Terrible picture, but is this a Nashville Warbler? Seen at Port Aransas, Texas on 10/4/2023 (1 Viewer)

[johnwilmore]

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[lgonz1008]

Looks good for it. Gray head with reddish crest (that's usually hidden), bold white eye ring, olive wings and yellow belly.

Also, pretty funny you consider that a "terrible photo", when you come back with just a tail or dot in a blue sky, then you can say it's terrible. This shot is great for ID purposes, you can see all the needed field marks.

 

[johnwilmore]

Looks good for it. Gray head with reddish crest (that's usually hidden), bold white eye ring, olive wings and yellow belly.

Also, pretty funny you consider that a "terrible photo", when you come back with just a tail or dot in a blue sky, then you can say it's terrible. This shot is great for ID purposes, you can see all the needed field marks.

Thank you!

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

agree on the bird, but what is the strange red stuff in the photo?

 

[THE_FERN]

Either plant parts

agree on the bird, but what is the strange red stuff in the photo?

Either plant parts or plastic. On balance the former. Looks like remains of something like Scadoxus

 

[Butty]

Looks more like shoots/suckers coming straight out of the ground. No idea what. Photo is oversaturated (no offence) so it won't've been this bright in life.

 

[johnwilmore]

Looks more like shoots/suckers coming straight out of the ground. No idea what. Photo is oversaturated (no offence) so it won't've been this bright in life.

Yes, it was pretty shaded. I think the plant could be some kind of Red Samphire, a weird fleshy plant that lives in marshes. This was taken at the Leonabelle Turnbull birding center in Port Aransas and the setting is an artificial bird bath at the base of a tree.

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

red samphire (Salicornia rubra) would only be possible on somewhast saline ground and in sun ; i wonder if this could be the case here at all ....
remnants of scadoxus flowers might be possible but somehow it doesn´t look like this to me

It reminds me most of underwater roots or roots at the waters edge from an alder tree (Alnus sp.), though it seems more dense than usual

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2RXYH9J/green-moss-red-fibrous-roots-of-common-alder-alnus-glutinosa-projecting-from-river-bank-swaying-in-water-current-of-yorkshire-stream-england-uk-2RXYH9J.jpg

https://flic.kr/p/5Xv5U6

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/red-roots-tree-red-roots-tree-island-flooded-jungle-around-laguna-grande-cuyabeno-wildlife-reserve-177881732.jpg

 

[stuartelsom]

Was wondering if maybe someone has been pruning the Bottle Brush trees...