Yeah, I've been a little behind on postings...these are pictures from about two weeks ago when me and another birder went to El Sauz for about a week. In short, three of the five grids had parts under water, one was in thick oak forest and sand dunes, and the other in rolling grasslands. There's definitely a different set of birds over there, with a number of shorebirds like white ibis, black-necked stilts, laughing gulls, willets, plus yellow-billed cuckoos, green jays, great-tailed grackles, red-winged blackbirds, and even some least grebes.
It's also a little closer to civilization, so we were able to get to places that cooked food for you (restaurants, yes I think they're called restaurants?) a little more often, and on the day that got rained out I wandered around downtown Harlingen.
Me crossing one of the salt marshes on the first day. The rain boots I'm wearing were at this point filled with water.
Wind-driven well surrounded by submerged marsh on ranch interior. Mostly red-winged blackbirds at this point.
Me on one of the higher points of the ranch, a huge sand dune surrounded by oak scrub. Note the goofy look, binoculars, and oh-so-fashionable snake guards.
Sand dunes at El Sauz.
From the tops of sand dunes.
Anyway, now I'm back at the main ranch, and I'll post something more recent as I can.
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