Walking the Mudflats of Packery Channel....

On this morning, I decided to walk along the mudflats behind Packery Channel Park. I had read that the tide was going to be low at that hour, and thought maybe I could spot some shorebirds. Very little activity witnessed, except for the usual suspects of gulls and herons. Several boats and fishermen were out trying their luck on the still waters. So, to keep this mudflat saga a short narration, I will just show some photos from walking.

What I'm sharing is this: A fisherman, yellow wildflowers [2 images], a washed out butterfly with morning dew on its wings, a mockingbird, a pufferfish that didn't survive the turning of tide levels, JFK Causeway Bridge [this bridge connects Padre Island with Corpus Christi, crossing Humble Channel], and lastly what I think may be a Cooper's Hawk secondary feather...

When I got back home, I had an email from a store here in town informing me that my long-ago  ordered camera had arrived! There is a drug-out story on this...I've been searching for this camera online and in stores for nearly TWO years. And with the shipping fiasco and another chip shortage, they were NOT available! Except for the ones overseas. If you purchase a 'foregin' product such as this [a camera], they are not warranted/guaranteed by USA customs, so I patiently waited and ordered it - a USA product, waited some more, and waited still more! But, I now have a new camera. A much needed piece of equipment since I use it just about every day and my zoom camera is over 5 years old, that's about 365 days x 5 years x an average of 100 photos each birding excursion.  You do the math!! The old one was beginning to have faded blurred photos as the outcome and the shutter button stuttered quite a bit. And with birding, timing is crucial!!  To fix it at a camera shop was an exorbitant price tag with only a 30 day guarantee. Forget that noise. Also, then, after picking that up, back home again, the FED EX delivered another huge package. A keyboard. I now need to get my sheet music out and practice practice practice [I once had a piano in Colorado and we sold it when we moved to AZ].  It's been over 20+ years since I've sat down and played.