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Showing posts with label estero llano grande park. Show all posts
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Plain Chachalaca - Ortalis vetula

Cynthia was smiling from ear to ear as she showed me the picture of a bird she had just taken. It was a Plain Chachalaca. A lifer for us. This was the first time we birded the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas and we had a blast as we chalked up lifer after lifer!

Chachalacas are large chicken-like bird of Mexico and Central America, it reaches the United States only in southern Texas. Its name comes from its loud raucous calls. - from All about Birds, Cornell Lab of 

Plain Chachalaca - Ortalis vetula
Estero Llano Grande Park, Weslaco, Texas
January 24, 2008

 Canon 20D, 300mm handheld
ISO-800, 1/125, f4


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