My recent blog posts were based primarily on images taken on the Bolivar Peninsula east of Galveston TX. But I did not take the most direct route from Denver to Bolivar. Instead, the route I chose took me to Corpus Christi, the Mustang Island State Park, Port Aransas, Aransas Pass, Rockport, Aransas NWR, Matagorda, San Bernard NWR, Freeport, Galveston Island, Galveston, and then the ferry to the Bolivar Peninsula. I spent several days in some good birding areas before I reached Bolivar. The first birding stop I made on the trip was north of Corpus Christ at the Choke Canyon State Park . The day I was there was heavily overcast, but the birds were active.
The Greater Roadrunner shown in the image below was actively searching for food in the low-hanging branches of trees and shrubs along the shoreline of Choke Canyon Reservoir.