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By Susan Heath Decent weather finally! Taylor, Sarah and I headed out to East Matagorda Bay on Monday. When we got to the GIWW crossing at Sargent we saw a sign that said the new bridge is opening on April 8th! No more swing bridge. That’s hard to believe. I can’t wait to go over the spiral bridge next time! … Read More

By Susan Heath We had to squish our field days into Monday and Tuesday this week because the wind was predicted to be really bad Wednesday through Friday. So, on Monday, Taylor, Sarah and I headed out to check the pairs in the Brazoria Bays. This includes the west end of West Galveston Bay, Bastrop Bay, and Drum Bay. We … Read More

By Susan Heath The weather people are just not my friends this year! We had planned to go to West Galveston Bay on Thursday but the forecast looked awful with rain and wind so we switched to Wednesday and what did we get? Rain and wind! Ugh. Alan, Taylor, Sarah and I set out to see what we could get … Read More

By Susan Heath It was a busy week with the oystercatchers! On Monday, Taylor, Sarah and I headed out to East Matagorda Bay for our first check of the season. The weather was less than optimal and it was a bit drizzly and foggy. We could see well enough to be safe though and we had no backup day so … Read More

By Susan Heath Well the wind was not our friend last Thursday. Remember when I said we’d pay for the good weather last week. Well, it didn’t take long. We were unable to go to Swan Lake because it was just too windy so we opted to survey some additional areas in West Galveston Bay where we could be protected … Read More

By Susan Heath On Thursday I was joined by Alan Wilde and John Wright, awesome volunteers from Tiki Island, to survey West Galveston Bay and the Galveston shoreline up to Swan Lake by Texas City. The weather was beautiful for a change! There wasn’t much wind, the skies were blue, and the water was unusually clear. It was a little … Read More

By Susan Heath Well the news is good so just relax and read on. We weren’t able to go out last week because of the weather and everything associated with the weather. I was worried about the birds though so on Friday (19th) I emailed Kevin Somers who lives along the Galveston Island shoreline and asked him whether the pair … Read More

By Susan Heath I had to move my day with oystercatchers from Thursday to Wednesday because of the impending Arctic blast. That wouldn’t have been a big deal except I also had to go monitor Loggerhead Shrikes on Wednesday morning. The shrikes only take a couple of hours though so I figured Alan and I could make a mad dash … Read More

By Susan Heath Well folks, it’s time again. I was alerted by Kevin Somers, a Galveston Island resident, that a pair of birds on Struve Luci island in West Galveston Bay might be incubating a nest on January 26. Kevin lives along the shoreline and has been keeping an eye on the birds. He was a great help last year … Read More

By Susan Heath Alan, Taylor, Morgan and I headed out to West Galveston Bay last Wednesday for a last check of the oystercatchers. It was pretty calm so we headed towards Swan Lake. On the way out the Tiki Channel we found E0A & C2A the pair that tried nesting on a tiny island along the channel last year. They … Read More

By Susan Heath Well it is a covid world unfortunately. We were unable to go out last week because of a covid scare. All turned out negative however thank goodness so we were back in business this week. I went out to West Galveston Bay on Wednesday with Alan Wilde to check on the remaining chicks and see what the … Read More

By Susan Heath This week we had to move our survey to Tuesday morning because of rainstorms predicted Wednesday and Thursday and high wind on Friday. The hourly weather from The Weather Channel showed a nice window of time with low chances of rain on Tuesday morning but the local weather on the television showed rain. What to do? Well … Read More