Okay...it's March again. You know what that means here on our beaches, right? Stay away!! And I always get a hankering to go and do some March birding there. Figures! Traffic Jams, College Students, crowds, Drunken drivers...and added this year, some road and bridge construction. Nope, nope, not gonna go there!! But, I did make sure I headed to the islands this past Sunday...before the month of March made its entrance! LOL Big mistake tho for my timing. The areas I stopped at were packed with more humans than birds it seemed. I walked the newly opened South Trail [damaged heavily during the Hurricane]. Nice! Then I opted to see if I could find the Whooping Cranes before they left for the North climes and breeding. This year, the two that were here last year returned....but with TWO juveniles instead of one. When I finally spotted them, they were at such a long distance, even my zoom lens wasn't powerful enough to get close-ups. Oh well, I can make record of their sighting. And I did take some photos that I will share in a post or two in the future.
Before Sunday, I drove to Calallen, Texas and stopped by one of my favorite parks for birding...along the river. And from the Hawk Platform I saw many different species. As I drove through the 'gate' to enter the park, a hawk was atop a power pole. I pulled off, got out, and got some photos all the while listening to one lone bird singing across the road. Not too many on the ponds other than a few ducks and some stilts. As I said, the platform was "the" place to be...
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I sighted on others also, vultures [both black and turkey]
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