Monthly Archives: January 2011
Farewell to Goose Island
We leave in the morning for Falcon State Park after eight days here at Goose Island. It’s finally shorts and T-shirt weather and we’ve enjoyed getting out to walk, bike, and run. Penny has become pretty well-known with her running … Continue reading
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Some Birds of Goose Island
With both shorebirds and woods birds, Goose Island has a wonderful population of bird species and the surrounding areas add some variety. I’ve added seven birds to my life list (231) since I got here and saw four birds this … Continue reading
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Pelicans
As a pilot and as a birder, I love pelicans. I’m intrigued by the way they fly inches off the water, in “ground effect” and it’s fun to watch them weave back and forth with the traffic flow on a … Continue reading
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Settled In at Goose Island
The trip down on Saturday was uneventful and traversing Houston on a Saturday morning was relatively easy – although the Houston drivers must have trained in Boston. We did go by hundreds of school kids working along one of the … Continue reading
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Whoopers
Yesterday, at the halftime of the Packers game, we decided to take a quick drive up to where the Whooping Cranes were last year. We had not heard any reports of sightings and thought we’d check it out. Sure enough, … Continue reading
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Texas Birding Rocks!
Birding in Village Creek State Park, just north of Beaumont, was good although there were many birds that I could not identify – often because my bird dog was running wild. I could let her go on the trails through … Continue reading
Village Creek State Park, TX (Days 6-7)
We launched from Louisiana mid-morning and soon joined the west-bound travelers on I-12 north of New Orleans. A major east-west thruway, Interstate 10 drops down to New Orleans and splits off 12 north of the lake. It’s a fast-moving collection … Continue reading
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Village Creek State Park, TX (Days 6-7)
We launched from Louisiana mid-morning and soon joined the west-bound travelers on I-12 north of New Orleans. A major east-west thruway, Interstate 10 drops down to New Orleans and splits off 12 north of the lake. It’s a fast-moving collection … Continue reading
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Mama Owl is Great
Yesterday, we decided to look for the Great Horned Owl that was reportedly nesting here at Fontainebleau State Park. Early in the morning, I had gone down to the pier and seen Brown Pelicans, Killdeer, Tree Sparrows, and an unidentified … Continue reading
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Biking With The Vizsla
One of the challenges of traveling and camping is too eat healthy and get enough exercise. Fortunately, with the Airstream we can manage our food choices and not be stuck with the fast food options that seem to be everywhere. … Continue reading