Saturday, February 2nd. Valley Gateway RV Park, Linn, Texas Cloudy and 68 degrees this morning at 9:00. Decided to follow one of the Texas Bird Trail loops that starts just north from the RV Park on FM 186 that intersects US 281. We headed east to the La Sal del Rey tract of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. We turned north on Bushline road that is a dirt road that runs along the outside eastern boundary of the reserve. Valerie crept along the road as we checked the brush and trees on both sides, as well as the overhead lines, and the middle of the road in front of us, for birds. We didn't find any of the Lark Buntings that were supposed to be in this habitat, but in some yellow blooming
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