Hurricane Hanna Havoc

Well, we survived our first Hurricane here in Weslaco! The last one, Hurricane Harvey, came through when we were gone during the summer. We had no damage at our place and I'm not sure how much other's had since we weren't here.

Hurricane Hanna came though last night, July 26th. Actually, the Hurricane came ashore on July 25th in Port Mansfield but we sure had the rain and winds here in Weslaco last night.

Here are a few pictures from the streets close to Southern Comfort:

These are some pictures from our senior resort in the Valley:

Actually, this is damage at our sister park next door.

Quite a few places lost their trim.

The dumpsters quickly filled up with Palm debris

I think we were lucky because we didn't have anything at our house but some palm branches down that blew over to our place. We are right between two other houses so that can help in these situations. When it was more open around the mobiles, they got more damage.

Laguna Atascosa NWR

 

Today is our 40th Wedding Anniversary and celebrating it was a problem. We are still in the midst of Covid-19 and there is no dining out, only takeout. And since there is no immunization yet for Covid, you can't really go out with other people. That being said we decided to go birding today and have some alone time tonight. Hopefully, when we hit 50 years, we'll be able to celebrate with family and friends!

Gater crossing the road

Some kind of Hawk - Hard to Tell With The Light

Black-necked Stilt

Black-necked Stilt & Killdeer

Green Jay

Red Tailed Hawk

                           We saw several Road Runners today

Another Alligator

The birds didn't cooperate today so they must be 

                           quarantining due to Covid too! 

Birding at the National Butterfly Center

We were getting to feel a bit house bound so we decided to head over to Mission and wander the butterfly grounds. I had heard that the Grooved Billed Anis were at the Center but today they weren't there. They've been there for a week so I hope they just haven't moved on. We only saw one other person at the center today other than workers so it was pretty safe. It was pretty warm out that is for sure.

There are a lot of trails at the National Butterfly Center and so it is a wonderful place to see both butterflies and birds!

Chachalacas

Altimore Orioles' Nest

Northern Mocking Bird

Altimore Oriole

The Mama and Papa Orioles took turns flying 
in and out and bringing food to their babies

Great-tailed Grackle

 

Mourning Dove

Possibly a Hummingbird

Cardinal

Not quite sure what this little guy or gal is?

Great Kiskadee

White-winged Dove

Lark Sparrow

Dragon Flies