Harris's Hawk juvenile, foot up, Texas Abilene State Park

Harris's Hawk juvenile, foot up, Texas Abilene State ParkI don't think his foot is hurt. It seemed quite functional in other shots. Save 20% by purchasing entire collection.

The light has to strike the irridescent gorget feathers just so or else they look black

"Austral" means southern

These are my favorite cormorants because of their beautiful faces

This oriole's yellow back distinguishes it from Scott's Oriole

Here's the female to the previous orange oriole

This Peregrine Falcon stopped eating its gull to take a look at our busload of people

This shot shows the incredible bill this fellow has

This was another "sitting down"  find

They spend almost all their lives over the ocean coming ashore only to breed

heading up from Central and northern S America to their breeding grounds in Canada

Cowbirds may be opportunistic by laying its eggs in other birds' nests

Tennessee Warblers were very plentiful at the Convention Center