 2nd, 2010 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission Texas.
This picture was taken on January 1st, 2010 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission Texas. The Inca Dove sometimes will display a very unusual action called pyramiding. Up to 12 birds will huddle together in the sunshine, some sitting on the backs of others in up to 3 layers.
These pictures were taken on January 1st, 2010 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission Texas. If someone calls you a Chachalaca, you're probably too loud and are talking too much.
This picture was taken on January 1st, 2010 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission Texas. I never get tired of taking pictures of Cardinals.
These pictures were taken on January 4th, 2010 at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park Mission, Texas. This Tiger Heron was first spotted on December 21st, 2009 and has been seen on most days since then. It is the first Bare-throated Tiger Heron ever documented in the United States. Every night he flies to a roosting area on the south side of the canal and each morning he flies to the grassy area along the canal and behind the State Park buildings. The main part of his diet seems to be rats he has been seen eating them and some people have even been lucky enough to get pictures of him/her catching and swallowing a rat.
These pictures were taken on December 23rd, 2009 at Mike Rhodes riverfront property, Mission Texas.
These pictures were taken on December 23rd, 2009 at Mike Rhodes Riverfront property, Mission Texas.
These pictures were taken on December 31st, 2009 at Estero Llano Grande State Park, Texas. Moorhens have very long toes that they can use at times to walk on floating vegetation. They have no webbing between their toes but are still good swimmers. The bottom picture is a juvenile.
This picture was taken on December 23rd, 2009 on the Old Military Road, Mission Texas. This is the largest Kingfisher in North America and measures about 15.5" in length. for nesting, they make a hole in the bank of a river or stream and lay their eggs on a bed of fish bones. Both male and female take part in digging the hole, incubating the eggs and rearing the young.
These pictures were taken on December 23rd, 2009 at the Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission Texas.
This picture was taken on December 23rd, 2009 at the Bentsen Palm Village RV Resort, Mission Texas.
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