We had another free day from guiding so with our good friend Dane and his lovely girlfriend Libby we went back to the tiny Blucher Park down the road from the hotel to try our luck. By now, seeing Northern Waterthrush and Magnolia Warbler seems almost commonplace, while Long-billed Thrashers did their stuff amongst the leaves, a well-hidden Ovenbird eventually revealed himself to us.
But bird of the day was far more conspicuous once you knew where to look. A Chuck-Will's-Widow (a large nightjar-type bird) was roosting on a low hanging branch in full view quite unpeturbed by the gaggle of birders who were soaking up the views of this cryptically camouflaged bird. This was a bird we had missed last year and an unexpected bonus - we had not anticipated picking up a lifebird on our brief visit to Texas.