Still near Galveston, but the weather was much better today. Sunny, windy, 85F, and near 99% humidity for much of the day. This sounds bad, and it was, but the windy moist heat is a far cry better than a no-wind moist heat. Which still isn't as comfortable as a dry heat. But I digress.
The birds today were good, but not the highlight (foreshadowing). We added 8 birds for the day, from the diminutive Bay-Breasted Warbler, to the secretive Least Bittern, to the stocky Gull-billed Tern (no insult intended, buddy, but that's what they call you...at least it's better than "husky", right?).
The highlight of the day was a sound. Not just any sound, but one of the greatest sounds ever.
Allow me to present to you, [drumroll],
The Sheep Frog!!!!
I never knew they existed until today, when we heard them while standing on a road through the middle of a marsh. We whipped out a mic, and they laid down some ill tracks. I don't know why I love that sound so much, but I do.
What could be better than a few Sheep Frogs going off? Try a group of them!
Note that this is NOT the most annoying sound in the world. This is:
For extra fun, start the video above, and when it gets to about 7 seconds, start the video below:
Sleep well,
Me.
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