We get to track which blog pages get looked at the most. Not the most altogether, but out of the last 500 pageloads. The current leader?… one of the first video clips we did; all the way back in July. No references to it since then, but it’s still at the top of the pack. Feeding the turtles. http://steveandjudystravelblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/turtles.html We expected to see turtles when we got back to Gulf Waters, but not so. None. No turtles in the pond. No turtles knocking on our door in the morning for food. No coots either. Guess all the turtles and coots flew north for the summer. We’ll just have to wait for their return.
Life on the beach
The sights and sounds
Life bird
Heard he was there while we were still in Florida. He waited for us to get back to Texas. Today we drove to 75 acre lake at Choke Canyon State Park. At the southwest corner of the lake, other side from us, walking on the plants on the surface of the water, black and chestnut bird, yellow underwings, yellow shield on his forehead. Northern Jacana.
Tropical bird. Rare for the U.S. He doesn’t come here every year. 200 mile round trip for us.
We didn’t get a good picture. Here are a couple pictures someone else took though:
Our pond
Four Long-billed Dowitchers and a Dunlin doing their best sewing machine impression.
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
Sunny. 78 degrees. Light breeze.
Mrs. Grackle enjoying the spilling-pot fountain.
Mr. Grackle.