Texas Big Thicket

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Road Trip Tally

States: TX
Miles: 300
Total_Miles: 2300
Keeper Photos: 150
Total: 800
New Species Added: 7
Total Road Trip Bird List: 77

Moving away from the Gulf of Mexico, I began to set my sights on the potential for Texas wildflowers and any sort of roadside kitsch that suited me. The first surreal discovery on this rainy day was a fog-blanketed marsh filled with carnivorous pitcher plants.

As it turns out, at least four species of insect eating plants grow in this part of Texas, with these pitcher plants being the most striking, with their tall vessels designed to catch and drown insects, and their striking alien-looking yellow-green flowers.
Plants discussing the delicious ants they have eaten today.

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Other wildflowers in the Big Thicket region of Texas.

Crimson Clover (over and over)
Contrasting colors
Coreopsis, or tickseed, of some variety

Kitschy Catches

Giant fire hydrant outside the Fire Museum of Texas in Beaumont
Mama Jacks Kountze Texas

“Today we will be serving roast beef, baked chicken, spaghetti w/ meat sauce, and chicken fried steaks. The sides are sliced pot., broccoli and cheese, black eye peas, sweet potato casserole, long green beans, and grilled squash. The soup is chicken and dumplings and for dessert we have peach cobbler, cherry pie, and chocolate cake. All you can eat for $12.85 from 11-3pm.”

Mama Jacks social media post

Bird Lists for Texas Species Added April 12

April 12 Texas Big Thicket Region 7 Additional Species

Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Yellow-throated Vireo*
Tufted Titmouse
Kentucky Warbler*
Pine Warbler

*Neotropical Migrant

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