Sunday, October 18, 2020

Early Autumn at North Texas Lakes and Parks

Air is becoming crisp, morning and night is cool, leaves are changing colors. Autumn is coming!

The peak foliage in N Texas is still weeks away. 

Not sure where to go to observe the splendid colors of Fall, we went back to Lavon Lake at Brockdale Park, Saturday last week, October 10th. Lily rated Brockdale as the best place for kayaking so far for us  - among different locations at Lavon Lake, Lake Texoma and Lake Worth.

The leaves on the mangroves facing the large body of water fell already


We saw many pairs of ducks in the mangroves, and this group was startled by our bright yellow Emma, and took off in a hurry as we approached them. See live action below



There were not as many egrets as we saw during our September visit here. There were a handful of egrets scatter along the shoreline of the cove of Lavon Lake

Did you see an egret on the leafless tree?

A white puff in the splendid golden leaves. 


Look! A heron at the end of the water?

Finally there some red in the various shades of yellow


As we left the golden cove, we saw a huge heron standing on a dead tree in the middle of the lake. We paddle toward it to get a better look and when we were a bit too close for its comfort, it took off with a scream. 


Was this the same heron we scared away?


Fall is everywhere. Last Thursday, we walked around the community park and saw "brown" bird standing on a log, a specie I had never seen before.

This water fowl turned out to be a green heron

Most trees were still green except this type of trees. There was a big heron standing by it


With the fresh memory of a enjoyable visit to Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge on October3rd, we went back there hoping to see new migrating birds, and to hike on Haller's Haven Trail.

What a change two week made, the big flocks of white pelicans were, no more swarm of birds in the sky, the lake water level dropped a few feet - due to a rainless October. We did see a flock dark color birds flying over, thought they were turkey vultures. Maybe not.

 Cool weather, autumn colors here and there, few hikers are the trail. The hike was great.

A corner of Lake Texoma
Goode Day use area at Hagerman 

Haller's Haven Trail Head

A pond by the trail

A solo white pelican












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