Monday. This is a popular place, Davis Mountains State Park. There haven't
been very many people for the couple days we've been here, but that is about
to change. The campground is completely full with reservations for the next
week. Something about the week between Christmas and New Year. Time for us
to move on. We're done here, anyway. East for a few hundred miles on
Interstate 10. Stopped at South Llano River State Park outside Junction,
Texas. Another great birding place.
While at Davis Mountains and Llano River, we've seen 44 birds, including
acorn woodpecker, black phoebe, chihuahuan raven, horned lark, carolina
chickadee, tufted titmouse, cactus wren, rock wren, carolina wren, bewick's
wren, sage thrasher, brown thrasher, green tailed towhee, tons of canyon
towhees, rufous crowned sparrow, black throated sparrow, white throated
sparrow. The chihuahan raven and rufous crowned sparrow are new birds for
us.
Quail are conspicuously absent from the list. The quail score: Quail 3,
Taylor 0.
End of the first round. This isn't a sprint, it's a marathon. We'll be
back.
