![](http://album.udn.com/community/img/PSN_PHOTO/chouhwa/f_5076626_1.jpg) 這個Brazos Bend州立公園,只知水域遼闊,查資料才曉得,腹地有5,000英畝之廣,在全美也是名列前茅的,可惜人總是身在福中不知福,遊客不多,老中更少!
![](http://album.udn.com/community/img/PSN_PHOTO/chouhwa/f_5076783_1.jpg) ↑ 當然這個5,000英畝,除了清澈如鏡的溪、湖及池塘外,還包含草原及沼澤溼地,孕育了豐富的水草、昆蟲及自然生物,成為飛禽們的天堂
全德州有接近600多種鳥類,在北美洲排名第一,第二是加州,這兩州遠超過排名第三至第五的亞利桑那州、佛羅里達州及新墨西哥州。
![](http://album.udn.com/community/img/PSN_PHOTO/chouhwa/f_5076627_1.jpg) 而Brazos Bend州立公園的記錄,就出現過300多種鳥類,有留鳥也有候鳥,當然是分佈在全年各個季節啦!其中 Perching birds 雀形目 (燕雀目) 就有上百種。
![](http://album.udn.com/community/img/PSN_PHOTO/chouhwa/f_5075531_1.jpg) ↑↓ 剛停好車,就有得拍了
![](http://album.udn.com/community/img/PSN_PHOTO/chouhwa/f_5075532_1.jpg) ↑↓ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck黑腹哨鴨、Black-bellied Tree-Duck黑腹樹鴨、紅嘴樹鴨 分佈在墨西哥灣沿岸地區淺層淡水池塘、湖泊和沼澤地
![](http://album.udn.com/community/img/PSN_PHOTO/chouhwa/f_5075536_1.jpg) ↑ 金「鴨」獨立?
![](http://album.udn.com/community/img/PSN_PHOTO/chouhwa/f_5075533_1.jpg) ↑↓ 黑腹樹鴨 嚴格執行一夫一妻制度
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![](http://album.udn.com/community/img/PSN_PHOTO/chouhwa/f_5075535_1.jpg) ↑ Cattle Egret 黃頭鷺、牛背鷺
正午赤日炎炎,偺只走了一小段路,信手抓來,就拍到了許多水鳥.....。
![](http://album.udn.com/community/img/PSN_PHOTO/chouhwa/f_5075540_1.jpg) ↑ Purple Gallinule 紫水雞 與紅冠水雞的區別是其黃色嘴尖以及上顎的淺藍色冠,還有尾巴下方之白羽毛。
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![](http://album.udn.com/community/img/PSN_PHOTO/chouhwa/f_5075539_1.jpg) ↑↓ Common moorhen 紅冠水雞 非雀形目秧鷄科,是屬於不具蹼足的游禽
![](http://album.udn.com/community/img/PSN_PHOTO/chouhwa/f_5075538_1.jpg) ↑ 哇哇哇!馬麻,底迪他不乖!![](http://album.udn.com/community/img/PSN_PHOTO/chouhwa/f_5075537_1.jpg) ↑ Common moorhen 紅冠水雞 雛鳥)~哥倆好
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↑ 這隻是亞成鳥?![](http://album.udn.com/community/img/PSN_PHOTO/chouhwa/f_5076324_1.jpg)
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![](http://album.udn.com/community/img/PSN_PHOTO/chouhwa/f_5076610_1.jpg) ↑↓ White Ibis 白鹮~ 嘴喙細長,並且向下彎曲
Ibis 家族有30種近親,在古埃及和日本,向來被視為吉祥的聖鳥,在19世紀的美國,白鹮卻遭大肆屠殺,為的是拿牠的羽毛來裝飾女帽。
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![](http://album.udn.com/community/img/PSN_PHOTO/chouhwa/f_5076625_1.jpg) ↑ 一隻 White Ibis 白鹮 躲在沼澤地的樹林梢頭
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↑ 白鹮走過來,擬椋鳥連忙走避
![](http://album.udn.com/community/img/PSN_PHOTO/chouhwa/f_5075909_1.jpg) ↑↓ Boat-tailed Grackle 擬椋鳥
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![](http://album.udn.com/community/img/PSN_PHOTO/chouhwa/f_5076689_1.jpg) ↑ 白鹮就站在橋墩岸邊覓食,遊人與鳥禽互不侵犯、和諧相處
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