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Share After 9 days at the Beachcomber Inn on Galveston Island the time finally came to check out and move on. The bill was a little bit of an unpleasant surprise. The hotel does offer “weekly” rates and 9 days should qualify as more than a week. Apparently unless you tell them in advance you [...]
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Share After a day at the Bolivar Flats and the Anahuac Wildlife Refuge yesterday that didn’t yield much in the way of bird photos, today the decision was to stick closer to the Beachcomber Inn and on Galveston Island. The first stop would be Galveston Island State Park and the second and final stop of [...]
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Share After staying on Galveston Island for all birding activities so far the time came to venture a little farther away and see what birds might be lurking on Bolivar Flats (supposed to be one of THE most important for migratory birds) and the Anahuac Wildlife Refuge. The total round trip drive was close to [...]
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Share Birding on Galveston Island, Texas has so far yielded lots of good shots of a wide variety of birds including Black Skimmers, Oyster Catchers, Snowy Egrets, Reddish Egrets, Pelicans, and Little Blue Herons. When it comes to the most and largest variety of birds on Galveston Island, the east end of he Island has [...]
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Share After good nights sleep at the Beachcomber Inn on Galveston Island another day or birding in Galveston was in store for the day. Today the plan was to head back down to Galveston Island State Park and then head a little bit further down to the west end of Galveston Island to the area [...]
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Share After a day off from birding due to inclimate weather yesterday the weather looked much better today though it was still cool to cold. The birds didn’t seem to mind the cold weather; in fact it seemed to make them a little bit less mobile and more inclined to tolerate a human creeping up [...]
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Share With another winter storm moving through almost the entire US including the path through Texas to Big Bend National Park in Texas, the best option for today and possibly for the next couple days seemed and seems to be to stay put on Galveston Island, Texas. The weather here is cold too but the [...]
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Share After the Steelers lost the Superbowl last night, it was a relatively early night. No bars, no celebrations, just watching the Steelers lose the game in the hotel room. The day started today at the Beachcomber In on Galveston Island with the free continental breakfast in the lobby. After breakfast another night was booked [...]
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Share After another night in the car in the parking lot by the entrance to the Kirby Nature Trail, wake-up was about 8am as the sun started to come through the windows of the car. The morning was cold but not as cold as the temperatures overnight that necessitated a few wake-ups to turn on [...]
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