2007/02/12
Looking for Birds
Ed joined Zaph and I on our morning walk in hopes of photographing some birds. The beginning of the walk was pretty quiet and when we spotted a Red-Shouldered Hawk sitting in a tree we understood why. A short while after the hawk flew off we started to see a number of smaller birds, lots of white-winged doves, robins, a red cardinal, a Crissal thrasher singing a very pretty song and lots of house finches. After breakfast we headed to Dugout Wells in hopes of finding more birds .... no luck there. It was a wet January so there's enough water around that the birds don’t need to visit the watering holes. Last year we didn’t make it outside of the park to the small town of Study Butte so we decided that we would this year. Definitely a small town though it does have a bank branch, a post office, motel and several campgrounds. I stopped by the post office but it was closed for lunch — sure sign of a small town. On the way back to the campground we decided to take a detour and head to Chisos Basin in the Chisos Mountains. Interesting to see it after seeing the old CCC slides from beginnings of the park.
A Crissal Thrasher
Our first siting of a Javelina at Big Bend. Last year there was a band touring through the campground every day but they were not as evident this year.
A view in the Chisos Mountains.
A view from a trail in the Chisos Basin.
An interesting cactus.
There is a tunnel on the main road heading to the campground. The view you see as you go through the tunnel.
A Crissal Thrasher
Our first siting of a Javelina at Big Bend. Last year there was a band touring through the campground every day but they were not as evident this year.
A view in the Chisos Mountains.
A view from a trail in the Chisos Basin.
An interesting cactus.
There is a tunnel on the main road heading to the campground. The view you see as you go through the tunnel.
