Thursday in Rockport, TX 3/9/2017

This will be the last posting from Rockport for a while. It has been a fun few days. Galen has managed to get quite a few pictures and when back at the motel I have been able to sew bindings on 2 quilts and partially on the 3rd.
                                                   Quilt number 2

                      Before going out of Rockport we stopped at one of the viewing areas

                      Then we took 1069 out of Rockport until we came to Camp Velero Rd.

                                You can understand why this is a good area for wintering birds.

Tiki has also taken up bird watching!

WHITE IBIS (JUVENAL)

                                                                    MALLARD

                                                             MOTTLED DUCK

                                                                  DUNLIN

                                                      ROSEATE SPOONBILL

                                                       TRICOLORED HERON

REDDISH EGRET

LONG BILLED CURLEWS IN THE EVENING PRIMROSE

Just to give you an idea of a field of 

Evening Primrose

BUFFLEHEAD

                                                               BLUE -WINGED TEAL

NEOTROPIC CORMORANT

AMERICAN KESTREL

RED-TAIL HAWK

These are taken from a Kayak put in spot on Port Bay Rd. Those white structures you see in the distance are on the other side of Swan lake and where we were on Tuesday. The aqua-cultural complex.

Got back to the room for a few hours before heading out for dinner. For dinner we took the recommendation of our friend and went to Paradise Keys. Another delicious meal.

                                         
                                                           SHRIMP SCAMPI

                                              VIEW FROM OUR TABLE ON THE PORCH

We were talking on the way there as far as weather this past week it was not great, Cloudy almost every day, a little rain but not much. But it was a good week.