Alligator Vs. Turtle

For Mother's Day mommy wanted to go fishing and birding at Brazos Bend.  We were fortunate and excited to witness an alligator devour a turtle for dinner, although we were in a crunch for time (ha ha), we stuck around for 15 minutes to observe.  CAUTION: watch before sharing with little ones especially sensitive ones.

 Tray's "BIG" catch.

 Lexi was frolicking about trying to grasp hold of the dragonflies.

 Alligator was about 10' long.

 Fishing

 This is a Purple Gallinule.  An absolutely beautiful Rail.  Green back, purple neck and breast, with a pale blue frontal shield.

Goose Island Camping Trip

We camped on Warbler Way, camp site #132

A Mesquite Tree

The leaves are feathery like

I think this is a Gulf Coast Ribbon

Lauren was the only one to catch fish. She caught 2 Black Drum.

Micah with the butterfly net.

Taking a break on the swings.

This park had great climbing trees.

Not sure the type of plant, but I loved the leaves. They had a curly, wavy type appearance.

This flower looked like a butterfly to me.

The Big Tree

1,000 yr old tree

Retrieving our letterbox. It was a kitty cat stamp.

Micah caught a stingray.

The girls fishing.

If you enjoy birding, this is a great place. Some of the birds we saw were: Titmouse, Brown Thrasher, Worm eating Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Gray Catbird, Black and White Warbler, Northern Cardinal (male and female), Indigo Bunting, White Wing Dove, Mourning Dove, Hummingbird, American Redstart, House Sparrow, Yellow Warbler, Redwing Blackbird, Chipping Sparrow.

I have decided to make birding notebooks for the kids. Every bird they see we will print a picture of it and they can cut it out, paste it in their notebook, and label it with it's name and the date they saw it. Each Spring I hope for us to add many more birds. I hope through this we will gain a knowledge of birds, learn to pay close attention to detail, admire the beauty of God's creation, and build many 'together' moments.

Clint the Texas Snake Man

Jennifer and girls
Erin and girls

Clint the Snake Man

Lauren wearing her snakelace

It doesn't get cuter than that

Hannah

Micah

Crocodile Encounter

Micah with the tortoise.

Kids petting the alligator.

Black Rat Snake - did you know they consume about 300 rats a year.

Red-Eared Slider - males have longer nails than the females.

Blue-Tongued Skink

Prairie Kingsnake

We saw this snake today taking daddy to work. Thanks to Clint "The Snake Man" Pustejovsky for helping us to identify it. Website: http://www.texassnakes.net/