Gray Kingbird & Masked Duck brood in Texas - Bird Videos

in SOUTH TEXAS

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at *HAZEL BAZEMORE PARK* in Nueces County northwest of Corpus Christi, Texas Discovered 6 Nov 07 by Clay Taylor, this bird may represent the 6th Texas record.
27 s	Gray Kingbird catching a wasp and swallowing it
13 s	Gray Kingbird perched on a wire near a distant Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
21 s	Gray Kingbird watching from a wire, then flying directly right
6 s	Gray Kingbird watching from a wire, then flying down right
23 s	Gray Kingbird watching from a wire, then flying down left
at a *ROADSIDE, PRIVATELY-OWNED POND* in Live Oak County near Orange Grove, Texas Discovered 23 October 2007 by Ron West of Sandia, this brood represents one of the few USA breeding records.
13 s	Masked Duck immature surfacing and diving for food at a distance
12 s	Masked Duck immatures (4) swimming together
69 s	Masked Duck immatures (6) swimming together
9 s	Masked Duck immature surfacing near another, then diving
11 s	Masked Duck immature surfacing and another diving
13 s	Masked Duck immature swimming from left to right
8 s	Masked Duck immature diving while facing recordist
29 s	Masked Duck immature diving, surfacing, and diving again
16 s	Masked Duck immatures surfacing before diving again
25 s	Masked Duck immatures preening side by side behind vegetation
30 s	Masked Duck immature flapping its wings while another preens
29 s	Masked Duck immatures preening and swimming behind vegetation