We have taken advantage of the April weather to visit our
daughter Karen frequently and walking around Stone Lake where she lives. On our
last visit, we wondered whether we were back at the South Padre Island Birding
Center – Karen asked us what the bird was she saw next to the path, and we told
her that it was a Green Heron, which we had only ever seen in SPI. We were
telling her about all the other species of Heron that hung around SPI, and lo
and behold, in another marshy area we spotted a Night Heron – unbelievable!
A few days later we took the pooch on a walk along the paved
hiking paths in the Seven Hills Development. We had done some of these trails the
last time we were in Vegas and enjoyed it a great deal. We think that there
might be a conspiracy going on to get us to want to return here after our
wanderlust wanes. The Woman spotted a bright yellow bird in her peripheral
vision, and when it settled down, it turns out it was a Hooded Oriole – another
bonus!
Then, back at the RV Park, we spotted what we are pretty
sure is a Hepatic Tanager. We think we may have seen this guy in a fleeting
glimpse last time we were in the Park but couldn’t get a picture of him since
he wouldn’t sit still. We saw on the Henderson Birding Center website that they
are a rare sighting there in the spring, so we are deciding this is a Lifer ID.
While doing some birding in Spring Mountain Park we spotted
another photo session for a young Hispanic girl in her Quinceanera dress. This particular
dress may have been even more spectacular than the ones we frequently spotted
in the Brownsville area.
Talk to you soon!
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