So the big day was pushed to tomorrow, but today was pretty cool too. I went to Amelia Earhart Park and saw quite a lot. That was my first visit there and it's a truly beautiful park; you should check it out.
Many more species were seen, but these were the notable photographs.
Post-script: The Egyptian Goose record from yesterday has been submitted for review. It'll be the 7th confirmed breeding record in the state for this species. I want those numbers to be as low as possible.
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| American Coot on the left and Common Moorhen on the right |
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| What kind of duck is this? |
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| White Ibis |
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| I sat under this male Osprey for probably an hour, hoping he'd hunt. He didn't. |
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| A mallard trying to mate with a Muscovy. Animal mating can be pretty violent. |
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| So birds have one hole for all excretions (feces, urine, and sperm) called the cloaca or vent (pink parts on both birds). Most birds just press them together to mate, but mallards also have a pseudo-penis (not seen here). |
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| Mexican Spinytail Iguana |
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| Pied-billed Grebe |
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| Slider. Can't tell which kind. Where are my herpetologist buddies? |
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| Tricolored Heron |
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| Double-crested Cormorant |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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| Black and White Warbler |
Many more species were seen, but these were the notable photographs.
Post-script: The Egyptian Goose record from yesterday has been submitted for review. It'll be the 7th confirmed breeding record in the state for this species. I want those numbers to be as low as possible.
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