A Brown Pelican on a lamp greets us at the Texas City Dike.
An American Oyster Catcher in flight
A Laughing Gull comes straight at us over the head of a pelican.
This Brown Pelican claims tasty offal thrown to him by a fisherman.
A juvenile Yellow Crested Night Heron eyes usl.
Four Royal Terns eye the fish caught by their comrade
Ha! I got away with my fish!
Two Royal Terns enjoy the Gulf spray.
Two Laughing Gulls flaunt their tutus.
Sara and Carol feeding the birds and watching the ships.
Three dolphins frolic as a tanker barge passes them.
Another Dolphin leaps.
A shrimp boat dragging its nets
The destroyer escort, U.S.S. Stewart on Pelican Island
Another shrimp boat passes with its nets up and flock of gulls.
The hull of the S.S. Selma. See: www.uh.edu/engines/epi2679.htm
The shrimp boat Capt. Bailey
A Callan Marine dredge working near the Bolivar pier
The venerable Bolivar Lighthouse ...
... the Bolivar Light was built in 1872 and retired in 1933.
A Laughing Gull lands on the pier next to our Bolivar Ferry.
Another Ferry leaves for Galveston (in the distance) as we reach Bolivar.
This Laughing Gull is flying without retracting its left leg. ??
Another look at the concrete hull of the S.S. Selma
The Tanker Charleston sits at anchor just outside the Ship Channel.
A fancy sailboat passes by us.
A Coast Guard ship is berthed nearby as we return to Galveston.
A forest of idle Jack-up Rigs tells us that the price of oil is low.
These flags mark the ferry pier.
