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Found under rock on east faceing slope.
One of 7 present here (12 on the day).
Three-striped Dasher
Micrathyria didyma
young male
Santa Ana N.W.R.,
Hidalgo Co., Texas
6 October 2008
White-nosed Coati
Nasua narica
Rancho los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina
southern Tamaulipas, Mexico
8 December 2004
3 shots posted
Red-bellied Squirrel
Sciurus aureogaster
regular and black morph
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
11 May 2007
This species is normally gray with a red belly, but there are black morph animals as shown. This may be a pair. This image has been used in several squirrel books to illustrate these color morphs.
Orange Banner
Temenis laothoe
Rancho los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina
southern Tamaulipas, Mexico
4 December 2004
Green-backed Ruby-eye
Perichares philetes
Rancho los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina
southern Tamaulipas, Mexico
4 December 2004
Erato Heliconian
Heliconius erato
Rancho los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina
southern Tamaulipas, Mexico
4 December 2004
2 shots posted
Amazon Darner
Anax amazili
female
Santa Ana N.W.R.,
Hidalgo Co., Texas
4 October 2008
Thornbush Dasher
Micrathyria hagenii
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
8 May 2007
Desert Firetail
Telebasis salva
male
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
8 May 2007
Striped Firetail
Telebasis filiola
male
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
8 May 2007
two shots posted; male and female
Blue-faced Darner
Coryphaeschna adnexa
male
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
6 May 2007
two shots posted
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
Boca Chica,
near the mouth of the Rio Grande,
Cameron Co., Texas
25 April 2009
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium brasilianum
pair at nest cavity entrance
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
8 May 2007
2 shots posted
Common Black-Hawk
Buteogallus anthracinus
female at nest which contained one chick.
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
9 May 2007
Three flight shots of this same bird also posted. Ever wonder how close up images are taken of a hawk like this? I am posting a shot of a blind we erected at this Common Black-Hawk nest. The sitting platform in the blind was about 40 feet high and not for the faint of heart. We were a group of 4 serious bird photographers. The hawks successfully fledged their chick from this nest. I thought some people would be interested in how some of these shots are taken by serious photographers. The nest is in the large tree nearest the blind. Once the truck drives away and the photographers remain still in the blind, the hawks resume feeding their youngster. We could put two people in the blind at a time, and each pair of photographers typically stayed 4-5 hours. It takes patience.
Common Black-Hawk
Buteogallus anthracinus
adult
Rancho los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina
southern Tamaulipas, Mexico
9 December 2004
Common Black-Hawk
Buteogallus anthracinus
immature
catching a crab
Rancho los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina
southern Tamaulipas, Mexico
7 December 2004
3 shots posted of two different immature birds. I have spent several weeks on this ranch in southern Tamaulipas and we got to know individual birds and their areas.
Caspian Tern
Sterna caspia
Boca Chica,
near the mouth of the Rio Grande,
Cameron Co., Texas
25 April 2009
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
moulting from basic (winter) into alternate (breeding) plumage
Boca Chica,
near the mouth of the Rio Grande,
Cameron Co., Texas
25 April 2009
Yellow-headed Parrot
Amazona oratrix
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
6 May 2007
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
male
this is the "Mangrove" Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia oraria
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
10 May 2007
Wilson's Plover
Charadrius wilsonia
male
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
10 May 2007
2nd shot shows a female at same time and place
Tamaulipas Crow
Corvus imparatus
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
12 May 2007
ID'd by voice and size, but this is the only crow species which occurs anywhere near this area. American Crow does not even make it as far south as south Texas.
Squirrel Cuckoo
Piaya cayana
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
8 May 2007
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
7 May 2007
Rose-throated Becard
Pachyramphus aglaiae
male perched on nest
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
7 May 2007
2 shots of same bird posted
Ringed Kingfisher
Ceryle torquata
in flight
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina
Tamaulipas, Mexico
11 May 2007
two shots of same bird
Masked Tityra
Tityra semifasciata
male carrying food to nest
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
8 May 2007
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatus
female
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
8 May 2007
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Picoides scalaris
female - bringing food to young in a nest cavity
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
11 May 2007
Elegant Trogon
Trogon elegans
male at nest entrance
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
7 May 2007
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
12 May 2007
Caspian Tern
Sterna caspia
in flight
Rancho Los Ebanos,
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas, Mexico
11 May 2007
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Megarynchus pitangua
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
7 May 2007
two images posted
Blackburnian Warbler
Setophaga fusca
male - late migrant
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
10 May 2007
Blue Bunting
Cyanocompsa parellina
male
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
8 May 2007
Altamira Oriole
Icterus gularis
at nest entrance
Rancho Los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina,
Tamaulipas,
Mexico
7 May 2007
two shots posted
Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
Rancho los Ebanos
near Soto La Marina
southern Tamaulipas, Mexico
4 December 2004
