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Estero Llano Grande

 A bird-walk today. American coot. White-faced Ibis.   A green-winged teal and northern shoveler sorting it out while the blue-winged teal watches on. Snowy egret.  
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Walking in the woods

 A calm day; bugs bugging me; I got this great idea.  If I have to stop and spray bug spray, good chance I’m outside and should have some sunscreen on too.  Why not just put them in the same can?  Bug spray sunscreen.  Brilliant! A simple google search when I got home revealed I wasn’t the first one to think of that.  Not only did I not think of it first, it’s not that good an idea because they have different application schedules.  Sunscreen should be reapplied every couple hours.  Bug spray should only be used as much as necessary, but not more, in an effort to minimize exposure to DEET.  Oh well, I do what I can to minimize my exposure to either anyway.  I accept a few bug bites as the price for a good walk in the wilderness.  I don’t spend hours in the sun just to be in the sun (like I did when I was a kid), and I always wear a hat. So much for my bug spray sunscreen idea.  I wasn’t really going to use it anyway. 
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Brock Osweiler

 He got named the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos this week.  Maybe he’s what the ailing Broncos need.  Their defense is playing well enough, but the defense is on the field for about two thirds of every game while the offense goes three and out, or turns the ball over.  The team could use a little bit of offense. We had Osweiler before.  A 2012 high draft choice, he studied under Peyton Manning for three years.  He stood in for Manning while Manning was out for injury during the 2015 Super Bowl season and the team won five out of those seven games.  Instead of taking over for Manning in 2016 though, Osweiler went for big money in Houston.  He flopped there and he and his contract got traded to the Browns, who ended up cutting him.  The Broncos took him back just before the start of this season to pace the sidelines carrying a clipboard again. He has had every experience he needs to now be a seasoned mature quarterback.  He had success with a good Broncos team.  He disappointed the next team he played for, and got cut by the next team after that.  He shouldn’t come in for the Broncos and play like a rookie.  He should lead the offense back to respectability.  This is his opportunity.  
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Now our last Corpus trip is two weeks ago

 Only another month and Judy will get another follow-up visit.  She should be released from range-of-motion-only to strengthening exercises. A drive on the beach back then found: Snowy plover    Caspian tern  Forster’s tern  Great-blue heron And a fish  And tons of Red knots (They’re not red this time of year.) 
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Yeaa

 We got our muggy weather back.  78% humidity! The hummingbird migration is over.  We’re down to one hummingbird feeder and one hummingbird; a resident buff-bellied. I thought the hummingbird food level was going down too fast for one bird though; no way he could eat that much.  Then we discovered the problem. A golden fronted woodpecker with a sweet tooth!