Texas - Day 7

Our last day by the Rio Grande, to end our time there we headed over to Santa Anna National Wildlife Refuge, where we also started our visit to the area. Last time we visited the park in the evening and it was only a short visit, but now we wanted to get there in the morning and stay longer and allowing us to explore more.

Almost instantly we spotted a few dragonflies flying around and some small butterflies including an Antillean Saddlebag.

Antillean Saddlebag - Tramea insularis

The lakes on the park had nearly dried up, some now just a empty space of dried mud. Even though their wasn't as much water as there should have been due a 3 year drought in the are we were able to see Short-billed Dowitchers, Song Sparrows, Wild Hog and other animals.

Short-billed Dowitcher -  Limnodromus griseus

Peccary - Tayassuidae

Song Sparrows - Melospiza melodia

We walked over to the other side of the refuge as we had been tipped off that there were Great Horned Owls chicks sitting in a nest in a tree by the path. Once there we started looking for the owls and after amount 10 minutes of looking we stopped for a drink when Dad suddenly spotted them sitting in the nest just as we had been told they would be.

Great Horned Owls - Bubo virginianus

Once we finished photographing the owls we headed back to the car and started our journey to Port Aransas, after checking in to our hotel we headed out to see the local reserves so we will  know where to go tomorrow.

The Wildlife Center in Port Aransas