Fort Travis

My wife and I made a trip to Houston Texas one spring spcifically for birding such locations as High Island, the Bolivar Flats, and Anahuac NWR. At the Western end of the Bolivar Penisula we found a treat in the Fort Travis Seaside Park. We had a picnic lunch while sitting on the seawall and oberving gulls, terns and ducks. We were extremely fascinated by one group of ducks that were unlike any we had previously seen. We studied the ducks and our field guides trying to determine the species. They turned out to be Fulvous Whistling-Ducks. We then turned our attention to walking the grounds of the old fort. There was a huge green grassy area that stretched from the fort to the seawall. We soon noticed a group of 3 long-billed birds meticuosly searching through the grass. I crawled on my belly through the grass to capture the above Marbled Godwit on film. For me, the time spent on the grounds of the fort was probably the most relaxing time of our whole trip. The Fort is just a few minutes away from Bolivar Flats where a short time later we were able to observe thousands of milling shorebirds. Got to get back to Texas.