We saw an ocelot!

 

Who would think that this sparse scrubby flat coastal plain habitat would be ideal for ocelots?  Well, actually, there is a national wildlife refuge, Laguna Atascosa, a few miles from here that protects the last few remaining ocelots in the United States.

 

This wasn’t in the wildlife refuge though, we were just driving down a back road and this big graceful cat with a long tail loped across the dirt road and disappeared into the brush on the other side.  No time for a photo.  Just a stunning surprise.

 

Did get a photo of the elusive least bittern.

 

 

And a lesser nighthawk.

 

Purple Martin.

 

Northern Parula.

 

 

Easier to get close to a great-tailed grackle.

 

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