Antshrike

After fun on the SPI flats, I ran over to the nearby Convention Center just in time for lunch.  Parking spots were filled by participants of some even at the Center but I still managed a close one just in time for lunch by the water feature.  My peaceful lunch was soon interruped by a loud ringing warbler chip.  I was expecting a Hooded Warbler or a waterthrush...

A possible Parasitc Jaeger has been hanging out on the mudflats north of the Convention Center at South Padre Island for the past couple of days.  Excellent photos from Friday showed it to be missing a foot so I thought it might be easy to find and maybe not surviving too long.  I drove out Saturday morning and found the flats muddy but firm enough to drive on. ...

After a day of recovery I was ready to get back at it.  Evan Farese saw lots of good stuff on the Port Mansfield Nature Trail and it was still kind of drippy so I thought it would be a good idea to work on my Willacy County list.  First stop was the playa on CR 315 and 1900.  I wanted to check out shorebirds and see if any tiger beetles were out.  Snowy an...

I arrived at the South Pade Island Convention Center at about 1 PM.  There were a lot fewer birders than at Sheepshead.  I checked the water feature and found nothing so I wandered back behind the center to check the Huisache trees.  I found another more cooperative Acadian Flycatcher, the second of an amazing five on the day.  Green, pale breasted, narrow...

As a birder I always have an eye on the weather forecast.  And for the past several days a late cold front with rain has been forecast to hit the Lower Rio Grande Valley on Saturday night during the height of spring migration.  I got up Sunday morning and it was cold and rainy and I was expecting a major bird fallout at South Padre Island.  

As I dro...