Birding Laguna Atascosa NWR

Chose this refuge for our first bird outing. Its 110,000 acres and more bird species have been recorded here than any other NWR. Ocelot are present here (we didn’t see one) and occasional bird species considered endemic to Mexico are sometimes sited.

We did about 4 miles of hiking. These two are life birds for me and were easy to cell phone photograph thanks to the blind and feeder station provided by the refuge.

7 life birds today, Olive Sparrow, Harris hawk, Altimira Oriole, Green Jay, Black Crested Titmouse, Long Billed Thrasher and Yellow-rumped Warbler Audubon variant. Ok that last one is a sub species.

We ate lunch at Laguna Bob’s because two musicians I met yesterday who are living in their camper van were playing there and I told them we would come. They were good, oldies type stuff, from the 60’s, they played to this crowd for sure. Why not, they are living off the tips. Across the street was a sand artist, for $600 he will teach you how to do this:

That’s just one of many creations he had on display.

No plans for tomorrow. Doesn’t look like tennis is in the cards, no one seems to be playing, can’t even find a pickle ball court. This ain’t Florida for sure.