NIGHT HERONS

I suppose this should really go up on the Texas blog but it has nothing whatsoever to do with the expedition. As you probably all know, Corinna does the regular o-o-p birds round-up for both A&M and OTT, and she was thrilled to meet some of my favourite species, such as the boat-tailed grackle, in the flesh for the first time. However, in the trees next to the world-famous river walk in San Antonio I met up with an old friend for the first time in years - a night heron.


When I was a boy there was a family of these delightful fellows roosting in the big tree across the road from our flat in Hong Kong. I wonder whether they (or their descendants) are still there. The block of flats (Peak Mansions) is long gone, having been replaced (appropriately enough) by a Ripleys Believe it or Not `Odditorium`...