Birding at High Island is hands-down one of my favorite things to do in Houston. My favorite time to go is April, when the birds at the rookery are building their nests and babies are hatching. There are so many birds and it is an absolute highlight of my year.
This year, Will had a birthday party that conflicted with birding, so we left him with Nana and Pop and we picked up Gramma and Grampa and headed east to High Island. We took along cousin Ella's Flat Stanley so we could help with her school project.
We checked in at Boy Scout Woods, walked the new raised trail,
and found beautiful wisteria!
Next, we headed to the Methodist church for a barbeque lunch. The church sells lunch every Saturday in April and it is delicious.
The rookery is located at the Smith Oaks Bird Sanctuary and it is absolutely the best.
Yellow-crested night heron
Snowy egrets
Mama and babies -- there were only a few this year, and they were tiny!
Roseate spoonbills
Snowy egret
Red-eared slider
Thistle
After a few delightful hours at High Island, we headed back home to Houston, stopping along the way at Buc-ee's. Grandma and Grandpa had never been before, so we introduced them to the best gas station in the world. We got cups of coffee to fuel us on the way home as well as a couple of packages of beaver nuggets. Behind Buc-ee's was a field of cows, because we're in Texas after all!
Birding makes my heart happy, even if we're all amateurs. We cannot wait til next year when we can head back!
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