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Thanks Jeffrey!!! I spotted this in Texas so I went to all the web sites I could find on Texas Lizards and the closest I could get was the ruby-bellied.

Thanks Christy. I will keep looking from afar. I share your love for raptors as well.

I want to thank everyone for your comments on the whooping. To gatorfellows especially!! By the way I mentioned the sandhills because in one of thie pictures there were two sandhills that had joined the whoopers and are in the background.

I find that very hard to believe. There are only a little over one hundred breeding breeding birds in the world!!! Perhaps you are thinking of the common crane or sandhill crane.

Thanks Christy!! I joined the mission and added it to my spotting. I was not aware it existed...thank you so much. I love raptors.

The nest is way too high and I am reluctant to molest the nest by getting that close. I wish I could get above it but can't.
Thanks!

Something wrong with uploading that one image. Lucky I took two pictures!!!
Thanks

Thanks annorion!! I have made the changes.

You are all on the ball!!! These are indeed hooded mergansers. I should have known better, my wife and I helped out at banding when we were in Maine. Thanks!