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Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus)Observer
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Purple Martin (Progne subis)Observer
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Making their crazy gurgly noises :)
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Barred Owl (Strix varia)Observer
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On Texas State campus. Watched him pull a crawfish out of the stream and eat it.
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Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)Observer
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Took me a while to ID, literally the last bird in Sibley’s book haha. Very cool little dudes even if they are introduced.
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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)Observer
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Calling from the top of the tree
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Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)Observer
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In a flock with Black-crested Titmice
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Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)Observer
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Western because of darker malar patch and song.
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Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)Observer
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Make and female, bleating and laughing all morning.
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Purple Martin (Progne subis)Observer
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There’s also a house finch or two in the photo. Purple martins were singing their gurgly chirps. The property owner said the first ones of the season had just arrived this week.
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Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)Observer
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Foggy morning made for a low color picture.
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Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)Observer
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Male and female Lesser Goldfinch. Female was flapping wings and chirping to male.
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Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)Observer
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Foggy morning with bad pics but still identifiable by sight and their lovely peeping.
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Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)Observer
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ID’d with its song on my Professor led Ornithology field trip. It was a very foggy morning though, tough to get clear photos
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Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris)Observer
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The bird was drumming. It appeared female with no red on the head. I’m not sure if females drum or not though
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Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)Observer
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Singing his little heart out all morning.
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Sassacus papenhoeiObserver
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Very tiny little dude, maybe less than a centimeter
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Honeysuckle Family (Family Caprifoliaceae)Observer
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Family of the Day: Caprifoliaceae