Took a weekend trip to High Island with @devinpedraza! Saw lots of birds I have never seen before!

courtship display in situ!!!!

under woody debris

Paraphilaeus Daemeli

on oak

off poison ivy

Florida Bluet riding a sandwich through the inky void. This is not an altered photo, nor was this my sandwich.

magiccarpetride

Photo by Jaymie Norris/NPWS

a cluster of longhorn bees settling down to sleep for the night

Nature conservation area

Pg 42. of https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1449

Attracted to a light trip at night
Atraídas para uma armadilha luminosa durante a noite

Finally

Female here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201179395

Hybrid
(Andrias japonicus X Andrias davidianus)
I would say the hybrid one is more giant in size and with tiny black dots on its body

wandering at night, DG wash