July 3, 2011: Birds On Our Island

 Osprey

Ring-Billed Gull

July 4, 2010: 1,000 Island Photos

Photos from 1,000 Islands once again, to celebrate the Fourth of July

Happy Fourth of July!

A small berry bush found throughout the island

Osprey grabs a fish while a gull watches

Red berries on the island

Caspian Tern


Below: Eastern Kingbird photos:

Great Blue Heron

Blueberries on the island

Sedum

April 6, 2008: MV Skimmer Whooping Crane Tour (Fulton, TX)

This morning, we took the Whooping Crane boat tour out of Fulton Harbor, led by Rockport Adventurs. (Link). We cannot say enough about how wonderful of a tour this was. Captain Tommy Moore was a great host! This tour was WELL worth the money. We got oustanding Whooping Crane looks, which you will see below, but even beyond that, we saw a lot more cool stuff! A great time!

We also had a great lunch in Fulton at the Moon Dog restaurant, just down the road from the MV Skimmer. GREAT lunch! The Crab cakes appetizer and Grouper sandwich were outstanding, and it was realxing to sit out on the patio and enjoy the view.

Photos of Fulton Harbor and the Skimmer:

This Eurasian Collared Dove was in the parking lot greeting us
Double-Crested Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Above and Below: Displaying Tri-Colored Herons
Great Blue Heron
Laughing Gull
Reddish Egrets
Brown Pelicans
Gull-Billed Tern (behind the Royal Terns)
Black Skimmers
our only Long-Billed Curlew sighted on the trip
our lifer Seaside Sparrow
Black-Necked Stilt
Sandwich Tern
Double-Crested Cormorant

Some great shots of Whooping Cranes!








Laughing Gull
Northern Harrier
Black-Bellied Plover
Willet
Brown Pelican
nice Great Blue Heron shot
American Oystercatchers (below is a baby oystercatcher!)

Royal and Sandwich Terns
Ruddy Turnstone
These Laughing Gulls look like trouble!

Brown Pelicans (the above has odd posture!)

juvenile Laughing Gull


BIRD'S EYE view of MV Skimmer in Fulton Harbor (interactive link) MAP view of Fulton Harbor (interactive link)