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| Summer Tanager male |
We continue our journey south to Mission, Texas to volunteer at the hawk tower at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park. We made stops at Casa Blanca at Lerado, Zapata, and Falcon State Park before setting up at Bentsen Palm Village RV Resort.
Here are some of the birds and critters we found on our journey south.
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| Summer Tanager female |
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| Carolina Chickadee |
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| Mayfly |
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| Ladder-backed Woodpecker |
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| Grace's Warbler |
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| Crested Caracaras |
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| Least Sandpiper |
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| The invisible Bobcat - at least he thinks so |
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| Great Kiskadee drinks rainwater off our picnic shelter |
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| Shed Rattlesnake skin |
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| Couch's Kingbird grabs Giant Darner |
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| Time to clip the wings off before having lunch |
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| Silver Garden Spider |
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| Groove-billed Ani at Zapata |
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| Falcon Lake - water at extremely low levels |
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| Black-throated Sparrow |
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| Scissor's-tailed Flycatcher |
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| Falcon Lake sunset |
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| Bentsen State Park Hawk Tower where we spend 4-5 hours each morning |
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| Mississippi Kites - 1,786 lifted up out of the park mid-September |
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| 13 Mississippi Kites roosted for the night |
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| Juvenile Mississippi Kites |
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| Adult Mississippi Kite |
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| Juvenile Mississippi Kite |
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| Black-crested Titmouse |
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| Great Crested Flycatcher migrating through |
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| Blue Dasher male - threat display |
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| Black-chinned Hummingbird |
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| Ruby-throated Hummers invade the area |
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| Clay-colored Thrush |
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| Javelina cools off |
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| This feels great on a 100 degree day |
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| Another sunrise from the Hawk Tower |
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| Coral Vine - loved by the Hummers |
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| Buff-bellied Hummingbird - a South Texas specialty Love & Prayers, Ty & Ida Baumann |
