High Island,Texas migration Mecca

Howdee all,

Jeff and I left the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday and headed north.

We traveled through roadsides littered with wildflowers.

The

first night on our way to High Island we stayed in Matagorda.

The following morning we went to the  nature park and joined a bird walk.

We saw many migrants, Painted and Indigo buntings, Summer and Scarlet Tanagers,

and a few warblers..

We saw five Common night hawk flying and then spotted them all sitting on these posts.

We left after the bird walk anxious to continue our trip to High Island.So here we now are..on High Island, north of Galveston, a migration Mecca.

The first day we arrived we went straight to Boy Scout woods..and were treated to scads of birds ..we didn't know where to look first.

We saw Cerulean, Magnolia, Canada and other warblers..Scarlet and Summer tanagers, Rose-breasted grosbeaks everywhere. Swanson's thrush's by the 100s..

Today was much slower..must have had a flight out last night.

I will post on the different birding areas later..

Until then…

Enjoy the funny bunny

He or she stood like this for over three minutes.