Some photos

I don't have too much to say today, so I figured I would just put up a couple of photographs taken while walking on one of my turtle patrols. I used to make my walking patrols at right about sunrise, which provided many photo opportunities.  This year, I'm doing the patrols later in the day - I'm not seeing the gorgeous sunrises, but I'm also extending my route. Using the bicycle, I'm getting in many more miles per day and hopefully I will come across a nesting sea turtle.

A UTV from Padre Island National Seashore

with a biotech and volunteer pass by while

engaged in a Turtle Patrol North.

Some American Avocets (Recurvirostra 

americana) a plover and a sandpiper at the shoreline

on North Padre Island.

Turtle Patrol

Yes, I know, I am horrible at coming up with titles.  On the blog, on my photographs, on everything.

Another turtle patrol today.  It started with a massive horsefly attack, progressed to a walk through an extremely stinky section of beach near Bob Hall Pier, and then settled down to a standard patrol.  There were a number of vehicles on the beach involved in picking up and emptying trash cans.  Here is one of them, from the City of Corpus Christi.

 There is never a shortage of birds to be seen during the patrols, here I'm passing mile marker 250 with a Great Blue Heron while a gull makes a fly-by.

 This truck is emptying trash cans.

 Behind the truck is a UTV from the National Seashore, involved in a Turtle Patrol North.

Off on a Turtle Patrol

Heading out on a sea turtle patrol, looking for nesting Kemps Ridley turtles.  This year, all of my patrols are walking patrols, I generally do about 10 miles on the beach, using my bicycle.

Today, I ended up doing about 15 miles - no turtles, but it was good exercise, and as always, there were photographic opportunities.

Not part of a well-balanced sea turtle diet.

I won't be driving a UTV this year.

My transportation, and a turtle poster

on a trash can.