Texas - November, 2019
Alan attended a biomechanics conference in San Antonio, Texas; Carol went sight-seeing and, after the conference, both went birding at various locations outside of the city.
Our downtown hotel was adjacent to the River Walk
![Hotel lobby](Texas_001.jpg)
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Section of the River Walk
![River Walk](Texas_002.jpg)
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Riverside dining (lots of Tex-Mex!) in the evenings
![Tex-Mex](Texas_003.jpg)
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An internationally-famous landmark - The Alamo - was just a block from our hotel
![The Alamo](Texas_004.jpg)
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Historically, The Alamo was a much larger facility
![The 1841 Alamo](Texas_005.jpg)
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Nighttime illuminations
![Nightime illuminations](Texas_006.jpg)
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The mission tour included several examples of Spanish colonial missions in and around San Antonio such as Mission San Juan
![Mission San Juan](Texas_007.jpg)
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Mission Concepción
![Mission Concepción](Texas_008.jpg)
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Mission Espada
![Mission Espada](Texas_009.jpg)
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Mission church interior
![Mission church interior](Texas_010.jpg)
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Mission San José
![Mission San José](Texas_011.jpg)
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Our birding included wetland areas...
![Wetlands](Texas_012.jpg)
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...with Black-bellied Whistling Ducks...
![Black-bellied Whistling Ducks](Texas_013.jpg)
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...and Snowy Egrets
![Snowy Egrets](Texas_014.jpg)
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At other locations we found shorebirds such as this Willet...
![Willet](Texas_015.jpg)
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...and lots of Laughing Gulls
![Laughing Gull](Texas_016.jpg)
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Grapefruit at a feeder at one of the refuges was being enjoyed by a Golden-fronted Woodpecker
![Golden-fronted Woodpecker](Texas_017.jpg)
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Tucked in the woods was a Curve-billed Trasher
![Curve-billed Trasher](Texas_018.jpg)
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An Olive Sparrow was feeding by the side of one of the trails
![Olive Sparrow](Texas_019.jpg)
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And, on a hydro pole alongside the road, a Crested Caracara
![Crested Caracara](Texas_020.jpg)
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