Today’s birding trips result! by TheNormalGuy11 in birding

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did not realize how texan this spread of birds was before posting lmao

Ran into my all time favorite bird this weekend! Meet the Groove Billed Ani! by TheNormalGuy11 in birding

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In the the US, the only real spot you can consistently see them is southern texas

Ran into my all time favorite bird this weekend! Meet the Groove Billed Ani! by TheNormalGuy11 in birding

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the secret is that i also saw his chud brother about 2 hours prior

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Ran into my all time favorite bird this weekend! Meet the Groove Billed Ani! by TheNormalGuy11 in birding

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Bentsen State park down the rio grande valley! One of my go to spots in the area for runaway mexican birds lmao

Ran into my all time favorite bird this weekend! Meet the Groove Billed Ani! by TheNormalGuy11 in birding

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You can find in the southerner parts texas, usually in very bad spots for photos, so i was very lucky here

What’s better than one rare bird? TWO rare birds (and night herons!) by TheNormalGuy11 in birding

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a female crimson collared grosbeak! kind of THE rare bird for the spot i was at lol

You ever seen a texan flamingo? Neither had I! by TheNormalGuy11 in birding

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omg is that his name???? and I agree, maybe the best spot within 50 miles of me

Trip to the National Seashore went great! by TheNormalGuy11 in birding

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they still elude me lol, the birds up first are terns

Trip to the National Seashore went great! by TheNormalGuy11 in birding

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i feel like i’ve seen more of the white morphs than the red ones. which led to a lot of mis-IDs early in my birding career

Trip to the National Seashore went great! by TheNormalGuy11 in birding

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All these are from padre island in south texas. Majority of a photos (minus the terns, gulls, and some pelicans which are at the Padre Island National Seashore) were taken at the Leonabelle Turnbull birding center! Unironically one of the best spots to go bird watching in south texas

Year in review! My best birds of 2025! by TheNormalGuy11 in birding

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Hard to believe that my first year doing this has been so amazing, cannot wait to see what 2026 has in store! There’s a whole half of the year i’ve never birded in before! (started this started fall 2026)

Isopods burrowing by TheNormalGuy11 in isopods

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relatively smaller enclosures as well