Migration

I am migrating south.  The Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese in New Mexico were awesome.

Cranes are flying in huge V's and skeins, calling and landing together in a field.  Spectacular. 



                                                                               

                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             








Snow Geese crowd themselves together.      

There are some Blue morph Snow Geese in the photo below.


















and on into Texas where this Snowy Egret shared a branch with a White Ibis.
















This Tri-colored Heron is resting after an active foraging session.  It was very successful catching small fish.











Dolphin on Calcasieu River with Cypress trees along the river.









The bird I wanted to see in Texas was a Masked Booby.  It had been absent for a week when I arrived. I spent 2 days looking for it and then departed.  Of course, it showed up yesterday afternoon, now that I am no longer in the area.