Saturday in South Padre Island, not as busy as I had thought. We drove to the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Sanctuary, but no Kirks allowed on the trails. We continued north on the island, until the road ran out. South Padre island is a sand barrier island, held together by the vegetation. Where the ground cover is disrupted, the wind just plain removes everything. It has been breezy here, so no bug problems, and you don’t seem to feel the humidity. It’s also a little cooler, running around 24 C most days.
There are very tall condo’s here, more than 20 stories. It would be interesting to see what kind of foundation this requires on what is essentially a large sand bar.
Causeway between Port Isabel and S. Padre with Isla Blanca State Park on far right
There were some very expensive, customized trucks and cars running around town this morning. Clearly, these guys had more invested in their 1/2 tons than most guys in the campground had invested in their class A’s. Turns out there was a car show at the convention centre, very busy.
Nancy went back to the sanctuary, while Kirk & I hung about the campsite.
We went out to Joe’s Oyster Bar for supper, very low key, fresh and darn good. Joe was running the till and was proud of his shop.
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Sanctuary:
I ventured out on the 4800 linear ft of boardwalk on the Laguna Madre. The area had small streams and pools along the boardwalk with fish, crabs and Red-eared Slider turtles as well as birds.
Red-eared Slider Turtle
New birds included Clapper Rail and the Fulvous Tree duck. There were many others including Sora Rails and Common Gallinule which I had seen before but was glad to see again. All in all, a nice little stroll.
Common Gallinules
Sora Rail
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