For the secretive clapper rail.
About the size of a small chicken, it is much thinner and can slip through dense vegetation. It’s a coastal saltwater marsh kind of bird. Secretive, but with a distinctive call. Heard way more often than seen.
At the condo on South Padre Island.
A few weeks back.
We were visited by a little wren.
The wren got serious about checking us out.
The entire van got an inspection.
We were careful not to kidnap him when it was time to close up and drive away.
December, everything dies back.
January, while the plants are dormant, I cut them way back so they will return happy, healthy, and even bushier in the spring.
It’s January. The Esperanza didn’t get the memo.
But I did.
It’ll thank me later.
