Fun birding day with a fun birder!

I would love to bird with Kym Morse even if she didn't take awesome photos of the birds we see, but that's a super bonus. Today, I couldn't resist the long drive to the far corner of Big Bend National Park where a juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker had been being seen. Especially as Kym agreed to go with me and help me find it. I have seen plenty of them while growing up in Iowa, but didn't have one on my Brewster Co (or even Texas) list.

Here's my best photo of it.

I hadn't been to the park since 2021 and was shocked to see how it had changed... and not for the better. I believe all the cottonwoods are dead, at least at Rio Grande Village where we went. And if that isn't bad enough, the area is overrun with cattle and burros.