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Black-vented Oriole (Code 5 rarity)
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Blue metalmark, male dorsal
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Moon and Star
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Moon and Star
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Moon and Star
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Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co, TX
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Back yard view
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The View from The Bridge
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Nice view
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Capilla de la Lomita: side view
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View of North McAllen
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E "McCall's" Screech-Owl photo(36)x
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Altamira Oriole in Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
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Another beautiful afternoon in South Texas
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View of the Canopy Walk from the Tree Tower at Santa Ana NWR
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When you say 'they breed here', you mean...
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Green Parakeet mutation (rarity photo)
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54/365: Subliminal
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Edinburg Baseball Stadium 2010
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Stained glass beauty at OLG
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Night view
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Atardecer en el Parque Cultural Reynosa
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Strymon istapa
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Pontia protodice (Checkered White)
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Taxostoma longirostre (Long-billed Thrasher)
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Pyrgus albescens (White Checkered Skipper)
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Urbanus dorantes (Dorantes Longtail)
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Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Texas
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Taxostoma longirostre (Long-billed Thrasher)
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Heliopetes laviana (Laviana Skipper)
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Amblyscirtes celia (Celia's Roadside Skipper)
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Ducks.
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Disfrutado del Ocaso
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Golden-fronted Woodpecker 9-20-14 Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, TX
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Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Texas
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McAllen Public Library: After the Flood
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