It was a beautiful day today, blue skies, in the 70's and so we headed out to do some hiking at the State Park. Normally, they have Trams that will drop you off at various places in the park but today we did a heck of a lot of walking. The Trams aren't running due to Covid and the Gift Shop is closed also.
Chachalaca
Green Jays
Female Pyrrhuloxia
Green Jay
Chachalacas
Blackcrested Titmouse
Inca Dove
A bunch of nasty red ants - they bite!
Green Jay Taking A Bath
Altamira Oriole
Inca Dove
Chachalaca
Great Kiskadee
Cardinal
Cardinal, Female
Javelina
You can normally see these guys at the bird blind at this park. There is a water hole there. Just be quiet when you come up the boardwalk to the blind. Today there were three of them getting water when a group of people came up to the blind talking and laughing and by the time they walked up the ramp to the blind, the javelinas were gone. It always pays to keep quiet when approaching a blind! lol
Groove-billed Ani
We have seen one of these before but there were several here
Golden Fronted Woodpecker
Great-tailed Grackle
More Groove-billed Anis
We searched for this bird every time we heard one was spotted and it took years to find one, but once we did, we have now seen them many times!
Orange Crowned Warbler
Cardinal
Building the wall
The park is exempt from construction of the Border Wall within its boundaries. Technically, the flood protection feature between the parking lot and the park property is not "within" the park (though it is within the habitat area of the park) so the wall construction has proceeded. Fears are that, in the event of a major flood, the wall will trap wildlife fleeing to the higher (dry) ground behind the flood protection levee and they will drown.
