Part 22 Winter Trip - Back to San Antonio for a Day

We decided that before we left this area we wanted to go back to San Antonio and go up the Tower of the Americas.  This tower with a restaurant and observation deck was built for the 1968 HemisFair.  

Rising 750 feet to the antenna tip, it is 87 feet taller than Seattle's Space Needle  and 67 feet taller than the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.  It is still a popular tourist attraction today.

Downtown San Antonio...

The River Walk...

An architect with a sense of humor!

Roads, roads, everywhere roads...

The grounds outside the tower were really pretty with lots of water features and tropical plants.  

Part 21 Winter Trip - Our New Bird Feeder

When we were next in Marble Falls, we made a trip to Ace Hardware to see if we could find a bird feeder. We were so lucky as to find one that attaches to a window.  So loaded with a feeder and sunflower seeds, we put the feeder on the window over the desk in the living room.  Within a few hours the birds discovered our new feeder.

At first they were very tentative about landing so close to the window...

But soon their desire for sunflower seeds overrode their anxiety!

We discovered that there was in fact a pecking order as to who could sit at the feeder.  The male cardinals were very territorial and would no allow another male cardinal at the feeder.  However other kinds of birds were tolerated. 

 

In fact we had one male cardinal who, when full, would turn his back to the feeder and just sit there - daring another male cardinal to land!  These little guys were quite entertaining!