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| Pied Bill Grebe with exuvia (dragonfly larvae)for the baby chicks. Thanks to Ragged Robin! for the ID |
"You just missed it!", exclaims an excited birder in the muggy and super moist environment. I think to myself, "Damn you Mr. Yellow Bill Cuckoo. Damn you Green Heron." Like every birder with a report, you run off to find those little gems hiding in the reeds, tree branches, or rocks.
Today I went to find the Green Heron, the Pied Billed Grebe, and the Yellow Bill Cuckoo. I found one of them:)
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| Mourning Dove |
Which isn't bad at all. But when you consider, "You just missed it!" Well that can make it frustrating:) It was so muggy. We were all wiping our brows from the moisture dripping off our faces. I was a mess. And it was only 7 AM!!! No joke about our desert. It's a hot one here. Afternoon is off limits and the mornings are sometimes barely acceptable:) From sun up +2 hours, you have to bird. So that means you have to get up early in the morning. No shower for me until I get back.
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| Gila Woodpecker |
But I am always rewarded with unique views of birds. I did find the cormorants. They flew off later and I thought the below shot was nice.
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| Neotropic Cormorants |
Yellow Billed Cuckoo? No. A Yellow Headed Blackbird. Still a nice find:)
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| Yellow Headed Blackbird(female) |
Oh and this Moorhen was needing a little photo attention. "Look at me! Look at me!" It's still hard to believe, for me, that this bird is related to the Purple Gallinule.
I snapped a shot of this bird last year in Panama. There are some similarities.
And dragonflies. No matter how much I try to resist taking their pictures, I can't help but snap one more shot.
The good news is that I did find the parent Grebe with some food for the little ones. They were hiding in the reeds and it was fun watching the parents get the food. And on top of that, I met another really nice birder who shared her observations on this day. I was in a chatty mood. Until next time...:)
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| Pied Billed Grebe |
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