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After crossing the northern tip of North Padre Island, about a 45 minute drive from home, over low-lying marshland on Mustang Island, you'd come to Port Aransas, Texas [to us locals, Port A]. The highway ends at the large Ship Channel [the only way to get on the other side that takes you to Aransas Pass, Texas is by ferry boat]. The Channel would take you out to the Gulf of Mexico...or inland to Ingleside, Texas and then on into the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas. Port A is a winter Texan tourist area, but, with several year-'round residents. It's home to many many species of birds [year long and migrating]. The list goes on and on. Here is a check list of the hundreds of birds recorded...a pdf file. Several areas have been constructed for the bird watchers. Charlie's Pasture [which I posted about on Wednesday last], Paradise Pond, and this area where we saw the juvenile herons [all tri-colored juveniles] the other day...photos above. This birding outlet is named Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center. This last time we visited, we were witness to the herons of course, plus American Coots, White Pelicans, Cormorants, Terns, Egrets, Black Skimmers, Ducks, Red Winged Blackbirds, and Brown Pelicans. The only other 'youngsters' we saw for the season was one tern being fed by 'mommy' along the boardwalk. [Forsters Tern]

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WEEKEND FUNNIES


Two Polish hunters were driving through the country to go bear hunting. They came upon a fork in the road where a sign read "BEAR LEFT" so they went home.


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When Fishermen Meet:

"Hiyamac"

"Lobuddy"

"Binearlong?"

"Coplours"

"Cetchenny?"

"Goddafew"

"Kindarthay?"

"Bassencarp"

"Ennysizetoom?"

"Couplapowns"

"Hittinhard?"

"Sordalike"

"Wachoosen?"

"Gobbawurms"

"Fishanonaboddum?"

"Rydononaboddum"

"Whatchadrinkin?"

"Jugajimbeam"

"Igoddago"

"Tubad"

"Seeyaroun"

"Yeahtakideezy"

"Guluck"


[THE SPELLCHECKER WENT ABSOLUTELY BONKERS ON THIS ONE!]