Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Anahuac NWR and environs - Day 3
Finally. Only birded for about 2.5 hours from 11:30, too bad. Was too tired so didn't dare visit here again on the final day. As I said the gravel roads were a bit too much. Paved roads around Shoveler Pond was nice though. Willows harbored some passerines like Hooded Warbler and Northern Parula, but it was too windy.
Alligator! Do you know those reptiles including snakes are intelligent and also emotional? Do read Bradshaw's 'Carnivore Minds', which I borrowed from the library. You'll be quite surprised. Men, especially Western men are cruel, not those carnivores. Rattlesnake roundups(Sweetwater, Texas is the largest) are just...mind boggling in its cruelty.
Finally; Fulvous-whistling Duck! Absolutely gorgeous! Shyer than Blue-winged Teal
American Golden-Plover on the field along the road to Anahuc. Thought it was a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, too bad. Still, a good bird, to be sure
White-faced Ibis, in breeding plumage
Common Gallinule was indeed common!
Purple Gallinule! Yoo-hoo~
Eastern Kingbird
Gadwall, more common here, especially at Malibu Lagoon
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