Part 3 - Brownsville and Houston

December 16: Brownsville

Crested Caracara	pIMG_1014.JPG	Killdeer	pIMG_1021.JPG
Boca Chica Beach	pIMG_1027.JPG	pIMG_1030.JPG	Royal Tern
cIMG_1036.JPG	pIMG_1040.JPG	pIMG_03379.JPG	cIMG_1044.JPG
cIMG_1045.JPG	Starhopper	cIMG_1054.JPG	Starship Mk 3
Osprey with fish	pIMG_1074.JPG	pIMG_1095.JPG	pIMG_1108.JPG
Whimbrel	Harris's Hawk	pIMG_1127.JPG	pIMG_1133.JPG
Northern Mockingbird	pIMG_1144.JPG	Northern Harrier	pIMG_1155.JPG
pIMG_1157.JPG	pIMG_1163.JPG	pIMG_1170.JPG	pIMG_1198.JPG
pIMG_1200.JPG	pIMG_1203.JPG	pIMG_1204.JPG	pIMG_1221.JPG
Meadowlark	pIMG_1234.JPG	Red-tailed Hawk (?)	pIMG_1244.JPG
pIMG_1250.JPG	Black Skimmer, gulls, and terns	Ruddy Turnstone	pIMG_1263.JPG
Black-necked Stilt	pIMG_1268.JPG	pIMG_1272.JPG	pIMG_1274.JPG
pIMG_1275.JPG	Snowy Egret	American Oystercatcher	pIMG_1285.JPG
pIMG_1291.JPG	pIMG_1295.JPG	pIMG_1296.JPG	pIMG_1302.JPG
Brown Pelican	pIMG_1319.JPG	pIMG_1324.JPG	pIMG_1330.JPG
pIMG_1337.JPG	Osprey with fish and fishing line	Harris's Hawk	pIMG_1349.JPG
pIMG_1364.JPG	pIMG_1377.JPG	Kingbird	pIMG_1401.JPG
South Padre Island	cIMG_03407.JPG	cIMG_03410.JPG	pIMG_03415.JPG

December 17: Laguna Atascosa NWR

Northern Harrier with a hunk of bark	pIMG_1413.JPG	pIMG_1423.JPG	pIMG_1426.JPG
pIMG_1434.JPG	Northern Mockingbird	Eurasian Collared-Dove	Great Kiskadee
pIMG_1459.JPG	pIMG_1462.JPG	pIMG_1466.JPG	Jailbirds
Green Jay	pIMG_1478.JPG	Hispid Cotton Rat	White-tipped Dove
pIMG_1493.JPG	pIMG_1496.JPG	pIMG_1505.JPG	pIMG_1512.JPG
Brown Thrasher	pIMG_1535.JPG	pIMG_1543.JPG	pIMG_03432.JPG
pIMG_03434.JPG	Redhead (?)	pIMG_1554.JPG	pIMG_1558.JPG
Brown Thrasher	pIMG_1567.JPG	pIMG_1572.JPG	pIMG_1577.JPG
pIMG_1583.JPG	pIMG_1588.JPG	American Kestrel	Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Hawk

December 17: Brownsville to Houston

SpaceX facilities at Boca Chica	Starship assembly area	pIMG_1651.JPG	pIMG_1656.JPG
Starhopper launch site	pIMG_1663.JPG	pIMG_1665.JPG	South Padre Island
pIMG_1679.JPG	pIMG_1681.JPG	pIMG_1685.JPG	pIMG_03458.JPG
Padre Island National Seashore Visitor Center	pIMG_1701.JPG	pIMG_1705.JPG	Port Aransas Ferry
pIMG_1724.JPG	San Jose Island Airport	Dunham Bay and Intracoastal Waterway	Whooping Cranes
Probably white pelicans	Probably cranes	Probably brown pelicans	pIMG_1762.JPG
Aransas NWR observation deck	Heron Flats trail	Aransas NWR Visitor Center	cIMG_1816.JPG
pIMG_1827.JPG	Point Comfort	pIMG_1839.JPG

December 18: Johnson Space Center

cIMG_03496.JPG	cIMG_1843.JPG	cIMG_1844.JPG	pIMG_1847.JPG
pIMG_1857.JPG	JSC hosts The Longhorn Project	cIMG_1872.JPG	cIMG_1881.JPG
cIMG_1887.JPG	Flowers from "Cindy"	cIMG_1896.JPG	cIMG_1902.JPG
pIMG_1906.JPG	Mission Director console	pIMG_1916.JPG	cIMG_1926.JPG
pIMG_1931.JPG	cIMG_1933.JPG	cIMG_1940.JPG	cIMG_1941.JPG
Shuttle Aft Flight Deck Simulator	Space Vehicle Mockup Facility	pIMG_1985.JPG	cIMG_1990.JPG
cIMG_1998.JPG	The maiden voyage of the Starliner was just a couple days after my visit.	cIMG_2008.JPG	pIMG_2033.JPG
cIMG_2040.JPG	cIMG_2060.JPG	pIMG_2061.JPG	cIMG_2073.JPG
cIMG_2128.JPG	pIMG_2129.JPG	Flight deck on Independence	Orbiter Access Arm from KSC Pad 39-B
cIMG_2158.JPG	cIMG_2170.JPG	pIMG_2178.JPG	cIMG_2179.JPG
Flight Director console	cIMG_2185.JPG	pIMG_2201.JPG	cIMG_2203.JPG
pIMG_2218.JPG

December 19: Houston

pIMG_2237.JPG	Northern Cardinal	Little Blue Heron	pIMG_2254.JPG
pIMG_2266.JPG	pIMG_2268.JPG	Great Egret	pIMG_2281.JPG
cIMG_2283.JPG	cIMG_2288.JPG	White Ibis	pIMG_2300.JPG
Johnson Space Center	pIMG_2304.JPG	pIMG_2307.JPG	NASA T-38
pIMG_2309.JPG	Silver Wings Airport, home of Fletchair Fleet Maintenance