Roseate Spoonbills / Platalea ajaja, South Texas, 2019

Back to posting a few more images from my archives this evening. I am adding the description that I wrote under a different image taken on the same outing.

"This photo was taken on Day 11 of our 13-day birding trip to South Texas, in March 2019. The first place we went to was the Birding and Nature Centre, on South Padre Island. The afternoon before, we had spent two hours there, but our "proper" visit was for three hours in the morning of Day 11. Such a great place!

www.spibirding.com/

We had our picnic lunch at the nearby Convention Centre and then looked for a Yellow-throated Warbler near the Centre. Amazingly, we did see it, along with a Black and white Warbler and a Wilson's Warbler. Not easy trying to photograph these fast-moving little birds that get hidden among the branches.

Someone told us about a different location and a short drive south from the Centre took us to around W Sheepshead St and Laguna Blvd, where we saw a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Monarch butterflies, and a Green Anole (lizard).

Driving north again, we called in at a beach that was part of the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, where we could enjoy seeing the ocean waves and Laughing Gulls. This was our last stop before returning to our hotel, the Holiday Inn Express & Suites, Brownsville.

The next day, 30 March 2019, we had to drive from Brownsville to Houston, where we stayed for one night at La Quinta Inn & Suites Houston. The following day, we flew from Bush Intl Airport back to Calgary. What a fantastic holiday!"

Taken on: March 29, 2019

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USA

United States

South Texas

DAY 11

South Padre Island

Birding and Nature Centre

nature

wildlife

avian

ornithology

bird

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

two

adult

standing

wood

driftwood

water

wetland

outdoor

29 March 2019

Canon

SX60

Canon SX60

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Anne Elliott

Sets appears in: • 13-day trip to South Texas, 19-31 March 2019 • Birds of South Texas, 19-31 March 2019 more » • Canon SX60 « less

Groups appears in: • Bird Lovers • PHOTOGRAPHERS OF CANADA more » • Birds , Birds Birds • Beauty of Nature • *I Love Birds* • All things beautiful in Nature (no humans or man made objects) • Nature, wildlife, and the great outdoors • The Nature Conservancy • N A T U R E [no limits] • BIRDS ARE BEAUTIFUL. • Birdshare • CARBON FOOTPRINT [Nature Photography] (NO PETS!!) • Birds of South Texas • Birds of the world/ Oiseaux du monde • Canon SX30 / SX40 / SX50 / SX60 / SX70 • Any kind of wildlife/nature • Canon SX40 to SX70 and other Canon SX Bridge Cameras « less

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS, f/5.6, 1/800 sec, 188mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
Lens:	3.8-247.0 mm
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	188mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 12.0 Windows
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