135(really, probably, final count) species this trip

Wrote this on the 11th;

At IAH waiting to board(free wifi is good)

Most surprising is probably Phainopepla male harassing an Osprey near Bolivar ferry. Not reported there, like ever(corrected by Mike Austin as Mockingbird; light played tricks on me, but no excuse. Always approach identifications with caution! Lesson again, learned)!

Missed: Anhinga, Crested Caracara(later confirmed by MA!), Buff-breasted Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper(maybe saw it?), Monk Parakeet, Chuck Will's Widow, and other usual Eastern urban/forest species. Insane traffic at Houston today afternoon denied me ever visiting W. G. Jones forest : Red-cockaded Woodpecker, alas..

Still, great, aside from the rental car company(hope they refund for the tire..they did!). Saw pretty much all target warblers, plovers, even spotted Pomarine Jaeger(what a sight), Yellow-billed Cuckoo...

Not humid and hot, at all really. First two days were COLD and rainy(drizzle)!

The moment when I confirmed with Tropical birding leaders about my sighting of Wilson's Plover..probably the highlight of the trip(spotted it then met those coming this way. They lead birding walks at High Island Thu-Mon)!

Boy Scout Woods is well known but smaller Hooks Wood is probably better in some regard. Was within a foot of that elusive Kentucky warbler twice lol. Similar elusive birds, Worm-eating warbler, Swainson's warbler, all spotted. Can't wait to upload pics at ebird and confirm with the experts...

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Again want to thank Michael Austin for ongoing?! confirmations!