Rocking the birds at Rockport
Roseate Spoonbills are not challenging to identify, but they certainly brighten up a day of birding. Spoonbills can be found at all seasons in the region of Rockport/Fulton on the central Texas coast. From Oak Harbor, Ohio, Kenn writes: In early March, much of North America still will be struggling to shake off winter, weary of the cold and impatient for spring. But on the central Texas coast, things will be hopping, as the abundant wintering birds mix with the first spring migrants. And we will be there also. We will be reviving a tradition that aims to increase the enjoyment of birding. Marbled Godwits, photographed in winter at Rockport, Texas. A wide variety of shorebirds can be found here through the winter, with more joining them during migration. For learning to identify shorebirds with confidence, it's especially helpful to see them in mixed flocks, where direct comparisons are possible. In the early 1990s, Victor Emanuel...