MORNINGS AT QUINTANA BEACH
AND NEARBY WETLANDS
Quintana
Beach
Nearby
wetlands
Hurricane
Ivan
The Town of
Quintana is about 15 miles from Brazoria. We visit occasionally to
walk the dogs on Quintana Beach, and to watch for birds in the nearby
wetlands.
QUINTANA BEACH
Clint caught a siren
salamander on the beach -- not its normal habitat. Ann put it in
Wal-Mart bag for temporary transportation to a nearby freshwater wetland.
NEARBY WETLANDS
One of two jetties at the mouth of the Freeport
Shipping Channel (formerly the Brazos River before it was diverted).
The beach is visible at the left of the jetty; the channel (dredged to allow
oceangoing shipping to pass upstream to the Port of Freeport) is visible at the
right of the jetty.
HURRICANE IVAN
Hurricane Ivan passed across
eastern Texas twice. Although we didn't feel it in Brazoria, it
produced high waves at the beach, and deposited several inches of new sand.
We took the dogs to the beach during Ivan's second pass. They loved
it even though they got doused several times.
But the local grackles ignored the whole thing.