Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, full-body, Harlingen, Texas grebe on the water

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, full-body, Harlingen, Texas grebe on the waterHere my Yellow crowned Night Heron is posing in the sun for my hand held Nikon 4DS and 400 mm f2. 8 lens. Save 20% by purchasing entire collection.

These hawks are extremely common in South America and are notable for their bill colors

they prefer burrows for nests

We found a pair of Green Jays building a nest in a cemetery near Rio Hondo

The lighting was unique

I had plenty of time to shoot pictures

He was tired enough to allow me to get pretty close

He/she (sexes look alike) were very busy at the nest

The fairly new walkway around the face of the glacier gives the visitor a safe and thorough look at the glacier while protecting the shore vegetation

but this charming little gal's mom gave me permission to do so

This female and male pair of beautiful seedsnipes were on the roadside for a brief moment

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This little sparrow  was using his migratory break on S Padre to eat seeds off the ground