Herons, Egrets, Ibises, Spoonbill, Storks, Vultures

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<bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="1cff2aa0.jpg" border=0 width="242" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="1d0c7aa0.jpg" border=0 width="199" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Green Heron, </B><I>Butorides virescens</I></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, Guadalupe River, 3 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="3509a8e0.jpg" border=0 width="154" height="142" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="351ce8e0.jpg" border=0 width="206" height="142" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="34fa68e0.jpg" border=0 width="166" height="142" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <B>Green Heron, </B><I>Butorides virescens</I></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, Guadalupe River, 6 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="43692310.jpg" border=0 width="402" height="305" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="43599840.jpg" border=0 width="153" height="132" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="434af840.jpg" border=0 width="175" height="132" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="43387840.jpg" border=0 width="135" height="132" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="4329c840.jpg" border=0 width="156" height="132" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Green Heron, </B><I>Butorides virescens</I></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, Guadalupe River, 8 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Cattle Egret, </B><I>Bubulcus ibis</I></div> <div> Six Cattle Egrets were at HOH on 9 September2002 (tg/eb).</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="f86c3ed0.jpg" border=0 width="195" height="237" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="f85fded0.jpg" border=0 width="253" height="237" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Cattle Egret, </B><I>Bubulcus ibis</I></div> <div> This single Cattle Egret was hanging out with a flock of Domestic Muscovies and a single White Call Duck.</div> <div> Cypress Park, Texas 27, 14 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Snowy Egret, </B><I>Egretta thula</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Little Blue Heron,</B><I> Egretta caerulea</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Reddish Egret</B><I>, Egretta rufescens</I></div> <div> First record for Kerr County, the Hill Country, and the Edwards Plateau (see Lockwood 2002), an immature bird was found by Erik and Mary Breden at Bear Creek Crossing on XXXXX and stayed until at least XXXXXX. Photos of the bird by Breden have been deposited in the Texas Photo-Record File in the Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection at Texas A&M University.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="0f468680.jpg" border=0 width="360" height="360" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Reddish Egret,</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I> </I></FONT><I>Egretta rufescens</I></div> <div> This is a photo of the Kerr County Reddish Egret found by Erik Breden </div> <div> for the first Hill Country record of the species.<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Photo </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by Erik Breden</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="183f6bb0.jpg" border=0 width="246" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="182ffc40.jpg" border=0 width="767" height="964" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="181f6b90.jpg" border=0 width="246" height="185" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="180f6b90.jpg" border=0 width="246" height="185" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="17f8bb90.jpg" border=0 width="139" height="185" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Great Blue Heron, </B><I>Ardea herodias</I></div> <div> Rio Vista Crossing, 1 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="984b9a10.jpg" border=0 width="185" height="161" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="985d1a10.jpg" border=0 width="209" height="161" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="986b5a10.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="161" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Great Blue Heron, </B><I>Ardea herodias</I></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 3 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Black Vulture, </B><I>Coragyps atratus</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="355feac0.jpg" border=0 width="254" height="172" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="354d5ac0.jpg" border=0 width="213" height="172" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Black Vulture, </B><I>Coragyps atratus</I></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, Guadalupe River, 6 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="d57f0e40.jpg" border=0 width="240" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Black Vulture, </B><I>Coragyps atratus</I></div> <div> Sunning in a Cypress.</div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 8 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="fad753d0.jpg" border=0 width="373" height="317" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="facee3d0.jpg" border=0 width="238" height="317" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="fabf43d0.jpg" border=0 width="244" height="317" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="faad93d0.jpg" border=0 width="217" height="317" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Black Vulture, </B><I>Coragyps atratus</I></div> <div> Heart of the Hills Fisheries Research Station, Texas 27, 19 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Turkey Vulture, </B><I>Cathartes aura</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="1efe3aa0.jpg" border=0 width="227" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="1eed3ab0.jpg" border=0 width="211" height="171" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Turkey Vulture, </B><I>Cathartes aura</I></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista stables, 16 August 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4c8a0730.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Turkey Vulture, </B><I>Cathartes aura</I></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 10 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="b9049f70.jpg" border=0 width="329" height="247" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Turkey Vulture, </B><I>Cathartes aura</I></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 6 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>