Thursday, October 29, 2020

Bentsen Rio Grande State Park

 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. 




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