Wild Bird Rescue, Inc., serves twelve Texas counties by receiving birds from Texas Parks and Wildlife, Animal Control, Humane Societies, Police Departments, Sheriff's Departments, area businesses, and concerned individuals. We have received over 8,500 birds since the year 2001. We rescue wild birds, rehabilitate them, and then release them back into the wild.



Friday, September 24, 2010

Good Birding on Vacation

Hey, all. Phyllis and I just got back from San Antonio visiting our daughter and grand-daughter. We had a fantastic time. On the way back home, we spent the night in Marble Falls in a hotel that overlooked Lake Marble Falls. WOW!

Although our primary reason for the visit was to see our girls, I did manage some good birding. While in San Antonio, I spotted Blue Jays, Scrub Jays, Mockingbirds, White-winged Doves, Eurasian Collared Doves, House Sparrows, a female Oriole, Turkey Vultures, Black Vultures, Ravens, Common Grackles, Great-tailed Grackles, Cardinals, and a Bewick's Wren. I heard (dut did not see) a small woodpecker. While in Marble Falls, we saw Turkey Vultures, Black Vultures, Cliff Swallows, Mockingbirds, Blue Jays, House Sparrows, Common Grackles, Rock Doves, White-winged Doves. All the birds in Marble Falls were spotted while relaxing on the balcony of our hotel room.

The thing we found amazing, and somewhat disturbing, was that we had no spottings of ANY hawks. Not one single hawk seen on the drive down, while we were there, or on the drive back to Wichita Falls.

A great vacation made better with good birding.
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