Sabal Palms was a half drive from Padre Island but, once again, we still got there a little late for good birding. This area was once a cotton plantation on the Rio Grande. It has been converted into a wild life preserve and yielded some nice additions to our list. This is right up against the Rio Grande. In fact we drove through the high metal border fence to get there.
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| Carolina Wren |
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| Clay Colored Thrush. |
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| Golden-fronted Woodpecker |
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| Levitating Gray Catbird |
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| Great Horned Owl in a Palm tree |
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| Great Blue Heron |
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| Louisiana Waterthrush |
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| Northern Cardinal female |
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| Northern Cardinal male |
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| Ovenbird |
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| Plain Chachalaca showing red throat |
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| Solitary Sandpiper |
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| Sandwich Tern |
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| White-tipped Dove showing why it is so named |
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| White-tipped Dove |
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| Yellow-throated Warbler |
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| The old plantation house is now used for a visitors centre |
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| Finally we leave with a couple of snakes. This is a 6 foot Indigo. Constrictor eats other snakes and anything else. |
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| Not sure what this one is. End of this blog. Scroll down for previous blog |
Beautiful pictures, and the levitating catbird made me laugh. - Anne
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