Steve and Judy's Travels!

Colin, hard at work on the brickwork. At least he was hard at work until we
stopped to talk with him.

Wednesday. Drove up to Rockport/Fulton in the afternoon. No purple martins
in the purple martin condos. House sparrows in the purple martin condos.
If no one takes care of the birdhouses, they just fill up with house
sparrows. Saw more rose breasted grosbeaks at Goose Island. More indigo
buntings. A semipalmated sandpiper. Lots of dunlins and red knots. Tufted
titmouse. More magnolia warblers. And some new ones. Tennessee, blackpoll,
kentucky, and hooded warblers.

Tuesday. We didn’t bird much today. We rested. While we rested we saw
another fourteen birds we hadn’t seen yet this trip. We haven’t seen the
green heron very often before. He was at the edge of the pond in front of
us. We got the roseate spoonbill, that’s always nice. And the American
oystercatcher. He always looks like somebody made a mistake putting him
together. Least tern. He’s so tiny. He’s just bigger than the warblers
we’ve been looking at. We got a long look at Mr. and Mrs. indigo bunting,
an orchard oriole, and a bullock’s oriole. And one new bird, the
rose-breasted grosbeak. 360. Tomorrow, maybe we’ll go check out the purple martin condos in Rockport.

Once it’s done, it will look more like the site we’re staying in this time:

Judy standing in our front yard.