Thursday 02/05/2026

February 5 It was still a bit cool to do much on the beach, so we looked for birds on the island and found the lighthouse and fishing pier back in Port Isabel.
The Gulf was still a bit grumpy Gulf shore South Padre Island, TX
The Gulf was still a bit grumpy
Gulf shore
South Padre Island, TX
The Gulf was still a bit grumpy Gulf shore South Padre Island, TX
The Gulf was still a bit grumpy
Gulf shore
South Padre Island, TX
The beach is hard packed brown sand. Very firm where it has been wet. Gulf shore South Padre Island, TX
The beach is hard packed brown sand. Very firm where it has been wet.
Gulf shore
South Padre Island, TX
The cleanest beach we have seen on the TX Gulf Gulf shore South Padre Island, TX
The cleanest beach we have seen on the TX Gulf
Gulf shore
South Padre Island, TX
A heron on the hunt South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail South Padre Island, TX
A heron on the hunt
South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail
South Padre Island, TX
Plovers? South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail South Padre Island, TX
Plovers?
South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail
South Padre Island, TX
7D2_1281 South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail South Padre Island, TX
South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail
South Padre Island, TX
Possibly a Tri-Color Heron? South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail South Padre Island, TX
Possibly a Tri-Color Heron?
South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail
South Padre Island, TX
Brown Pelican South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail South Padre Island, TX
Brown Pelican
South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail
South Padre Island, TX
Brown Pelican South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail South Padre Island, TX
Brown Pelican
South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail
South Padre Island, TX
It came out of the bay........ South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail South Padre Island, TX
It came out of the bay........
South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail
South Padre Island, TX
IMG_3361 South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail South Padre Island, TX
South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail
South Padre Island, TX
Roseate Spoonbill South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail South Padre Island, TX
Roseate Spoonbill
South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail
South Padre Island, TX
Feeding Spoonbill Padre Island
Feeding Spoonbill
Padre Island
7D2_1309 South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail South Padre Island, TX
South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail
South Padre Island, TX
7D2_1310 South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail South Padre Island, TX
South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail
South Padre Island, TX
Sittin in the shallows of the bay....... South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail South Padre Island, TX
Sittin in the shallows of the bay.......
South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail
South Padre Island, TX
7D2_1318 South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail South Padre Island, TX
South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail
South Padre Island, TX
IMG_5488 Lighthouse Port Isabel, TX
Lighthouse
Port Isabel, TX
IMG_5489 Lighthouse Port Isabel, TX
Lighthouse
Port Isabel, TX