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Christmas day, a drive down the National Seashore beach. Sand and waves and birds; still blustery. Today we got our good weather back; calm and clear, but still a little cool. Sixty.
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The kids are coming. The kids are coming. Becky, Brian and the kids are on their way here for Christmas. They’ve been on the road for days. They rented a Class C Winnebago and left the Denver area Thursday evening just ahead of the storm. They made it across Monument Divide and south of Colorado Springs that night. Cold, but south of the storm. Friday they drove over Raton Pass before the storm moved that far south and on to Amarillo; a good day’s drive. They made it to Texas, but that night the storm hit. The weather window slammed shut. The wind blew and the rig rocked all night. Morning found them watching it snow 50 mph sideways. Not a good idea to be on the road in a motorhome in the wind and snow, so they stayed put. The storm let up Saturday afternoon, so they made a quick drive south to Lubbock, all of 100 miles; out of the snow but not out of the cold; a low in the teens again. Sunday, another drive south all day to the other side of San Antonio; to one of our favorite places; Choke Canyon State Park. They’ll get warm weather, quiet water, deer, javelina, and wild turkeys. Tomorrow, they’ll get us and we get them.
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Okay. They’re not really blue jays, they’re called green jays.

From: Steve Taylor [mailto:spt@thetaylorcompany.net]
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 8:51 PM
To: Bill Taylor (Bill Taylor); David Taylor (David Taylor); Tom Taylor (Tom Taylor)
Subject: Choke Canyon State Park
Birding in Texas is so fun. They even have blue jays that are green!

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Coveys of bobwhiteNeotropic cormorantsHarris’s hawksGreater roadrunnerGolden fronted woodpeckersVermilion flycatchersScissor tailed flycatchersGreen jaysBlue gray gnatcatchersLong billed thrasherAnd olive sparrow.