Kleberg County, 11/23/08

I headed up to Kleberg County to look for a couple of Brant that were found yesterday. Brant are rare anywhere in Texas, especially in the south. There were a couple of thousand geese to sort though and I was unable to find them. But it was still a fun morning.



They were mostly Snows and White-fronts with a few Ross' mixed in.





After a couple of unsuccessful hours with the geese, I headed over to Drum Point to look for the two Surf Scoters also found yesterday. Here they are.



Drum Point is on an estuary on Baffin Bay on the Laguna Madre. Here's a Reddish Egret.



Ruddy Turnstone and Sanderling.

Anzalduas County Park, 11/16/08

Made my way over to Anzalduas County Park this magnificently beautiful morning. With "Border Wall" - levee stabilzation going on I had to park outside the gate and walk in. No Problem. In fact it helped me scare up a Sprague's Pipit. Best birds in the park were this Prairie Warbler and two Black-throated Gray Warblers found last week during the bird festival. It was only my second ever Prairie Warble for Hidalgo County.



Black-throated Gray Warbler



The usual pair of Black Phoebes were along the water at the southeast end of the park. I tok this hand-held with my Canon A590 through my Kowa 824.



Eastern Bluebirds are hard to find in the county. Another digiscope shot.