Spring Trip 2015 - Final Post

Saturday afternoon after the last post, the rain stopped and we were able to get in a little birding time. There still seems to be a lot of birds around - lots of warblers and other small song birds.

Here's an interesting story - we went to the Dauphin Island Airport and LaVerne spotted a real rarity for this area - a Vermillion Flycatcher. This bird is usually in Texas and Arizona. It was on a Gladiola on the far side of the runway. She pointed it out to a couple of other folks who were there and one lady (a local) jumped on her cell phone and called a few other folks and within literally 5 minutes I think half the birders on Dauphin Island were there. I mean cars were flying into the parking lot and folks were jumping out with their binoculars and spotting scopes to see this bird. I got a picture, but it was a very long shot and not nearly as clear as I would have liked.

Vermillion Flycatcher

 

Sunday we went to the Dauphin Island Baptist Church for worship service. This makes three Sunday's within the last month we have attended church service here. We like it. It's a small church, and they have good music and the pastor has a good message each week.

Dauphin Island Baptist Church

 

It was rainy early, but Sunday afternoon was beautiful weather and we went to the usual birding sites and saw lots of birds.

Here are a few more birds we saw (some repeats) Saturday and Sunday afternoons - plus one interesting critter.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

 

Wood Thrush

 

We don't discriminate -- saw some Guineas

 

A repeat of a Prothonotary Warbler

 

A repeat of the Painted Bunting

 

A Summer Tanager - not in full color yet

 

A Red-headed Skink

 

Late Sunday afternoon we packed it all up and then pulled out Monday morning (yesterday) headed north. It was a good ride up I-65 to Wetumpka, AL where we checked in at Ft. Toulouse State Park for the night and then visited with Scott & Pam and the grandkids. Had a great supper at the San Marcos Mexican Restaurant.

Today (Tuesday) we made it back into Georgia to McKinney Campground on Lake Alatoona near Acworth. Had a good visit with Randy & Jody and the grandkids and picked up our mail that we had forwarded to them.

Tomorrow we'll make the final leg of the trip and hope to arrive at home early afternoon. This has been a fabulous trip - a little over 2800 miles - and we have really enjoyed it. We had some really good visits with family & friends and have seen lots of beautiful birds - as well as other sights along the way. We were glad to have you along and hope you have enjoyed the blog.