Bryan wilburn
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Given the rather sporty WX in the Corpus area I decided the best thing to do was head to the Leonabelle Birding Center in Port Aransas Tx.
Most of the birds were tucked into the lee of the wind, and there were not a lot of birds in residence around noon.
The Celebrity migrants, the Whooping Cranes, were across the lake, but not a lot of interesting targets. So on to paradise Pond, and who guessed it, there was water in the “pond”! But not a lot of birds. On the way out I spotted some movement in the underbrush and started trying to get on target through the branches.
I thought at first it was a Snipe, but the coloring was off. It was rocking and bobbin fore and aft as it slowly walked, and took great pains to stay under cover. Then I got a clear shot as it made it’s way into the underbrush. When I got home I looked it up, and got a surprise.
A “Lifer”, an American Woodcock. Uncommon and secretive, they are found in the Eastern half of N America. It’s a winter visitor to the lower Coastal Bend to the Mississippi Delta, and N Florida.
After a few minutes it vanished into the underbrush.
Canon R5 Mk II RF 100-500 500mm f11 1/2500th ISO5000
Most of the birds were tucked into the lee of the wind, and there were not a lot of birds in residence around noon.
The Celebrity migrants, the Whooping Cranes, were across the lake, but not a lot of interesting targets. So on to paradise Pond, and who guessed it, there was water in the “pond”! But not a lot of birds. On the way out I spotted some movement in the underbrush and started trying to get on target through the branches.
I thought at first it was a Snipe, but the coloring was off. It was rocking and bobbin fore and aft as it slowly walked, and took great pains to stay under cover. Then I got a clear shot as it made it’s way into the underbrush. When I got home I looked it up, and got a surprise.
A “Lifer”, an American Woodcock. Uncommon and secretive, they are found in the Eastern half of N America. It’s a winter visitor to the lower Coastal Bend to the Mississippi Delta, and N Florida.
After a few minutes it vanished into the underbrush.
Canon R5 Mk II RF 100-500 500mm f11 1/2500th ISO5000
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