Saturday, November 25, 2017

Tamaulipas crow

 

You may not have heard of it.  It’s a bird with a limited range in dry northeastern Mexico; not normally found in the United States.

 

It’s a small crow, bigger than a bronzed cowbird, but about the same size as a great-tailed grackle.  It was here in South Texas for a while, then disappeared for a few years.  Suddenly, it’s back.  At the Brownsville Dump!  So Judy and I made the trek.  When we got there we were in luck right off the bat.  There was a group of birders standing around a scope pointed at a bunch of blackbirds.

 

Here:

 

In this section:

 

Next to a bronzed cowbird.

 

The size of a grackle, but with a crow face!

 

 

Tamaulipas Crow.  Not only a year-bird, but a lifer!

 

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