The perfect storm

 

It clouded up as it got dark.  It rained slow and steady all night.  The clouds broke up at dawn.  It couldn’t have been better.

 

Travel day.  Kerrville to Vanderpool.  Buckhorn Resort to Lost Maples State Park, the reason for our detour on the way home.  There are two birds here that refuse to come to us on Mustang Island, so we’ve come to them.  Our mission: the golden cheeked warbler and the black capped vireo.  They’re in this park, but they’re not just anywhere in the park.  The vireo, in particular, is only being seen in one place about a two mile walk in.  We took a reconnaissance walk this afternoon to check out the first part of the trail.  #492, Golden Cheeked Warbler!  Tomorrow, it’s back to work, but we might be able to fit in a dawn Vireo walk.