Timing is Everything
We were still thirsting for a wave of spring migrant birds and followed migration forecasts religiously, using an app called Birdcast. Did it help us? No, it did not. The maps and text were easily understood, and projections at the time we were researching possible fallouts, indicated that the weekend of April 23rd was looking real good for High Island! So spur of the moment, we booked another campground, this time on the Bolivar Peninsula about 20 miles from High Island, from April 23 to April 27. As it turned out, the fallout was the previous weekend, and birders were saying they just stood in one spot and warblers and other migrants came to them, rather than they having to search the birds out! Of course. Well, yes, we were disappointed that our timing was off, but we thoroughly enjoyed a second visit to the area. Our ride down to Bolivar Peninsula was eventful...a flat tire on our trailer. Timing was good, as it occurred by a truck stop, so we pulled right in and stared at the t