Take That You Birds!

We've been trekking through the "Great Texas Birding Trail" for days now with almost no success.  By success I mean of course, the ability to see the birds we want to see.  We've been awash in a sea of Boat-Tailed Grackles (messy, nasty birds that accumulate in huge numbers in parking lots) and thousands of Red-Wing Blackbirds.  That's it, that's pretty much the highlight.  I haven't even yet mentioned that we are doing all this in about 890% humidity while slogging our way through a literal plague of small biting insects who seem to have congregated to specifically  feed on our tender, jiggly exposed parts.  

Today we set out with the express purpose of upsetting Scott.  The plan was to head South until he began to yelp and holler about how dangerous our journey was becoming.  Since we were having no luck with the bird thing we decided to take a few pictures to torment the kids with....

The Sign Reads: No Entry Beyond This Point

The Implication is Obvious

 There were several birding areas with warnings regarding areas one shouldn't visit.  There were detailed explanations of which federal agency was monitoring what.  Perhaps one of the most fearsome warnings dealt with an area in which Homeland Security had buried pressure sensors and would call Border Patrol.  Hmmm...I wonder how that would go over?

Here we are - Scotty's loving Mommy and Daddy at the Rio Grande River -  The SPOT GPS tracker device is being extended as far as possible over the river...Can you hear me now???

Well, we figured this was as good as it was gonna get with Birding being a bust and all but decided we needed to change tactics and see if we couldn't spot one of the rare cats that are sometimes seen in the area.  We hiked and sweated and hiked and swatted and turned the corner on the trail and whoa there Nellie!  HALLELUJAH!!!

It's blurry  but its a BOBCAT!!