IMG_1489b.JPGOur first stop this morning was at the San Ygnacio Bird and Butterfly Sanctuary: Albert, Ben, Laurie, Gail, Paul, John S and Pete. |
IMG_1490b.JPGWe walked downhill toward the Rio Grande, looking for seedeaters in the tall grasses: John, Gail, Doug, Ben, Kristin, Laurie and Paul. |
DSC_0674b.JPGJohn, Paul, Albert, Doug, Pete, Ben, Kristin, Gail and John S. |
DSC_0677b.JPGAlbert, John S, Jimmy, Pete, Ben, John, Laurie, Kristin and Doug searching for another look at the seedeater. |
DSC_0680b.JPGMary looks for the seedeaters at San Ygnacio, TX. |
IMG_1492b.JPGWe 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. |
IMG_1493b.JPGGail and Albert searched in one direction while others went elsewhere. |
IMG_1494b.JPGSteve and Paul look out at birds along the Rio Grande. |
IMG_1497b.JPGGray-green bush along the trail |
IMG_1503b.JPGFrom San Ygnacio, we went to Falcon State Park. Nadine, Steve, Albert and Gail look across an inlet for shorebirds. |
IMG_1504b.JPGFlowers along the trail |
IMG_1505b.JPGMore trailside flowers |
DSC_0689b.JPGOne of the Pyrrhuloxias we saw at the side of the Falcon State Park road. |
DSC_0726b.JPGPyrrhuloxias flying along the roadside in Falcon State Park |
DSC_0736b.JPGPyrrhuloxias at Falcon State Park |
DSC_0746b.JPGPyrrhuloxia |
DSC_0767b.JPGPyrrhuloxia on a fence |
DSC_0774b.JPGTwo Crested Caracaras standing on one leg atop a power pole inside the park. |
DSC_0785b.JPGHouse Sparrows, Northern Bobwhites and Inca Doves at a feeder at an RV behind the visitor center at Falcon State Park |
DSC_0800b.JPGNorthern Bobwhites and Inca Doves |
DSC_0822b.JPGNorthern Bobwhites and Inca Doves |
DSC_0847b.JPGNorthern Bobwhites and Inca Doves |
DSC_0850b.JPGMale Northern Cardinal near feeder at Falcon State Park |
DSC_0859b.JPGNorthern Bobwhites and Inca Doves |
DSC_0870b.JPGNorthern Bobwhite and Inca Dove |
DSC_0887b.JPGPyrrhuloxia at feeder at Falcon State Park |
DSC_0890b.JPGCurve-billed Thrasher on feeder |
DSC_0897b.JPGPyrrhuloxia |
DSC_0905b.JPGFemale Northern Cardinal |
DSC_0917b.JPGCommon Ground Dove |
DSC_0925b.JPGNorthern Bobwhites |
DSC_0927b.JPGNorthern Bobwhite |
DSC_0929b.JPGNorthern Bobwhite |
DSC_0932b.JPGOrange-crowned Warbler |
DSC_0952b.JPGOrange-crowned Warbler |
DSC_0959b.JPGThe rabbit I found when I went looking for a roadrunner |
DSC_0962b.JPGPyrrhuloxia |
DSC_0973b.JPGRock Wren on a fence at Falcon State Park |
DSC_0978b.JPGRock Wren |
DSC_0005b.JPGVerdin at Falcon State Park |
DSC_0007b.JPGVerdin |
DSC_0008b.JPGOne more distant Verdin shot |
DSC_0012b.JPGIt was cold along the lake and Mary was dressed for the weather. |
DSC_0013b.JPGJohn, John, Ben, Pete, Doug, and Gail |
DSC_0016b.JPGJohn, John, Kristin, Ben, Albert, Pete, Doug, Gail, Mary and Paul walking the road in a camping area at Falcon State Park |
IMG_1508b.JPGKristin, John, John, Pete, Albert and Gail look for a bird Doug pointed to in Falcon State Park. |
DSC_0023b.JPGBlack-throated Sparrow in the grass at Falcon State Park |
DSC_0028b.JPGBlack-throated Sparrow |
DSC_0044b.JPGFlowering plant along the road near the entrance to Falcon State Park |
IMG_1509b.JPGMary thought this area looked like it had been planted. |
IMG_1510b.JPGCactus, 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. |