"Bird Blind": an ocular condition caused by staring for a long period at a Vermilion Flycatcher.
There was a surprise sighting of Cassin's Finches among the House Finches (male and female posing nicely together). A single Black-throated Sparrow - my favorite bird of the stop. We got a short look at a Woodhouse's Scrub Jay (Lorna got a photo). And I suppose the Carolina Chickadee was new, but visually they are so close to a Black-capped it is like splitting hairs.
The real reason we were at South Llano Park was to see the Golden-cheeked Warbler. Early we stumbled onto the local Golden-cheek expert, Randy, who led us on a long hike up a canyon where the Golden-cheeks breed. They were certainly there. We could hear them and caught occasional glimpses of them flying from shrubby tree to tree. If someone was doing a "big year" or maybe keeping a "life list" they would count it. For me it will remain a bird for the future. I do not need to see or photograph every species of bird on the earth. But that is just me. ;-)
The real reason we were at South Llano Park was to see the Golden-cheeked Warbler. Early we stumbled onto the local Golden-cheek expert, Randy, who led us on a long hike up a canyon where the Golden-cheeks breed. They were certainly there. We could hear them and caught occasional glimpses of them flying from shrubby tree to tree. If someone was doing a "big year" or maybe keeping a "life list" they would count it. For me it will remain a bird for the future. I do not need to see or photograph every species of bird on the earth. But that is just me. ;-)
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