Tuesday, February 21, 2006
More Birds
February 16 to February 21
Thursday morning Sadie and Bill stopped by this morning to see if we wanted to go to Mexico, so off we went. It appears a lot of people has the same idea so it was pretty busy in Nuevo Progreso.
Friday we drove to the coast and visited the Laguna Atascosa Wildlife Refuge. This refuge has a scenic drive along the coast as well as a number of hiking trails — more birds including a rare one. Driving back we were surprised to see the super structure of a military boat at a small airport. Ed thinks they might be making use of the radar unit, and perhaps it was a nice control tower
Bad weather and errands took up most of Saturday. We decided to try a local Mexican restaurant for supper. It was quite busy as there was a large group celebrating a birthday — there was at least 30 people plus a full Mariachi band and a clown. We were lucky enough to get a table in the room with the party so we enjoyed band for the hour that they played. Unfortunately we didn’t bring a camera.
The next two days were cold and miserable — OK it was still above freezing but barely and it drizzled all day. I know it was much colder at home in Ontario, but we’ve been spoiled with some really great weather. Except for the walks that Zaph demanded, we stayed in the trailer reading and Ed worked on a slide show. Ed wanted to finish the slide show so we hung out at the trailer on Tuesday as well even though the weather was much nicer.
Sadie and me checking things out.
Look carefully --- there is a bird in this picture. The Common Pauraque is a Nightjar. It hides in dense brushy cover during the day and flys at night eating insects.
A Greenjay having a bath.
One of the plants that have started to flower.
A Little Blue Heron
See I can spin my head around.
One of the many butterflies we've seen.
The ship parts at the small airport.
Thursday morning Sadie and Bill stopped by this morning to see if we wanted to go to Mexico, so off we went. It appears a lot of people has the same idea so it was pretty busy in Nuevo Progreso.
Friday we drove to the coast and visited the Laguna Atascosa Wildlife Refuge. This refuge has a scenic drive along the coast as well as a number of hiking trails — more birds including a rare one. Driving back we were surprised to see the super structure of a military boat at a small airport. Ed thinks they might be making use of the radar unit, and perhaps it was a nice control tower
Bad weather and errands took up most of Saturday. We decided to try a local Mexican restaurant for supper. It was quite busy as there was a large group celebrating a birthday — there was at least 30 people plus a full Mariachi band and a clown. We were lucky enough to get a table in the room with the party so we enjoyed band for the hour that they played. Unfortunately we didn’t bring a camera.
The next two days were cold and miserable — OK it was still above freezing but barely and it drizzled all day. I know it was much colder at home in Ontario, but we’ve been spoiled with some really great weather. Except for the walks that Zaph demanded, we stayed in the trailer reading and Ed worked on a slide show. Ed wanted to finish the slide show so we hung out at the trailer on Tuesday as well even though the weather was much nicer.
Sadie and me checking things out.
Look carefully --- there is a bird in this picture. The Common Pauraque is a Nightjar. It hides in dense brushy cover during the day and flys at night eating insects.
A Greenjay having a bath.
One of the plants that have started to flower.
A Little Blue Heron
See I can spin my head around.
One of the many butterflies we've seen.
The ship parts at the small airport.
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