Day 4, Huisache tree, Bishop City Park, South Texa…
Day 4, observation deck at duck pond, Bishop State…
Day 4, Pink Evening Primrose, Bishop City Park
Day 4, Bishop City Park, South Texas
Day 4, cacti, Bishop City Park, South Texas
Day 4, second observation deck, Bishop City Park
Day 4, Aloe vera, Bishop City Park
Day 4, cactus, Bishop City Park, South Texas
Day 4, Aloe vera flowers, Bishop City Park
Day 4, Huisache tree, Bishop City Park, South Texa…
Day 4, Aloe vera flowers, Bishop City Park
Day 4, Aloe vera, Bishop City Park
Day 4, Aloe vera, Bishop City Park, South Texas
Day 4, cacti, Bishop City Park
Day 4, Pink Evening Primrose, Bishop City Park
Day 4, cacti, Bishop City Park
Day 4, Crow Poison / Nothoscordum bivalve?
Day 4, Red Saddlebags? dragonfly, Bishop City Park…
Day 4, cacti, Bishop City Park
Day 4, cactus, Bishop City Park
Day 4, cactus, Bishop City Park
Day 4, Northern Rough-winged Swallow / Stelgidopte…
Day 4, Aloe Vera flowers, Bishop City Park
Day 4, Laughing Gull / Leucophaeus atricilla, Must…
Day 4, Willet, Mustang Island State Park
Day 4, Royal Tern, Mustang Island
Day 4, Sanderling, Mustang Island State Park
Day 4, Royal Terns, Mustang Island S P
Day 4, US Coast Guard, Mustang Island State Park,…
Day 4, Royal Terns, Mustang Island
Day 4, Royal Terns & Laughing Gulls
Day 4, Laughing Gulls & Willets, Mustang Island
Day 4, Laughing Gull, Mustang Island
Day 4, Royal Tern, Mustang Island State Park
Day 4, Laughing Gulls, Mustang Island, Texas
Day 4, Willet, Mustang Island State Park
Day 4, Royal Terns & Laughng Gulls
Day 4, Laughing Gulls & a Royal Tern
Day 4, Herring Gull immature?
Day 4, Laughing Gulls & Willets, Mustang Island
Day 4, Royal Terns, Mustang Island, Texas
Day 4, Laughing Gulls, Mustang Island, Texas
Day 4, Willet, Mustang Island State Park
Day 4, Laughing Gulls, Mustang Island
Day 4, Laughing Gulls in a feeding frenzy
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Day 4, Royal Terns / Thalasseus maximus, Mustang Island State Park
I am done with Gulls and Terns, at least from Day 4 of our 13-day trip. Next, it will be on to Bishop State Park for the last few photos. After that, I will be able to start on Day 5, which was a day trip to the enormous King Ranch. One of the highlights of that day was seeing a pair of Ferruginous Pygmy Owls, at the end of our private tour of the Ranch, as well as some new birds for us, such as the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and the Vermilion Flycatcher. Perhaps the highlight for me was when I caught sight of a little Texas horned lizard near my feet, something I had longed to see for a few years. As far as animals go, two nice sightings were a Javelina/Collared Peccary and six exotic Nilgai antelope from India that had been imported to the King Ranch in 1930. We only got a fleeting glimpse of their rear ends as they raced away through the trees.
Day 4, 22 March, of our 13-day birding trip to South Texas, 19-31 March 2019, was a day of birding and also driving from Rockport, where we had stayed for three nights, to Kingsville. The 9 photos I have just posted tonight were all taken on the beach at Mustang Island State Park. We had driven there from the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Centre/the Port Aransas Nature Preserve. We loved the Birding Centre, getting great views of the various bird species, looking down from the new boardwalk that has been built after Hurricane Harvey destroyed the previous one in 2017. Lots of birds; even a huge Alligator.
We spent some time on the beach at Mustang Island State Park, watching and listening to the Laughing Gulls. They are such fun to watch and to photograph. The Royal Terns are so beautiful, always looking quite regal in their posture.
At one point, a man started feeding the Gulls down the beach, and they swarmed over and around him. Managed to get a couple of distant shots.
"Mustang Island State Park is a state park located south of the city of Port Aransas, Texas, United States on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that covers 3,954 acres (1,600 ha) and has a 5-mile (8.0 km) beachfront. The land was acquired from private owners in 1972 and opened to the public in 1979. The island takes its name from wild mustangs that roamed the island which eventually succumbed to ranching in the late 1800s." From Wikipedia.
After our short walk along this beach, we continued our drive towards Kingville, where we were going to spend two nights at the Hampton Inn. We had time to stop at Bishop City Park before we reached Kingsville.
Day 4, 22 March, of our 13-day birding trip to South Texas, 19-31 March 2019, was a day of birding and also driving from Rockport, where we had stayed for three nights, to Kingsville. The 9 photos I have just posted tonight were all taken on the beach at Mustang Island State Park. We had driven there from the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Centre/the Port Aransas Nature Preserve. We loved the Birding Centre, getting great views of the various bird species, looking down from the new boardwalk that has been built after Hurricane Harvey destroyed the previous one in 2017. Lots of birds; even a huge Alligator.
We spent some time on the beach at Mustang Island State Park, watching and listening to the Laughing Gulls. They are such fun to watch and to photograph. The Royal Terns are so beautiful, always looking quite regal in their posture.
At one point, a man started feeding the Gulls down the beach, and they swarmed over and around him. Managed to get a couple of distant shots.
"Mustang Island State Park is a state park located south of the city of Port Aransas, Texas, United States on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that covers 3,954 acres (1,600 ha) and has a 5-mile (8.0 km) beachfront. The land was acquired from private owners in 1972 and opened to the public in 1979. The island takes its name from wild mustangs that roamed the island which eventually succumbed to ranching in the late 1800s." From Wikipedia.
After our short walk along this beach, we continued our drive towards Kingville, where we were going to spend two nights at the Hampton Inn. We had time to stop at Bishop City Park before we reached Kingsville.
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