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It seemed like she was showing off her catch to me. This is not exactly the way I wanted to get a katydid lifer, all squished in a bird's beak. Really amazed the katydid experts in bugguide were able to identify it but they did. She has her tail feathers spread for balance.
Female Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Female Broad-tipped Conehead Katydid (Neoconocephalus triops)
Male Broad-tipped Conehead Katydid Nymph (Neoconocephalus triops)
Rowlett Creek Nature Preserve, Garland
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This is the shot where I realized she had 2 bugs in her beak if you look closely. The long pointy ovipositor on the adult katydid lets you know she is female. I am not sure how the top katydid expert knows the nymph is a male with it at that stage but that is why he is the expert.
Female Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Female Broad-tipped Conehead Katydid (Neoconocephalus triops)
Male Broad-tipped Conehead Katydid Nymph (Neoconocephalus triops)
Rowlett Creek Nature Preserve, Garland
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Something certainly has their attention but I was not aware of that at the time. I was just trying to get a shot before they noticed me. In a lush field of grass and wildflowers.
Mallard Family (Anas platyrhynchos)
Turkey Tangle Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora)
Rowlett Creek Nature Preserve, Garland
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I moved from the flooded crawdad meadow to another field and spotted this guy sitting on a disc golf basket. Guess it was a good vantage point to scan for flying insects.
Male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
Rowlett Creek Nature Preserve, Garland
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While the egrets & herons were hunting for crawdads, the mallard family was napping in the soft grass.
Mallard Duckling (Anas platyrhynchos)
Rowlett Creek Nature Preserve, Garland
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A little blue heron was also out hunting crawdads in the flooded meadow.
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Rowlett Creek Nature Preserve, Garland
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Finally, I saw one of the hunters come up with a crawdad. Got only one shot before it disappeared down the hatch. On to the next snack.
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Rowlett Creek Nature Preserve, Garland
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The wildflower meadow was flooded by a rainstorm the day before so crawdads were showing up. Lots of egrets & herons out hunting them. These two cattle egrets were among the hunters. They are in the process of fading out of their breeding colors. Egret on the left is still fairly boldly colored with bright red eyes and beak although now missing the purple to go with it around the eyes.
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Rowlett Creek Nature Preserve, Garland
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