The historic 1892 Rabb Plantation House at Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Brownsville, TX, serves as a visitor center. This was our first stop on Day 3 of our south Texas OOS birding trip.

Walking one of the trails at Sabal Palm Sanctuary, TX

Gold cap showing on a Great Kiskidee at Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Brownsville, TX

Golden-fronted Woodpecker at Sabal Palm Sanctuary, TX

Flower

Least Grebe

Least Grebe

Northern Shoveler, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Brownsville, TX

Green Heron

Green Heron

Green Heron

White-tipped Dove at a feeder at Sabal Palm Sanctuary, TX

Great Egret along the boardwalk at the South Padre Island Convention Center, TX

Great Egret

Reddish Egret near boardwalk at SPI Convention Center

Sora, SPI Convention Center, TX

Sora

Sora

Common Gallinule

Mottled Duck

Roseate Spoonbills and White Ibis in water at SPI Convention Center

White Ibis

Orange berries on a bush around the Convention Center on South Padre Island, TX

A lone Monarch butterfly looking for some nectar on a cold, gray day on SPI

Black Skimmers taking to the air over the beach at the Convention Center on South Padre Island, TX

Black Skimmers skimming over the water

A female Northern Harrier glided over the marsh and stir up a lot of birds.

From SPI, we went to the visitor center at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge and found this weasel sticking its head up out of a hole in the boardwalk like a whack-a-mole. We never saw the rest of it, but from the shoulders up it looks like a Long-tailed Weasel.

Long-tailed Weasel at Laguna Atascosa NWR visitor center

Black and orange berries on a bush at LANWR

Fungus on a tree at the LANWR visitor center

Fungus on a tree

Black and white spider on its web at the LANWR visitor center

Joshua tree blooming at LANWR

Pond at LANWR

Another view of reflections on a pond at LANWR

Adult White-tailed Hawk on a wire at LANWR

White-tailed Hawk with black stripe on end of tail

White-tailed Hawk at LANWR

Anhinga at the back of a marshy area

Long-billed Curlew walking the grasses at LANWR

Long-billed Curlew

Long-billed Curlew

Long-billed Curlew

White-tailed Kite hovering above the field at LANWR

White-tailed Kite

White-tailed Kite

White-tailed Kite sitting in a distant tree at Laguna Atascosa NWR, TX

White-tailed Hawk sitting atop a power pole at LANWR

Young Harris's Hawk sitting on a wire at Laguna Atascosa NWR

Dinner for the evening was at Kiki's in Brownsville, TX. We had some communication issues with our orders, but everyone was in a good mood and we got one of the wait staff to take our photo: (L front to back) Paul, Laurie, Nadine, Joyce, Albert, Gail, Pete, Doug (standing, with weird light effects); (R front to back) Steve, Mary, Kristin, Ben, John; (missing) Jimmy and John S.