Choke Canyon Day 2 07-04-2022

These turkeys were headed for a drink from the lake.
These are barn swallow nests in one of the picnic shelters. There were swarms of swallows everywhere in the park.
Great-tailed Grackle
White-tailed deer
This is a Spiny Hackberry. The berries taste like tiny cantaloupes to me.
Black Saddlebag
Halloween Pennant
Western Kingbird
Great Egret
Dessert Cottontail
Texas Virgin's Bower
Giant Cicada These are the ones that sound like a train whistle or a tea kettle.
Halloween Pennant
Great Egret on a short flight
same guy after landing
red ants
Mourning Dove
American Coot
Halloween Pennant
This is the lowest I have ever seen 75-acre Lake. I thought it was the drought, but I was wrong.
Common Gallinule
Cormorants in the middle of 75-acre Lake
another Halloween Pennant
They have kayaks you can use now.
Long-billed Thrasher
This photo was taken from inside the trailer. This crazy male Northern Cardinal spent his days banging on my starboard side windows. I didn't realize that he was also messing with the passenger side window of my truck until I drove into town on Thursday and saw all the poop on the mirror and window!
turkey sitting on a picnic table bench at a nearby site
Mother Common Gallinule with her baby
Dessert Cottontail
Dessert Cottontail