These were pictures and birds sighted the last two days near Mathis Texas.This is scrub or "Brush" country for the most part and we drove many of the rural roads. Ironically Ruth saw both the Green Jay and the Golden Fronted Wodpecker in the Dairy Queen parking lot. Go figure!
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| Texas Blue bonnets in an estate yard. |
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| Indian Blanket flower along the roadside |
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| The oil 'cracking towers' at Valero's refinery in Dilley TX. |
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| A flock of Black Vultures at the beach near the Corpus Christi Dam and Lake. This is 40 miles from Corpus Christi. |
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| A flock of goats near Mathis, TX, The government used to subsidize the herders, but since they stopped it, very few herds are large. |
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| An Anhinga in a small pond in rural Mathis. It is a "darter". |
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| The fort at Lipantitlan is no more. There is only a Mesquite grove. It was recptured by the Texans twice. (read ) |
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| The site at the Fort above. No buildings anymore. |
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| The general store at Knoll TX, population 7. There is also a golf course there. |
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| The Golden Fronted Woodpecker Again! |
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| Northen Waterthrush is very furtive. I chased it for 10 minutes to ID it. |
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| Green Jay that Ruth spotted in the D.Q. parking lot. |
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