Bird Watching

Today was Alexandra's last day of spring break camp. I spent about 4.5 hours walking through a park, taking photos, and reading (although it was a little chilly). We're going to be studying birds soon and I want to learn the names of birds in our area, and help Alexandra learn them, too. I had lots of fun watching them and taking photos of them and Alexandra & I looked up their names tonight. (Let me know if I got any of them wrong!)

2 blue bellied whistling ducks and a ring billed gull

mourning dove

mockingbirds

(they were doing some kind of mating dance or

perhaps a territorial "show" -

they kept hopping around and mirroring each other )

the state bird of our state, Texas!

house sparrow - female

great egret

european starling

blue jay

blue bellied whistling ducks in tree

(I was so surprised to see DUCKS in a TREE!)
 

american coots