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Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
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KerrvilleTexas 2024
April 8, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Eclipse watching with Charles
Charles, Bob, Tom, Sheri, Tom
KerrvilleTexas 2024
April 8, 2024
Taken by Sara on her Galaxy S24
Sunseeker
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Pixel 8 Pro
Birds
Great blue heron
When herons branch out
Tricolor heron with fish
Snow in the water
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Female grackle
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Laughing gull submerged
Gull
Jewelry and black nail polish
Turning stones
Whistling Duxie
Redhead
Fowl with bonnet
Sticking his neck out
Vultural revolution
Avocets on the move
Willet
Willet
Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers, willets)
Goose Island
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Flycatcher
Robin
Without Abraham and John
Purple martin (Progne subis)
Family: Hirundinidae (swallows and martins)
San Antonio Botanical Garden
Texas 2024
April 9, 2024
Canon R5
Sparrow engineer
House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Family: Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)
San Antonio Botanical Garden
Texas 2024
April 9, 2024
Canon R5
Goose Island State Park
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Mocking
Mocking with stick
Goose Island State Park
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Goose Island State Park
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
The clergy goes female
Go Stanford
Inca dove
Dove
Osprey
Grebe
The lesser of two yellow legs
Piping hot
Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory
Texas 2024
April 10, 2024
Canon R5
We all scream
American flamingo
Whooping crane in wood
Whooping crane (Grus americana)
Family: Gruidae (cranes)
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Pixel 8 Pro
Parrot on a bike
Green jay mosaic
Bird books
Texas 2024
April 4, 2024
Canon R5
Canon 7Dmark2
Mammals
Rat in the grass
First eye blind
Goats
Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)
Family: Bovidae (cows, goats, sheep, and other bovids)
Near Aransas
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Texas 2024
April 7, 2024
Canon R5
Racoon tracks
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Cat
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
San Antonio Botanical Garden
Texas 2024
April 9, 2024
Canon R5
Small snail
Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory
Texas 2024
April 10, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II
Alligator on the bank
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Texas Aquarium
Bottlenose dolphin
Dolphin jumping
Texas 2024
April 7, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
River otter
Green turtle
Seahorse
Atlantic Tarpon
Texas State Aquarium
Texas 2024
April 7, 2024
Pixel 8 Pro
Lionfish
Texas State Aquarium
Texas 2024
April 7, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Butterflies and moths
I herd it through the pipevine
Swallowing in Aransas
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Family: Papilionidae (swallowtails and parassians)
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Titan
Titan sphinx (Aellopos titan)
Family: Sphingidae (sphinx moths)
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Titan
Titan sphinx (Aellopos titan)
Family: Sphingidae (sphinx moths)
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme )
Family: Pieridae (whites, yellows, sulphurs)
Highway near San Antonio
Texas 2024
April 4, 2024
Canon R5
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Woolly gray moth (Lycia ypsilon)
Family: Geometridae (geometer or looper moths)
Hornsby Bend
Texas 2024
April 10, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Hornsby Bend
Austin, Texas 2024
April 10, 2024
Canon R5
Hackberry emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
Hornsby Bend Water treatment plant
Austin, Texas 2024
April 10, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II
Hackberry emperor
Hairstreak on mustard
Gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
Family: Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies, hairstreaks)
Hornsby Bend
Austin, Texas 2024
April 10, 2024
April 10, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
En route to San Antonio
Texas 2024
April 9, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
En route to San Antonio
Texas 2024
April 9, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
San Antonio Botanical Garden
Texas 2024
April 9, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Skipper
Lake Corpus Christi State Park
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Texas 2024
April 7, 2024
Canon R5
Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory
Texas 2024
April 10, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II
Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory
Texas 2024
April 10, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II
Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory
Texas 2024
April 10, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II
Damselfly
Lake Corpus Christi State Park
Texas 2024
April 7, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Grasshopper camouflaged
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
San Antonio Botanical Garden
Texas 2024
April 9, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
On the road to San Antonio
Texas 2024
April 9, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Self-portrait
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Flora
When flowers aspire to be butterflies
Hornsby Bend
Austin, Texas 2024
April 10, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II
Aransas Nationsal Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Phacelia congesta Blue Curls
On the road from San Antonio
Texas 2024
April 4, 2024
Canon R5
Along the highway near San Antonio
Texas 2024
April 4, 2024
Canon R5
En route to San Antonio
Texas 2024
April 9, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Along the highway near San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas 2024
April 9, 2024
Canon R5
Possumhaw
Ilex decidua Possumhaw
Texas 2024
April 4, 2024
Canon R5
Canon 7Dmark2
Texas 2024
April 6, 2024
Canon R5
Texas 2024
April 4, 2024
Canon R5
Canon 7Dmark2
Goose Island
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
En route to San Antonio
Texas 2024
April 9, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
En route to San Antonio
Texas 2024
April 9, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Paintbrush
En route to San Antonio
Texas 2024
April 9, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Composite
En route to San Antonio
Texas 2024
April 9, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Texas 2024
April 7, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Texas 2024
April 6, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Texas 2024
April 6, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Sisyrinchium and Pisolithus
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
White prickly poppy
Crab grass
Creeping charlie
San Antonio Botanical Garden
Texas 2024
April 9, 2024
Canon R5
Lake Corpus Christi State Park
San Antonio Botanical Garden
Texas 2024
April 7, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Oak
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Pixel 8 Pro
Rows of corn
Neara Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Lone star waffle
Fish mailbox
Metal armadillo
San Antonio Botanical Garden
Texas 2024
April 9, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Building graffiti
En route to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Getting traction in texas
En route to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Only in Texas?
Texas 2024
April 6, 2024
Pixel 8 Pro
Ferry crossing
Ferry crossing - to Corpus Christi
Texas 2024
April 6, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Signs
Live happy
Pearl
Grayson
2 girls
Texas parks and wildlife
Signs
Lake Corpus Christi State Park
Texas 2024
April 7, 2024
Canon R5
Goose Island State Park
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Sea lice
Signs
Corpus Christi
Texas 2024
April 7, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Half-gas state
Parking in heaven
Signs
"no hace falta morir para llegar a la gloria" (trademark of Johnny P. Hernandez??? - filed 2-1-2008)
San Antonio, Texas 2024
April 9, 2024
Pixel 8 Pro
Lake Corpus Christi
Lake Corpus Christi State Park
Texas 2024
April 7, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Salt Flat Gallery
With owner Diane Loyd
Rockport, Texas 2024
April 6, 2024
Pixel 8 Pro
Velvet Taco
Where you need to be
Gator attack
Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center
Corpus Cristi, Texas 2024
April 6, 2024
Pixel 8 Pro
Aransas NWR
Bob in big chair
Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory
Texas 2024
April 10, 2024
Pixel 8 Pro
Whooping crane and Bob
Goose Island State Park
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Pixel 8 Pro
Bob in poppy field
Bob in Austin airport
USS Lexington
Texas 2024
April 4, 2024
Canon R5
Canon 7Dmark2
Texas 2024
April 4, 2024
Canon R5
Canon 7Dmark2
Texas 2024
April 4, 2024
Canon R5
Canon 7Dmark2
Texas 2024
April 4, 2024
Canon R5
Canon 7Dmark2
Buildings
Fulton Mansion
Greenhouse
San Antonio Botanical Garden
Texas 2024
April 9, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Home away
Church and lighthouse
Corpus Christi Art Museum
Texas 2024
April 7, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Lake Corpus Christi State Park
Texas 2024
April 7, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Air apparent
Box kite
Goose Island
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Farley boat
Texas 2024
April 6, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Swim at your own risk
Catwalk
Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center
Corpus Christi, Texas 2024
April 6, 2024
Canon R5
Catwalk
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Fishing rockport style
Goose Island State Park
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon R5
Departing
SFO - - terminal and tower
Texas 2024
April 4, 2024
Pixel 8 Pro
Sunset
Sunset at the pier
Pier without peer
Texas 2024
April 5, 2024
Canon 7Dmark2
Texas itinerary - April 4-10, 2024
April 4, 2024 - SFO to San Antonio (SAN) to Rockport
- Wendy took me to SFO
- United SFO to San Antonio
- Pick up car rental
- Stop at rest stop to take photos of flowers along the highway
- Drive to Rockport
- Indian Point State Park
- Stay at Quality Inn Rockport on Aransas Bay
April 5, 2024 - Rockport
- Breakfast at hotel
- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge - mosquitoes were quite bad
- Get gas
- Goose Island
- Rockport sunset
- Stay at Quality Inn Rockport on Aransas Bay
April 6, 2024 - Rockport to Corpus Christi
- Breakfast at hotel
- Nesting herons
- Salt Flats Gallery - talk with owner Diane Loyd
- Car ferry crossing
- Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center
- Drive to Corpus Cristi area around the USS Lexington
- Stay at Days Inn Corpus Christi Beach
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April 7, 2024 - Corpus Christi to Kerrville
- Breakfast at hotel
- Texas Aquarium in Corpus Christi
- Lake Corpus Christi State Park
- Drive to Kerrville
- Dinner at Sara and Tom's with Sheri and Tom
- Stay in Kerrville with Sara and Tom
April 8, 2024 - Kerrville, Texas
- Breakfast at Sara and Tom's
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- Eclipse in Sara and Tom's backyard
- Late Lunch/early dinner
- Kerrville River Walk
- Stay in Kerrville with Sara and Tom
April 9, 2024 - Kerrville to San Antonio
- Breakfast at Sara and Tom's
- San Antonio Botanical Garden
- River Walk
- Dinner at the Velvet Taco with Lauren Sweet and Sean Garnsey in San Antonio
- Stay at Econo Lodge Downtown Northeast San Antonio
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April 10, 2024 - San Antonio to Austin to SFO
- Breakfast at hotel
- Drive to Austin
- Hornsby Bend Water Treatment Plant
- Drop off car
- United airlines Austin to SFO
- Flew home a day early
Acknowledgments
- Great thanks to Sara and Tom for graciously hosting me in Kerrville during the eclipse days
- Thanks to eclipse mates Sheri and Tom Hawes
- Thanks to John Harshman and Ted Floyd for providing Texas birding advice
- Thanks to Lauren Sweet and Sean Garnsey for meeting me for dinner in San Antonio and taking me around the Pearl district
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Created: April 11, 2024 (from texas2022.html)
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