Today we left the Lower Rio Grande valley behind us as we travelled west up river to Zapata. Our first stop was at ‘Sparrow Road’ north of La Joya. A dusty track with few pull-offs but we did manage to find a couple of things including Scaled Quail and Pyrrhuloxia. Roma Bluff, our next stop, was less productive. This over-look above the Rio Grande has been good in the past but only produced Blue-headed Vireo as an addition to our trip list on this occasion. On to Salineno next where the sports ground added Vermilion Flycatcher, Cactus Wren and Eastern Phoebe, but alas no river bird action. Falcon State Park added Ash-throated Flycatcher and Black-throated Sparrow. We arrived at our hotel in Zapata in time for a late lunch and siesta before heading out to do the local hot-spots. The town park produced an early nighthawk, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush and Lincoln’s Sparrow, whilst the road to Los Palmas held plenty of Common Ground Dove. After supper we did more night birding from the hotel, with five probable Lesser Nighthawk.