Category Archives: Texas state parks
Texas School Break – Please End Soon
This is an interesting week, as thousands of schoolkids and their families overwhelm Texas State Parks. There are no sites available, nor have there been for months. The noise level is high, the bathrooms are oversubscribed, and even if you … Continue reading
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Some Texas Birds
We have been staying at Davis Mountains State Park which is a picturesque high desert location with pretty good birding. The ongoing Texas drought is apparent: fewer birds, dusty trails, and beautiful sunsets. Here’s a picture I just took with … Continue reading
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Wrapping up the Lower Valley birding
We had guys from a RV repair service out of Tennessee, who winter in the Valley, come by to size up the work on our sagging belly pan. I had devised a plan to fix it but it was a … Continue reading
Southern Birding – Why We Travel
I think it was the dozen Eastern Bluebirds I saw as we drove in to Harrison Bay State Park in Tennessee, or else the flock of Pine Warblers at Clarko State Park in Missisippi, but about the turn of the … Continue reading
The Rare Roadside Hawk (from the archives)
As part of my preparation for our SW trip, I joined birder email groups in Tennessee, Louisiana, and Texas. One of the big deals for the last ten days has been the roadside hawk, a rare species from Mexico, that … Continue reading
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Salineño – Get it on your birder bucket list
I fell in love with birding about four years ago and one of the reasons was a trip we made to Salineño, Texas. Driving there, we were stopped by a pleasant Border Patrol officer who was exiting the rutty dirt … Continue reading
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My Latest Interest: Geocaching
I was out looking for a bald eagle’s nest at Fountainebleau State Park when a Texas auto pulled up. The driver asked if I’d found it and having been there before, helped me locate it through my scope. When I … Continue reading
Adios, Texas
After nearly a month in Texas, we just crossed the Louisiana line and are going to spend some time at Sam Houston Jones State Park in Lake Charles where there is warmth and wifi. From Goliad State Park, we went … Continue reading
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Adios, Texas
After nearly a month in Texas, we just crossed the Louisiana line and are going to spend some time at Sam Houston Jones State Park in Lake Charles where there is warmth and wifi. From Goliad State Park, we went … Continue reading
Big Bend Adventures
As Big Bend State Park visitors know, it’s about 70 miles of desolation from Marathon down to the park headquarters, and then another 20 miles of desert to the Rio Grande Village campground. But what amazing vistas as you head … Continue reading
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