Rio Grande Valley: Day 2

Another fun and exhausting day.  As I type it is 9pm and I could have gone to sleep an hour ago.  Today included stops at Estero Llano Grande State Park and Bentsen Rio Grande State Park.  The group's favorite location was Estero Llano.  We ended up joining a bird walk that took off from the visitor center around 8:30am.  Steve and Susan, our leaders, were extremely helpful.  Others in the group turned out to be wonderful birding companions.

Bentson was a little disappointing.  We did not see a lot of birds in general, but I was able to add Black Phoebe and Loggerhead Shrike to the list.  Here are a few pics from today.  The lighting for photos continued to be poor, but tomorrow will hopefully be sunny and 70 degrees.  Going up river to Falcon Dam.  Once again...I can't wait!  Happy birding.

Green-winged Teal

White-tailed Kite

White-tailed Kite

Least Grebe

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Not a pile of leaves.  Find the Common Pauraque

Anhinga

Green Kingfisher

Tropical Kingbird...probably.

American Coot

Plain Chachalaca

Eastern Screech Owl