Galveston 2009 Part B

Leaving the beach, we came across this American Kestrel:

Next we came across a flock of Mottled Ducks:

Next we came upon some FALL COLORS IN GALVESTON!!!!

and one of my favorite pictures of the day besides the lifers:

We went back to Jim's and everybody headed home and I stuck around and shot pictures of some of the migrants.  I found the Vermillion Flycatcher again.  THere were a number of Eastern Kingbirds around

 An Eastern Wood Pewee

Another Flycatcher, the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was also around:

 There was a Great Blue Heron on the water on one of the back roads

 There were a number of less than popular species that I thought looked pretty good in the light:

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