The route we decided to take from S. Padre Island to Rockport, on our recent road trip, took us down Mustang Island to Port Aransas. This provided the opportunity to stop and check out Port Aransas Nature Preserve. Although our GPS took us to City Hall 🤣 they kindly directed us to one of the…
Category: Observations
Nest building?
Is this little bird preparing for spring? 💚💛🧡 “To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter… to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring – these…
Things we saw on our After Christmas Nature Walk at the preserve
Beautiful sunshine and water reflections: Bees buzzing around a few remaining flowers: A Vermillion Flycatcher: A beautiful coyote as he sauntered off in the distance: A variety of floating ducks swimming to-and-fro around the pond: With beautiful fall color reflections: Multiple dragonfly sightings! Another bird: Beautiful fall and winter colors: Duck wings flapping: And in…
Big Bend Nat’l Park resident: Horse Lubber Grasshopper
The little friends you can make along the way, if you will only stop to say hello. I found this brilliantly colored grasshopper as I walked along the path near our lodge in the park. Hello Horse Lubber! 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗 “Crowds of bees are giddy with cloverCrowds of grasshoppers skip at our feet,Crowds of larks at…
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center was one of my favorite places we visited on our South Texas road trip last month. When planning our stop on South Padre Island I found it on-line and discovered it was right across from our hotel. We went in the morning and when we learned we could…
peace of life today 