Bolivar Flats
I had never seen Bolivar Flats like this!! You could walk to the North Jetty. North wind!!


I had never seen Bolivar Flats like this!! You could walk to the North Jetty. North wind!!


Here are the gulls we did see. Can you ID without your book?
The TBRC is excited to add both SMALL-BILLED ELAENIA and TRINDADE PETREL to the state list, bringing it to 663 species! The elaenia was seen in May 2021 on Mustang Island (Nueces Co) by Andrew Orgill and Rylee Gonzales; it was identified at the time as an empidonax. A few months later, in August 2021,…
Anybody want to ID this Empid Seen in Blucher Park yesterday?
On our scout trip Lance and I stopped at Davis Estates Road near Brazos Bend SP. I had heard about this location but never stopped before. It had the 2 things that gulls really love: water and landfill!!! We spent about an hour gazing upward at gulls!! Access to viewing the small lakes is poor…
Everybody loves fish!!!
The Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society (TOS) just came out. It includes the annual report by the Texas Birds Records Committee (TBRC) which includes the following: “The TBRC accepted 4 first state records in 2024: Tufted Duck, Yellow-footed Gull, Gray-collared Becard, and Southern Lapwing. In addition, Cory’s Shearwater was split into Cory’s Shearwater and…