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The 4th really southern flycatcher reported for Texas in 3 months

Piratic Flycatcher at a Pollywog Pond mulberry tree (near Corpus Christi)

Discovered on 3 May 2008 by Gene Blacklock just in time for Sunday crowds

First a female (27 April 2008), followed by a male a week later (2 May)

COMING SOON: Hudsonian Godwits visit the same basin at Mitchell Lake

Watch the phalaropes try to distract him.

Long-distant migrant, on its way back from Argentina or adjacent countries

Swainson's Hawk hovering above a tractor

Not shown - the tractor and the other hawks migrating as a group

In the same tree at WarblerWoods where a female was videotaped last May

Cerulean Warbler - a male!  Scroll down 15 paragraphs for video of that female

A very slow Shutter speed (used in very shady conditions) still stopped his wings and tail.

A species much easier to find in Europe

a Ruff wanders to central Texas

Notice her ruffled feathers - blowing in the wind!

Snowbird, where'd you park your RV?

low-light but High-definition clips of a male Allen's Hummingbird

He spent the 2007-08 Winter at Bentsen - Rio Grande State Park

Rare bird visits The Nature Conservancy Lennox Foundation Southmost Preserve (Texas)

a Fork-tailed Flycatcher in High-definition and Regular Video        --AND 20 still frames from the video clips

Discovered by Chris Butler and Max Pons on 16 March 2008 on this south Texas preserve       200+ observers saw this bird by the time it departed on 30 March, 2 weeks later       Max Pons, Brad McKinney, Mary Gustafson, David Bend, George Colley assisted birders.

Sandia Crest, New Mexico, Elevation 10,678 feet, Temperature 10°F, Wind Chill -39°F

Rosy-Finches around the Crest House Gift Shop and Restaurant on 8 January 2008

one HDV 1080p clip slowed to 1/10 speed - all others resized to 640 x 480p (DV resolution)

From the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas

Whooping Crane frames from High-definition video

extracted from 1080p footage shot from a boat

Seven Texas Christmas Bird Count Birds

Prairie Warbler, Merlin, 3 sparrows, and 2 icterids

Hear the Western Meadowlark and Savannah Sparrows call

Some rare and uncommon swimmers for central Texas

Black Scoter, Common Goldeneye, Horned Grebe, and an odd Eared Grebe

Lake Pflugerville sketched onto a Google Earth image of NE Austin

Some Fall migrants in San Antonio, all starting with "S"

Summer Tanager and Sanderling and Say's Phoebe

Lone birds en route to their wintering grounds.

Local birders discover two more rarities in Texas

Gray Kingbird & Masked Duck taped 11 November 2007 northwest of Corpus Christi, Texas

This long-billed kingbird species normally occurs in the West Indies and Central and South America.      This species of duck is tropical, too, occurring in Texas primarily during wet years.

Knocked out of the sky by Tropical Storm Erin?

Long-tailed Jaeger taped 18 August 2007 near San Antonio, Texas

Interrupted (perhaps) on its flight from the Arctic to high seas off of South America?      Discovered by Martin Reid on 17 August 2007 at Braunig Lake in Bexar County, Texas

Taped at Mahncke Park, San Antonio, Texas on 29 July 2007

FLEDGLING and  PARENT Couch's Kingbird

Note the 2-part call of the fledgling - the 2nd part sounds like a common call of the adult

Although many birds are declining, southern species now nest in Ogle County!

44 VIDEOS OF BREEDING BIRDS IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS

Including several deep-forest species at the 2291-acre Lowden-Miller State Forest

Some specialty birds from South Texas

MASKED DUCK, TAMAULIPAS CROW, GREEN PARAKEET,

BOTTERI'S SPARROW, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, ETC

3 New clips of Masked Duck pair added (F found 5-11 by Perrigo, M found 5-12 by Swan)

Rarity for the 2007 America's Birdiest Inland Large City Competition...

SWAINSON'S WARBLER - RARE BIRD IN CENTRAL TEXAS

Discovered by Sheridan Coffey, with Martin Reid

Susan and Don Schaezler's Web site and

32 VIDEOS FROM THEIR WARBLER WOODS

A woodland oasis northeast of San Antonio

The Nature Conservancy of Nebraska presents:

SANDHILL CRANES ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER

Dancing the Night Away

Some March birds from Arizona's Chiricahua Mountains

SPECIALTY LANDBIRDS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA

But if you want hummingbirds, go to the next link

66 samples of Iridescence

HUMMINGBIRDS IN SLOW MOTION

27 species from California, Texas, Louisiana, México, and Guatemala

Birds showing various degrees of head molt

FEBRUARY FORSTER'S TERNS

Note the dark carpal bar on some

Frames from the Louisiana 2001 Big Year

2001 BATTLE FOR THE BIRDS

Charlie Lyon vs. Malcolm Mark Swan

Videos of a different style

IN-YOUR-FACE WARBLERS BY PAUL CONOVER

Full frames using your browser's Flash plug-in

Striking plumage in a young hawk

THREE CLIPS OF A SINGLE HARRIS'S HAWK

Full frames using Flash

McCown's Longspur, Sprague's Pipit, and Mountain Plover:

PRAIRIE BIRDS VISIT SAN ANTONIO

Full frames using Flash

Mitchell Lake Audubon Sanctuary:

LANDBIRDS IN 2006

Full frames using Flash

Other clips from Bexar County, Texas, during 2006:
70 Jan clips ---	39 more Jan ---	42 Feb clips ---	35 more Feb ---	60 March ---	37 Oct Nov

   50 Species from Austria (central Europe)

   28 Texas rarities
     from all parts of the state since March 2002
   54 species from Oaxaca, México
   31 species from Veracruz, México
   4 species from Mitchell Lake Audubon Sanctuary, Texas
   Video Photography Technical Tips and 22 species of woodpeckers
   Pileated Woodpecker in flight

   Dragonflies    4 so far
   Leps from Veracruz, México    7 to date
   Some Methods for Processing Video Clips    incomplete for Windows and Linux

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