Sunday, January 2, 2011

Estero Llano Grande State Park

We drove out to Estero Llano Grande State Park (one of the World Birding Centers) in Weslaco. It only took us about 25 minutes to get there from here!
It’s a fabulous place that we have been to several times and have always enjoyed.


Plain Chachalaca

White Ibis

Snowy Egret

Vermillion Flycatcher

Long-billed Thrasher

Green-winged Teal

Great Egret

Golden-fronted Woodpecker

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks

Couch's Kingbird

Red-eared Slider

Birds seen today: BB Whistling Duck, Fulvous Whistling Duck, Gadwall, Mottled Duck, BW Teal, N Shoveler, GW Teal, Ruddy Duck, Plain Chachalaca, Least Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, Am. White Pelican, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, White Ibis, TV, Harris’s Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Am. Kestrel, Sora (heard), Common Moorhen, Am. Coot, Killdeer (heard), Spotted Sandpiper, Rock Pigeon, Common Ground Dove, Inca Dove, Common Pauraque, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Vermilion Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Couch’s Kingbird, White-eyed Vireo, Green Jay, Black-crested Titmouse, Caroline Wren (heard), Marsh Wren, RC Kinglet, BG Gnatcatcher, N. Mockingbird, Long-billed Thrasher, Curve-billed Thrasher, Starling, Orange Crowned Warbler, Yellow-rumpled Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Olive Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, N. Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, GT Grackle, Lesser Goldfinch, House Sparrow.

We came home for lunch then drove into McAllen to find rope lights for under the RV. We have been told that there are pack rats here and if you leave a light on under your RV, they won’t bother it. We went to Camping World first. They had rope lights but they were very expensive so we went to Walmart. Sunday afternoon at Walmart is not a good place to be! We didn’t find any rope lights there. We stopped at Academy, no rope lights. Then Mark saw a Home Depot and thought they might have them. They did! So we got lights and a dusk/dawn timer and came home.

We had a wonderful visit/dinner with some friends that live down here. It was a terrific ending to a terrific day!

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