My day wasn't really on a high note today, BUT I did have a nice time after work today. I took a nice walk along Spring Lake as I walked back to my car and saw turtles piled up on logs everywhere and tons of fish, from tiny ones that jumped out of the water as my shadow passed to larger ones (1.5 ft long?) hanging out in their hole lairs (ok, they jumped too and each time they did so did I!). I need to find out what kind of fish they are. I think someone said they are blue tilapia.
There were all sorts of birds flying around. The ones I could identify today are kingfishers, vultures, loons, egrets, and a couple cormorants. Not to sure what all the young ones were over in the corner. Ducks? Also not sure what that large brown animal was that kept diving down to catch and eat assorted things. Looked about the size of a beaver but it had a long thin tail. I'll have to look into that.
I found some info to share. Check out this website: http://www.edwardsaquifer.net/sanmarcos.html . There are some nice pictures and stories, including the ones about the swimming pig and about Tarzan!
Spring Lake is a small man-made lake over a spring that puts out 152 ft³/sec. How much is that? Sounds like a lot. I'll have to make this my daily path to my car. It's very beautiful on a nice day. Might not be bad on a bad day either. We'll see.
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