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The temperature was 77 degrees at 8 and 81 at 9 am, hot and humid with overcast skies.
On the way out of the park we stopped to find the Least Grebe (a life bird) with her babies in the alligator-infested waters of Choke Canyon lake. We did not see the alligator, but we did find the grebe with one kid on her back, then two.
We also saw a Sora.
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A Carolina Wren and female Cardinal
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Scissortail Flycatchers
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Vermillion Flycatcher and Texas Wild Turkey
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Harris's Hawk and Crested Caracara
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As we drove through Three Rivers, Texas, we stopped at Sowell's BBQ to pick up some BBQ beef for our lunch later, the first authentically Texas food we have had.
We had eaten our usual breakfast of instant oatmeal before. By the time we saw what all they were cooking, we ordered a plate of BBQ brisket, chicken and sausage to go and then we ordered breakfast for each of us and sat down and ate it! Ham, eggs, hash browns, biscuits!
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You can check out Sowell's BBQ on Facebook--they posted a photo of us!
Fortified with two breakfasts and 2 plates of Texas BBQ, we drove on through oil country, cattle ranches with Brahmas, Charolais, Longhorns, Buffalo and others.
We passed small wheat fields which were already gold, and corn growing at several different stages of development.
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We made it to Lost Maples State Park at about 4 pm. We ate BBQ and then went looking for the Golden-Cheeked Warbler we had missed the time before.
Birds were much scarcer, the bird volunteers had removed their welcome signs. Although these are not bluebonnets, there are a few blue flowers.
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We found a Lark Sparrow and a White-eyed Vireo
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We hiked up the trail, looking for the Golden-cheeked Warbler but did not see as many birds as 2 weeks ago, nor the Golden-cheeked Warbler.
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We did run into this "life" tarantula
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Today Our Eyes Were On
REAL TEXAS BBQ--Yum!!!
Signs that the seasons are shifting more to summer than spring.
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