After lunch we headed over to the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center which is adjacent to the Laguna Madre. As we walked in we were already greeted by a Great Egret.
The Birding Center
The Great Egret getting a drink
The Great Egret
Loggerhead Shrike
American Coot
American Coots
Great Blue Heron
Tri-colored Heron
Great Blue Heron hoping the fisherman
catches something he can have!
Reddish Egret
Wonderful skies today with perfect reflections!
What a perfect day!
Reddish Egret
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Black Skimmer
Sanderling
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron and a Great Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
A little old alligator
A better look at the alligator
The water was low and clear so you could
see the fish plainly - so could the birds!
Turtles basking in the sun
Common Moorhen
Moorhens
Tri-colored Heron
Ready for flight
Our surroundings
Mexican Mallard Intergrade
White Ibis
Mottled Duck
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron - he is pretty colorful
Monarch Butterfly
A view from the top level of the Birding Center
All the birds people have identified at the Birding Center
We stopped in the Birding Center to get some water which they didn't have and hit the restrooms. Then we decided to take the boardwalks next to the South Padre Island Convention Center. These boardwalks are older and there isn't as much traffic but the main reason we decided to go is that I saw a Roseate Spoonbill take flight in that area so we had to go find them.
The area looks much the same
There's a spoonbill in there!
And we found them! - The Roseate Spoonbill
Gotta love the reflections today!
Northern Pintails
Roseate Spoonbills
Great Blue Heron taking off
Love the sky and water today!
A Great Blue Heron and a White Ibis
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