Our first stop this morning was at the San Ygnacio Bird and Butterfly Sanctuary: Albert, Ben, Laurie, Gail, Paul, John S and Pete.

We walked downhill toward the Rio Grande, looking for seedeaters in the tall grasses: John, Gail, Doug, Ben, Kristin, Laurie and Paul.

John, Paul, Albert, Doug, Pete, Ben, Kristin, Gail and John S.

Albert, John S, Jimmy, Pete, Ben, John, Laurie, Kristin and Doug searching for another look at the seedeater.

Mary looks for the seedeaters at San Ygnacio, TX.

We did see White-collared Seedeaters in one patch of tall grass along the trail, but they left quickly and we did not find them again. Here Doug, Ben, John, Pete and Paul follow a second path.

Gail and Albert searched in one direction while others went elsewhere.

Steve and Paul look out at birds along the Rio Grande.

Gray-green bush along the trail

From San Ygnacio, we went to Falcon State Park. Nadine, Steve, Albert and Gail look across an inlet for shorebirds.

Flowers along the trail

More trailside flowers

One of the Pyrrhuloxias we saw at the side of the Falcon State Park road.

Pyrrhuloxias flying along the roadside in Falcon State Park

Pyrrhuloxias at Falcon State Park

Pyrrhuloxia

Pyrrhuloxia on a fence

Two Crested Caracaras standing on one leg atop a power pole inside the park.

House Sparrows, Northern Bobwhites and Inca Doves at a feeder at an RV behind the visitor center at Falcon State Park

Northern Bobwhites and Inca Doves

Northern Bobwhites and Inca Doves

Northern Bobwhites and Inca Doves

Male Northern Cardinal near feeder at Falcon State Park

Northern Bobwhites and Inca Doves

Northern Bobwhite and Inca Dove

Pyrrhuloxia at feeder at Falcon State Park

Curve-billed Thrasher on feeder

Pyrrhuloxia

Female Northern Cardinal

Common Ground Dove

Northern Bobwhites

Northern Bobwhite

Northern Bobwhite

Orange-crowned Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

The rabbit I found when I went looking for a roadrunner

Pyrrhuloxia

Rock Wren on a fence at Falcon State Park

Rock Wren

Verdin at Falcon State Park

Verdin

One more distant Verdin shot

It was cold along the lake and Mary was dressed for the weather.

John, John, Ben, Pete, Doug, and Gail

John, John, Kristin, Ben, Albert, Pete, Doug, Gail, Mary and Paul walking the road in a camping area at Falcon State Park

Kristin, John, John, Pete, Albert and Gail look for a bird Doug pointed to in Falcon State Park.

Black-throated Sparrow in the grass at Falcon State Park

Black-throated Sparrow

Flowering plant along the road near the entrance to Falcon State Park

Mary thought this area looked like it had been planted.

Cactus, but no Cactus Wren. We looked, but did not find the bird at this camping area. Mary and I bade adieu to the rest of the group at this point and they went on to find a wren back in Zapata.