Fall, 2012 Florida and Texas trip

A rather short trip to Miami and Houston (3 days in Miami and 6 days in Houston), and some of the time was spent on Thanksgiving dinner and eating-outs. But we did squeeze out some time to go to a few places.

Sunset in the ‘Glades:

Miami skyline from Matheson Hammock State Park:

Cape Florida Lighthouse:

Biscayne Bay from the hotel balcony:

A few birds from Florida — a Purple Gallinule in Everglades National Park:

A Tricolored Heron in Everglades National Park:

White ibis at Matheson Hammock State Park:

A manatee swimming in the Biscayne Bay:

Then on to Houston …

St. Bernard National Wildlife Refuge:

The Gulf of Mexico — America’s “Third Coast”, from Quintana Beach in Freeport:

Surfside Beach in Freeport:

The Freeport Jetty — where Kenn Kaufman famously lost a telescope at the end of his “big year” (incidentally, I finished reading his book just the day before I went to the jetty, a fitting homage for this trip):

Least Sandpiper (at St. Bernard National Wildlife Refuge):

Dunlin (at Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge):

Willet (at Quintana Beach):

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks (at Brazos Bend State Park):

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