Returning to Bentsen Park

 Hello, everyone.

It was a pretty warm day here today, but in the morning it wasn't too bad. We went to Bentsen Park to take a walk and view the birds.

The birdseed feeders were empty, but orange halves had been put up on the fruit boards. Every feeding station was full of birds who were waiting for the chow to come. (They usually feed through the end of February at least.) The first station was full of chachalacas on every branch hoping for the food truck to stop for them. 

At the third feeding station, where the loop joins with the entry road, we saw a sight.

There is a flock of turkeys that lives in the area--wild Rio Grande Turkeys, not loose domestics--and they had come out to the open-area feeding station to look for food. The tom was majestic! With them were also (at least) a dove, an oriole, a kiskadee, and a cardinal. The kiskadee is on the ground by the pole in the first picture. The cardinal is perched on a branch in the second one.

The last time we walked at Bentsen, we had seen just the tom by himself, at this same place. And once before, we had seen the flock at a different feeding station.

It was a pleasant walk today, and we enjoyed watching the turkeys.