Happy birds enjoying the regular handouts.
Saw these but unable to get my own shot.
Some local residents.
An uncooperative Javelina11-10 Saturday We took advantage of the cool morning and road our bikes through the Bentsen State Park. This is a park that adjoins the campground property. As guests here, we have unlimited access to this park. It is a birding center and one of the reasons we decided on this location in the Valley. The road through the park is four miles. It is an old campground that closed so that it could be better used as a birding center. The campground is still there, but you can see it was designed for RVs that were sold in the 50’s. With only state vehicles allowed in the park, it remains very quiet. One of the workers coming through checking the park on a golf cart was the nosiest thing we heard.
Riding through the park we saw a lot of birds. They were being fed so they are like cats; if you feed them they never leave. We also saw a few Green Jays. They have a nice call to go with their blue heads, black throat, green backs and yellow tails. In flight they are very colorful as well as being fast and agile. Without a longer lens, I was unable to get a picture of a single one.
We had been told the there were Javelinas in the park but did not expect to see any – it is a very large park measured in miles. To our surprise, six ran out of the woods in front of us. They can move quickly so I only got a shot of 3 of them before they disappeared into the woods. A bit further down the road and we spotted another grazing alone. He did not want to turn around and I was not about to get off the bike to get a better shot. Maybe another time one will be more willing to show his or her better side or end.
