Today dawned all misty and overcast. As the morning went, the fog got thicker. I could barely see the cars on the freeways from the window here.
I slept great last night but Barbr did not sleep from 1 to 3 am. We had breakfast and I called Mitchell Lake Audubon as their website stated that some trails were closed due to the recent rains and were very muddy. The fellow said one can still walk on the trails in certain areas but not drive and it was really muddy. Finally around 11 am, it started to clear. We decided to give Mitchell Lake a pass, mud is no fun! Plus I had asked if they had any special birds that were recently seen and the answer was no. There was nothing being seen that we had not seen already.
We headed out to the San Antonio Botanical Gardens. In the year and a bit since I last visited there, the place has a new welcome building and some more gardens have been set up. There was lots of construction work today as they are still working on a children's garden center and something else by the rose gardens. We went through the pavilions and we took photos of plants that caught our attention. Then we headed to the wonderful bird blind in the back of the gardens.
The last time I was here, it was just around 9 am and there were tons of birds. I must have gotten 24 species and likely more. Today, the new birds for the trip were Blue Jay and Carolina Chickadee. You can tell we are north. It will be interesting to see what birds I will see in the Fort Worth area, which is about 6 hours north of here.
Barbr packed and organized her stuff this morning. So she is pretty well ready to go. We returned the car after visiting the gardens.
I have still have to pack. I figure that once I help Barbr down with her stuff tomorrow and say goodbye, I will have almost 2 hours to get myself ready to leave. I have to get going around 6 am for the Amtrak train to Fort Worth.
It was a great trip with great company and lots of laughs and sweet birds AND it kept us away from winter!
This birding trip ends with some statistics.
Total Mileage - 2800 miles
Total Species
With Colleen - 107
Just Barbs - 59
Total species for the trip 166 in winter
I slept great last night but Barbr did not sleep from 1 to 3 am. We had breakfast and I called Mitchell Lake Audubon as their website stated that some trails were closed due to the recent rains and were very muddy. The fellow said one can still walk on the trails in certain areas but not drive and it was really muddy. Finally around 11 am, it started to clear. We decided to give Mitchell Lake a pass, mud is no fun! Plus I had asked if they had any special birds that were recently seen and the answer was no. There was nothing being seen that we had not seen already.
We headed out to the San Antonio Botanical Gardens. In the year and a bit since I last visited there, the place has a new welcome building and some more gardens have been set up. There was lots of construction work today as they are still working on a children's garden center and something else by the rose gardens. We went through the pavilions and we took photos of plants that caught our attention. Then we headed to the wonderful bird blind in the back of the gardens.
The last time I was here, it was just around 9 am and there were tons of birds. I must have gotten 24 species and likely more. Today, the new birds for the trip were Blue Jay and Carolina Chickadee. You can tell we are north. It will be interesting to see what birds I will see in the Fort Worth area, which is about 6 hours north of here.
Barbr packed and organized her stuff this morning. So she is pretty well ready to go. We returned the car after visiting the gardens.
I have still have to pack. I figure that once I help Barbr down with her stuff tomorrow and say goodbye, I will have almost 2 hours to get myself ready to leave. I have to get going around 6 am for the Amtrak train to Fort Worth.
It was a great trip with great company and lots of laughs and sweet birds AND it kept us away from winter!
This birding trip ends with some statistics.
Total Mileage - 2800 miles
Total Species
With Colleen - 107
Just Barbs - 59
Total species for the trip 166 in winter
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