Belted
Ringed
Today. Practically in our own backyard. One place. All three within 10 minutes of each other! Way cool. 
The seaweed is not a deterrent to a walk. We can walk around it or right through it. It is not soft like the sand; it’s rough, a little scratchy, but crushable and feels good on the soles. It’s an organic feel and adds to the sensory delight. But we’ve moved on. Now we’re back at Sandpipers; continuing the layover before we head north to finish our summer trip in Colorado. (We expect to finish our summer trip in the snow!) 
Annie fishes.
…and I did catch a big fish once…
With palm trees. 
Wild Turkeys.
A Great Egret happy to help out at the fish cleaning station.
An evening walk accompanied by windblown owl conversations.
Here is a video of him calling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnMahT8pAFM&feature=youtu.be Here is a closer look. Without a tripod it’s a little bouncy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md91e74_rbA A nice sunset.
A chorus of pauraques. Pauraques usually have a straightforward call that sounds like this sound bite. 
(You should be able to open it by double-clicking it.) Tonight, instead, we got the most charming call they do, when they have to wooka, wooka, wooka themselves up to the actual call. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR5EH-0XrZU&feature=youtu.be But, glory of Choke Canyon aside, we’ve moved on. Now we’re at Gulf Waters. 