of Mitchell Lake Audubon Sanctuary near San Antonio Texas

Featuring landbirds recorded in 2006, including a Groove-billed Ani carrying a tune, a mother Lesser Nighthawk walking to its baby, several begging Barn Swallows, a large flock of Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, a dazzling Painted Bunting, and slow-motion versions of several clips (without sound).

SLOW MOTION VIDEO CLIPS

46 s	Yellow-billed Cuckoo  tugging at leaves - but why?
13 s	Groove-billed Ani  flying off branch with a big jump
22 s	Groove-billed Ani  preening during a light rain
13 s	Lesser Nighthawk  mother walking up to shelter its baby
9 s	Mourning Dove  flying off a branch
17 s	Osprey  flying low
11 s	Northern Harrier  immature flying from a short snag
7 s	Harris's Hawk  adult flying from a snag
9 s	Broad-winged Hawk  soaring in poor light
18 s	Red-tailed Hawk  flying low - note the reddish underparts
11 s	Red-tailed Hawk  immature unnerved by a Northern Mockingbird
23 s	Olive-sided Flycatcher  flying off a snag and returning with a wasp
3 s	Least Flycatcher  flying off a branch
14 s	Vermilion Flycatcher  female flying from snag and returning
11 s	Ash-throated Flycatcher  flying from a telephone wire
7 s	Brown-crested Flycatcher  calling and flying from branches
23 s	Couch's Kingbird  flying off branch after a dragonfly flies by
5 s	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  adult flying from a branch
6 s	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  fledgling flying from a perch
32 s	Barn Swallow  fledglings begging adults for food
6 s	Barn Swallow  feeding babies on their nest
30 s	Cliff Swallow  male and female perched together before flying
9 s	Yellow Warbler  female flying off a branch
4 s	Yellow-rumped Warbler  male flying right off a branch
3 s	Pyrrhuloxia  male flying from a branch
29 s	Painted Bunting  adult male singing and fluffing its plumage
8 s	Baltimore Oriole  adult male foraging in branches
14 s	Red-winged Blackbird  male spreading its wings while singing

NORMAL SPEED VIDEO CLIPS

9 s	Northern Bobwhite  male and female walking
37 s	Northern Bobwhite  male and female walking
65 s	Yellow-billed Cuckoo  tugging at leaves - but why?
21 s	Groove-billed Ani  flying off branch after calling
3 s	Groove-billed Ani  jumping off branch after sitting in the rain
81 s	Groove-billed Ani  preening during a light rain
11 s	Groove-billed Ani  singing a rare series of coo's
30 s	Groove-billed Ani  singing a rarely heard composition
75 s	Lesser Nighthawk  mother walking up to shelter its baby
40 s	Lesser Nighthawk  immature cooling itself - and listening to cicadas?
11 s	Mourning Dove  flying off a branch
18 s	Mourning Dove  adult preening to the right of immatures
19 s	Osprey  flying low
17 s	Northern Harrier  immature flying from a short snag
6 s	Harris's Hawk  adult flying from a snag
45 s	Red-tailed Hawk  soaring low - note the reddish underparts
25 s	Red-tailed Hawk  immature unnerved by a Northern Mockingbird
33 s	Crested Caracara  adult soaring
53 s	Olive-sided Flycatcher  flying off a snag and returning with a wasp
11 s	Least Flycatcher  flying off a branch
28 s	Vermilion Flycatcher  female flying from snag and returning
38 s	Brown-crested Flycatcher  calling and flying from branches
40 s	Couch's Kingbird  flying off branch after a dragonfly flies by
11 s	Western Kingbird  adult flying from a fence wire
25 s	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  adult calling and flying from a branch
9 s	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  fledgling flying from a perch
31 s	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  subset of 110 birds between 6 telephone poles
8 s	Bell's Vireo  singing
22 s	Bell's Vireo  foraging
20 s	Northern Mockingbird  watching the videocamera
27 s	Carolina Wren  scolding at the videocamera
39 s	Barn Swallow  fledglings begging adults for food
15 s	Barn Swallow  feeding babies on their nest
49 s	Cliff Swallow  male and female perched together before flying
44 s	Clay-colored Sparrow  adult looking around and changing perches
14 s	Yellow Warbler  female foraging
7 s	Yellow-rumped Warbler  male flying down from a branch
13 s	Yellow-rumped Warbler  male flying right off a branch
4 s	Pyrrhuloxia  male flying from a branch
48 s	Painted Bunting  adult male singing and fluffing its plumage
19 s	Baltimore Oriole  adult male foraging in branches
4 s	Bullock's Oriole  adult male scolding
20 s	Bullock's Oriole  adult male giving two calls
30 s	Bullock's Oriole  female foraging and preening
17 s	Orchard Oriole  adult male perched in the wind
31 s	Yellow-headed Blackbird  adult male foraging among Red-winged Blackbirds
45 s	Red-winged Blackbird  male singing while spreading its wings
13 s	Red-winged Blackbird  female or immature male in a bush

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