Edinburg World Birding Center

This was our last stop on Tuesday. We were still waiting for work in Southern Texas and thought that we would check this place out. It was again very hot and there was not much of a breeze, but it was a nice place. It was a combination city park and birding area, so it was very easy for us to park. There were several ponds that were filled with reclaimed water that was a nice draw for the birds, expecially water and wading birds. We saw a few herons and egrets. We got a Neotropic Cormorant, a new one for us, and some Pied-billed Grebes. There was one bird we saw that really made my day. We had seen them fly over head a couple of days before, but now we saw them chilling out in the water with their young. We saw a family of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks!!! The chicks were so cute, they looked like big, fluffy bumble bees. Being stuck in the Rio Grande Valley for four days ended up not being nearly as bad as we thought it would be and we look forward to going back again to search out more birds!!!