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Judy/Jeep

  One week after surgery, we had the follow-up visit with the doctor.  The knee is restored to full range of motion and almost pain-free.  Judy is walking normally for the first time in 2 ½ months.  Her shoulder surgery is scheduled for next Thursday.  I’m going to have to be nice to her again.   Meanwhile, there is a red rental car in our driveway.  The Jeep went dark on a pre-dawn birding trip.  There wasn’t enough light to see, so we weren’t watching birds, we were listening to them.  We were listening for night birds (specifically the Common Poorwill) in the middle of nowhere on a small County Road about 20 miles west of Orange Grove.  When it was time to move to another spot and I turned the key; nothing but a click.  Nothing but a click, no matter how many times I turned the key.  The battery was not dead.  The car needed more than a jump.  Eventually, we got a tow truck to come and take us 25 miles to Alice.  That’s where the Jeep remains; at a Jeep Dealer in the South Texas town of Alice, 75 miles from Port Aransas.   We drove on in a rental car.  We got back underway about noon, and still got 130 species by dark.  It was a good day birding.    
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Baby Coot

Momma coot was there in the pond next to our property, just outside the reeds, clucking and finding little bits of stuff to bring to her baby.

The baby was hidden in the reeds.

Couldn’t quite see him, but we knew he was there. Then he came out a little for a goodie.

Finally, the cute little guy came out of hiding; right out in the open so we could get a good look, and OHMYGODTHISTHINGISHIDEOUS!

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Update

72 hours after knee surgery, the leg-wrap came off.

Judy is walking without support and is on the bicycle doing full revolutions (with her leg). 96 hours after surgery, still some swelling, but a remarkable recovery underway.