Walk: Return to Estero Llano Grande

Hello, everyone.

Last week we drove over to Weslaco and visited Estero Llano Grande.

"You don't see me! I tucked my bill down!"

This little fellow was sitting in the grass at the edge of Alligator Pond.

The birds at Estero seem to have had a good year for babies. We saw a lot of tree ducks, several family groups, and some avocets and at least one heron. This little guy might be a young green heron, or some other bird in that family.

The alligator was not visible when we were there. It was early in the day, perhaps too early for sunning. The banks of the pond had quite a bit of vegetation, too. Perhaps the gator wandered off elsewhere to sunbathe without visitors.