At it again. But for real this time. We have a departure date for the trip. Today. We don’t have a return date. In round numbers we’ll be out for two or three months, but we’re set up to continue as long as we want.
We mean to stop at as many places as we can that we haven’t been to before. Tonight, Guadalupe River State Park. Been here before, but haven’t spent the night until tonight.
Most of the gallinules we see are common gallinules.
At Brazos Bend, there are purple gallinules.
Here is one in the brush.
One in the mud.
With huge feet for walking on lily pads.
Skulking.
Or not.
And sometimes swimming in salad.
Carolina wren.
Inspecting the van.
She tried all the doors and even disappeared inside briefly.
She flew out and back a few times. While she was out, we closed up the van before a nest could be started. We’ve seen this movie before. A few years ago here, a wren built a nest on a back ledge of an open slide on the coach in two days.
