Howdee all,
Jeff and I left the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday and headed north.
We traveled through roadsides littered with wildflowers.
The
first night on our way to High Island we stayed in Matagorda.
We saw many migrants, Painted and Indigo buntings, Summer and Scarlet Tanagers, and a few warblers..
We saw five Common night hawk flying and then spotted them all sitting on these posts.
We left after the bird walk anxious to continue our trip to High Island.
The first day we arrived we went straight to Boy Scout woods..and were treated to scads of birds ..we didn't know where to look first.
We saw Cerulean, Magnolia, Canada and other warblers..Scarlet and Summer tanagers, Rose-breasted grosbeaks everywhere. Swanson's thrush's by the 100s..
Today was much slower..must have had a flight out last night.
I will post on the different birding areas later..
Until then…
Enjoy the funny bunny
It's like a wildlife paradise. Love the colorful wildflowers. And that bunny is a hoot.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful,fantastic and lovely shots !!Simply fantastic !!
ReplyDeleteMatagorda looks beautiful with it's great wildlife. Looks like the bunny is missing his friends.
ReplyDeleteHi Dawn. I'm looking forward to your High Island updates as this is somewhere I recognise. We made an autumn visit in 2003 when Boy Scout Woods was definitely very quiet apart from the flying insects! FAB.
ReplyDeleteIt sure does look flat down there! But quite lush. The nighthawks, are those like Whippoorwills?
ReplyDeleteAdorable bunny! Tall too! lol!
Is that Gaillardia in photo 1? (I always confuse that with Gazania because it starts with the same letter and has the same number of syllables. And they're similarly colored.)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful wildflowers. And you gotta love that bunny. I think he's trying out for the role of Easter Bunny.
ReplyDeleteCute bunnie, I saw a jack rabbit at the Cholla Cactus Garden at Joshua Tree with these hugh ears, but I my batteries in my camera ran out by the time we had reached that park of the park. Darn!
ReplyDeleteGaeylyn
ReplyDeleteLots of wildflowers here this time of year..all over the roadsides.. yeah that bunny was a cutie.
Unseen Rajasthan
Thanks so much for the nice compliment!
Ryan
hee hee..that might be what was happening..he was looking for his buddies.
The Early Birder
We had a fantastic time birding High Island..you must go for a week some year..
Will post more as soon as I catch up with my comments..
A New England Life
Sharon
Yeah..its flat..
the nighthawks are goatsuckers too!
Earl Cootie
Yeah I think u are right...i think it is Gallardia
not sure what Gazania is ...i think its something with four syllables anyway..hee hee
NCMountainwoman
Thanks..yeah ..he reminds me of a big chocolate easter bunny..
Diane
dont u hate that ..when the batteries run out..for my big camera i bring a few xtras..but my little one just has a rechargable battery..and I havent yet purchased another one for times like that..