A very rare sight on the Texas Coast

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p.1 #1 · A very rare sight on the Texas Coast

Unfortunately, this guy was about 200yds away, so this is not a great shot and is a very heavy crop. This is the first Flamingo I have seen at the Texas Coast. He was across the Lagoon at the 'Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center in Port Aransas. The second shot is equally as poor, but I thought the variety present in this scene deserved sharing.

Greg

OM-1MarkII OM 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 lens 400mm f/6.3 1/3200s 320 ISO -1.0 EV

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Sep 30, 2025 at 02:31 PM

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p.1 #2 · A very rare sight on the Texas Coast

I guess he thought he could sneak in under the radar if he stood close enough to the spoonbill and nobody would notice, heh.

Hope you get another shot at him that meets your wishes.

Eric

Sep 30, 2025 at 03:37 PM

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p.1 #3 · A very rare sight on the Texas Coast

Awesome shot of that Flamingo in the first image.

Sep 30, 2025 at 05:43 PM

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p.1 #4 · A very rare sight on the Texas Coast

That is quite the variety of birds in that lagoon ! Must have been neat to see these beauties flamingo.

Birdie

Sep 30, 2025 at 07:49 PM

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p.1 #5 · A very rare sight on the Texas Coast

Thanks, Eric.
Funny thing is that he was so far away that someone else with binoculars pointed him out to me.

Greg

Sep 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM

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p.1 #6 · A very rare sight on the Texas Coast

louie champan wrote:
Awesome shot of that Flamingo in the first image.

Thank you, Louie.
I was surprised that I even got that decent of a shot, as I shot that a full zoom @ 400mm and used the 2X DTC (so a 1600mm FOV equivalent), and cropped the heck out of the resulting file.
As I said, I was just surprised to see one -- the first one in all my many years at the Texas coast.

Greg

Sep 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM

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p.1 #7 · A very rare sight on the Texas Coast

birdied wrote:
That is quite the variety of birds in that lagoon ! Must have been neat to see these beauties flamingo.

Birdie

Thanks, Birdie!
It was fun, but they were so far away and no way for me to get any closer.

Greg

Sep 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM

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p.1 #8 · A very rare sight on the Texas Coast

Great fun to see a wanderer like this. Birds way outside there normal locations seems to be more common recently. We had a flamingo in NYC a couple of years ago.

Morris

Oct 01, 2025 at 08:29 AM


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