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  1. Least Tern

    Least Tern

    Least Tern (Sternula antillarum athalassos)
  2. Clapper Rail

    Clapper Rail

    Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans saturatus). The background is smooth cordgrass.
  3. Least Tern (1st yr bird)

    Least Tern (1st yr bird)

    Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) 1st yr bird.
  4. Killdeer (adult)

    Killdeer (adult)

    Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus vociferus) adult.
  5. Sandwich Tern

    Sandwich Tern

    Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus) This subspecies is also known as the Cabot’s Tern.
  6. Willet

    Willet

    Willet (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata) adult.
  7. Caspian Tern

    Caspian Tern

    Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)
  8. Common Nighthawk

    Common Nighthawk

    Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor aserriensis)
  9. Ruddy Turnstone

    Ruddy Turnstone

    Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres morinella)
  10. Common Nighthawk

    Common Nighthawk

    Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor aserriensis)
  11. Willet (precocial youngster)

    Willet (precocial youngster)

    Willet (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata) a precocial youngster probably no more than a few days old.
  12. Snowy Plover

    Snowy Plover

    Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus)
  13. Sanderling chase.jpg

    Sanderling chase.jpg

    Sanderling (Calidris alba rubida) male chasing female. She was too fast and agile for him (lol).
  14. Sanderlings.jpg

    Sanderlings.jpg

    Sanderlings (Calidris alba rubida)
  15. Willet.jpg

    Willet.jpg

    Willet (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata)
  16. Sanderling (male).jpg

    Sanderling (male).jpg

    Sanderling (Calidris alba rubida) male.
  17. Black-bellied Plover, San Luis Pass 2.jpg

    Black-bellied Plover, San Luis Pass 2.jpg

    Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae) Also known as Grey Plover.
  18. Royal Tern.jpg

    Royal Tern.jpg

    Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus maximus)
  19. Black Tern, wing stretching.jpg

    Black Tern, wing stretching.jpg

    Black Tern (Chlidonias niger surinamensis) wing stretching.
  20. American Avocet.jpg

    American Avocet.jpg

    American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) It appears to me that this avocet has a hurt foot/leg.
  21. Black-bellied Plover.jpg

    Black-bellied Plover.jpg

    Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae) Also known as Grey Plover.
  22. Laughing Gull (adult)

    Laughing Gull (adult)

    Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla subsp. megalopterus) Adults, photographed in Galveston Island State Park, northeast of Jamaica Beach, Galveston County, Texas, USA. Barrier Island, coastal prairie at ca. 3 m (10.7 ft) elevation.
  23. Loggerhead Shrike (juvenile)

    Loggerhead Shrike (juvenile)

    Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus subsp. excubitorides) Photographed in Galveston Island State Park, northeast of Jamaica Beach, Galveston County, Texas, USA. Barrier Island, coastal prairie at ca. 3 m (10.7 ft) elevation.
  24. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa subsp. fedoa) Sexes similar. Photographed near Jamaica Beach, Galveston Island, Galveston County, Texas, USA. Barrier Island, manicured coastal prairie at ca. 2 m (6.6 ft) elevation.
  25. White-tailed Kite

    White-tailed Kite

    White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus subsp. majusculus) Sexes similar. Photographed in Galveston Island State Park, northeast of Jamaica Beach, Galveston County, Texas, USA. Barrier Island, coastal prairie at ca. 3 m (10.7 ft) elevation.
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