Mon Feb 6
(I forgot my computer, so notes for this trip will be sketchy at best)
Left for Potter's Creek COE Park at 9:15. After a 13-minute gas stop at Love's in Italy and a 16-minute gas stop at Wahlberg's Travel Center, we arrived at 2:45. Unfortunately, "check-in" time was 3pm, so they weren't letting anyone in. There were four parties ahead of us, so we had to wait.
But not long. Some Corp of Engineers parks have stupid rules like that, but it's been a while since we were hit by one. At least it gave us time to unhitch the Jeep.
It's a nice park, more-or-less identical to the one on the other side of Canyon Lake, only a little more crowded. Especially for a Monday. The lake level was very low and there was a lot of wind blowing, and although there were lots of ducks out there in the sheltered coves, it was very hard to identify any of them. I did get a lovely pair of Hooded Merganser.
I heard a Bewick's Wren, saw what was almost certainly a Black-Crested Titmouse (common as mud but not back home), and took these pictures of a Greater Yellowlegs by the water.
Other than a long visit and a delicious supper with Bob and Theresa, nothing much else was done that day. Great visit!
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