on our days off we went looking for the Fork tailed Flycatcher, no luck... but we did find a nice park and restaurant for lunch in Los Fresnos! The park had an exercise route. Eric had to try them all...
We headed west to find the Hook Billed Kite and after two days of looking we found it! This bird left the Valley after the flood of 2010 and returned last spring. Its main food is tree snails, and with the flooding the snails were all washed away. Took 8 years for them to return.
We did go to our old stomping grounds in Santa Ana WLR. We ran into old friends that are volunteering there. We also ran into newer friends while birding in the area. We are lucky that so many people are so friendly and want to talk and show us a bird they found. We find that we run into the same people at each spot we bird. In fact a couple we met at one park last weekend, seen us looking for the Fork Tailed FC, (they were looking for it too), then we met them looking for the Hook Billed Kite!
Unfortunately someone gave me a cold! not sure who contaminated me, but it hit hard. So on Wednesday we planned on heading to the Island for some beach time and natural Vitamin C! BUT Eric took the truck in for a 30 minute Oil Change that took 4 hours! He was able to pick up the new fridge as it finally came in on Tues night. As it turns out the cold got the best of me and it was better that I just hung out at home and rested.
Thurs was very windy so that means not too much work for us. The fishermen are not out, can't pick up trash or fix fences etc.. So we did some more exploring on the refuge. This crazy grasshopper decided to hitch a ride. He jumped on the side window that was partially down. It quickly went up! I used the book to keep the glare to a minimum. and NO I don't have a cricket in my mouth!!
Friday we worked with one of the rangers to install signs
then we worked on getting more fencing added to an area that is protected. But first we had to remove a dead fish! what the heck!!
its hard to see but we added barb wire between the two posts and added a sign in Spanish
We got back home early as we had to clean out the vehicle etc.. as we were expecting a Gov shutdown and thus we would not be working. Well after we got it all cleaned and put all of our "stuff" away etc we ran into the Boss. He said "oh, you can work tomorrow". Oh well.. we just have to reload the vehicle tomorrow...
Since it is Friday Fish Fry we went into Port Isabel (16 miles) to Los Tortugos restaurant for dinner. Its a small place up stairs of the fish market. The food was phenomenal my grilled fish (we are assuming its the Balsa) and grilled shrimp were perfect. Eric had the Caldo de Mariscos (seafood soup) that was also so very good that he said it would get it again. This place might break our rules of not eating at the same place or getting the same food, and it is so close!!
well my fish and shrimp are under the fries! but believe me there was a lot of both and they were sooo good. The fries and cole slaw was good too but I focused on eating the fish and veggies.
Saturday, the government shut down but we are still operating as normal until Monday then we are on wait and see. Today we did some exploring, trash pick up, securing some new signs and taking to the fishermen. Great day to be outside.
Tomorrow (Sunday Dec 23) we head to SPI for the Holiday. Merry Christmas
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