Smith Woods and Anahuac NWR

 4-25-21

I'm running on empty so I'm going to make this short. We were very busy birding the woods for warblers and Anahuac for ducks and shorebirds. Both locations didn't lived up to expectations. Although we didn't have a fallout and numbers of birds were low, we still had a good variety of species, Torrey has become a monster birder as he pulled out 82 species from Smith Oaks in less than four hours. His best birds were Canada Warbler, Kentucky Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, and Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Mim and I birded together and we managed fifty something in the same amount of time. But a great time was had by all. Here are some photos for the day. 

                                                                Common Nighthawk

                                                                         Glossy Ibis

                                                           Fulvous Whistling Ducks

                                                            Chestnut-sided Warbler

                                                                  Blackpoll Warbler

                                                                Pronthonotary Warbler

                                                        Black-throated Green Warble

                                                                   Magnolia Warbler

                                                                   Least Flycatcher

                                                                       Scarlet Tanager

                                                                   Purple Gallinule

Neo-tropic Cormorant