Port Aransas With Eastfield Science Club

April was an incredibly busy month! Both at work, and in my "leisure" time. Now, a couple of days in to May, I finally find myself in a position to catch my breath, and catch up on my journaling.

I spent Earth Day weekend in Mustang Island with a great group of science students from Eastfield College. We were there to at least make a dent in the accumulation of manmade debris that washes ashore on our Texas beaches. We worked hard, and left a couple miles of beach looking - at least temporarily - like it looked when Cabeza de Vaca found himself marooned. Because I was WORKING, not goofing off, I didn't get photographic proof of all the life I saw, heard, smelled and tasted. But I did snap pics of a tiny sample.

Posted on May 3, 2016 07:56 PM by bogslogger bogslogger

Observations

Photos / Sounds

What

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Observer

bogslogger

Date

April 2016

Place

Texas, US (Google, OSM)

Description

I'm 90% sure this is a sub-adult Green Sea Turtle. One of several I saw cruising the North jetty of Aransas Pass while waiting for the ferry after cleaning up the beach on San Jose Island.

Photos / Sounds

What

Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)

Observer

bogslogger

Date

April 23, 2016 10:15 AM CDT

Photos / Sounds

Observer

bogslogger

Date

April 23, 2016 10:15 AM CDT

Description

Welk eggs washed ashore by the hundreds on San Jose Island.

Photos / Sounds

What

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Observer

bogslogger

Date

April 23, 2016 07:21 AM CDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans)

Observer

bogslogger

Date

April 17, 2016 04:42 PM CDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)

Observer

bogslogger

Date

April 17, 2016 04:42 PM CDT

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