Rockport & Lamar Peninsula
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📷 Photo of the Week — Week of Sep 8, 2025
Thirty Ruby-throated Hummingbirds at once during peak Hummingbird Festival migration. Sandra counted 30 birds mid-frame at 6:50am — plus Buff-bellied and Rufous newcomers. The trans-Gulf crossing builds up like a traffic jam, and Rockport is the last gas station.
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📍Lamar Beach Road — Crane Lake (near 10th St.)
A family unit — two adults with one rust-colored juvenile — working the north end of Crane Lake. Watched from the truck window for 45 minutes without disturbing them. They fed within 30 yards of the road.
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📍Little Bay — north shore
Two reddish egrets doing their famous dance — wings spread wide, staggering around like they forgot breakfast. Dark morph and white morph side by side. Incredible birds.
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📍Rockport Beach Park — west islands
Fourteen spoonbills feeding together in the shallows just west of the park entrance — stunning pink against the early morning light. Two juveniles visible (pale pink, white head).
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📍Rockport Beach Park — sandy spit
Colony of skimmers roosting on the sandy spit at dusk. A few still skimming the glassy water — that unmistakable scissors-bill slice. Two Sandwich Terns mixed in.
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📍Aransas NWR — Dagger Point flats
Massive flock of avocets — at least 60, maybe more — sweeping the shallows in perfect synchrony at low tide. Golden afternoon light. One of those days that reminds you why you drive out here.
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📍Fulton — backyard feeder station (Festival participant)
Peak migration madness! We counted 30 birds at once — every feeder going simultaneously. One Buff-bellied and at least two Rufous mixed in. Best morning of the festival so far.
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