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Last weekend at the refuge

Laurie

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I saw some lovely birds out at Hagerman National Wildlife refuge last Sunday.

It's located on Lake Texoma in Sherman, TX.

This little beauty is a Yellow-headed Blackbird. They were feasting on midges. I wish one of the blackbirds had come home with me because I sure brought home a lot of midges.

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Herons and Egrets always make good subjects and this Great Blue Heron was no exception :)

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This Little Blue Heron was just fabulous in it's breeding colors.

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I was pretty excited to see the Eastern Bluebird on the fence with the much smaller sparrow. It was an interesting study in size differences between the two.

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It's a Savannah Sparrow with something on its beak.

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Last but not least, there were Dickcissals singing in the weeds. Many, many, many more singers than the few that were perching in the open.

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All in all, it was a great day!​
 

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Thank you for sharing! I just love all the photos! Blue Heron is goregous!
 

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These photos are so interesting. These birds are stunning! What camera do you have? I LOVE the photo of the blue heron, what a great shot.
 

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Beautiful pictures.
 

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These photos are so interesting. These birds are stunning! What camera do you have? I LOVE the photo of the blue heron, what a great shot.
Thanks! I Blue Heron was fun to watch.

I just recently got an Olympus OMD EM-5 Mark II. Plus years of practice It is a really nice camera and much lighter than my canon 7d was.
 

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Great Pictures!
 

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Thanks everyone for taking the time to look. I had fun taking them :)
 

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It must have been amazing to see them in person!
 

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You take beautiful photos, really enjoyed seeing them!
 

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It must have been amazing to see them in person!
It really is. I just love it. It is easy to think that all the birds out there are small and brown and plain but when you can visit different habits and have magnification (binoculars), there is a whole world of color and life out there virtually in your own back yard. Especially in the spring.
 
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