We are now back at Bentsen Palm RV Park to take part in the Citizen Science Project "Hawk Watch" from Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park. Every day we spend four plus hours on the hawk tower looking over Mexico and counting the thousands of raptors returning north to nest all over North America.
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| Adult Merlin at Anzulduos County Park |
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| Vermilion Flycatcher |
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| Ringed Kingfisher |
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| Black Phoebe pair by park entrance canal |
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| Wiley Coyote - What are people doing here this early? |
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| Golden-fronted Woodpecker |
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| Audubon's Oriole at Salineno enjoying some peanut butter |
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| Cactus Wren |
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| Prickly Poppy |
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| Lark Buntings |
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| Pyrrhuloxia at Falcon State Park |
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| Scissors-tailed Flycatchers are returning |
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| Ringed Kingfisher pair along the Rio Grande |
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| We took the RV park's pontoon boat on a special birding tour of the Rio Grande |
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| Territorial fight by White-tailed Kites |
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| Who's going to win and who will leave the area? |
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| Tarantula on our next door neighbor's driveway |
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| Spotted Ground Spider high on the hawk tower |
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| Greater Roadrunner, more often heard than seen |
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| Altamira Oriole enjoys some grapefruit |
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| The rare Calliope Hummingbird, people came from all over to see him |
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| Black-chinned Hummingbird |
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| Buff-bellied Hummingbird, a South Texas gem |
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| Olive Sparrow |
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| Mesquite Blooms, Spring is in the air (Ah-choo) |
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| Great Kiskadee |
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| Black Vultures, coming north in big numbers To see our counts go to hawkcount.org |
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| Long-billed Thrasher |
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| The Green Jay- painted by God |
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| First day of Spring and the tiny Elf Owl has returned to his favorite hole |
Looking forward to five more weeks of hawk counting and seeing everything else God puts in our path.
Love & Prayers,
Ty & Ida Baumann
