entrance
Sand dunes
Release of Ripley's sea turtles
entrance
Sand dunes
Release of Ripley's sea turtles
Wow, timely. My military son just went there this weekend. They camped right there. Great place for reflection, he needs some peace. I hoped it helped.
In September 2007, Corpus Christi, Texas wildlife officials found a record of 128 Kemp’s ridley sea turtle nests on Texas beaches, including 81 on North Padre Island (Padre Island National Seashore) and 4 on Mustang Island. Wildlife officials released 10,594 Kemp’s ridleys hatchlings along the Texas coast this year. The turtles are endangered due to shrimpers’ nets and they are popular in Mexico as boot material and food.
Birdwatching
Due to the location of Padre Island National Seashore on the Central Flyway, a major migratory route for birds, about 380 species of birds have been documented within the park, which represents approximately 45% of all bird species documented within North America. The park was designated as a “Globally Important Bird Area” by the American Bird Conservancy in 1998 for providing an “important habitat for globally significant numbers of Brown Pelicans, Redheads (5% of the world’s population), Least Terns (8% of the North American population), Piping Plovers (10% of the world’s population), Reddish Egrets (7% of the biogeographic population) and Peregrine Falcons (7% of the North American population).[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padre_Island_National_Seashore
For years, legends have been told of great treasures hidden on Padre Island and just off its shores. The stories are of fortunes of gold and silver carried by Spanish galleons lost at sea and of vast sums of money and gems buried in the sand. Some of this wealth has indeed been found, and more may be discovered in the future. Meanwhile, there are natural treasures just as great—perhaps even greater—to enjoy in Padre Island National Seashore. Located along the south Texas coast, this sparkling preserve by the sea embraces 80 miles of white sand-and-shell beaches, picturesque windswept dunes, wild landscapes of grasslands and tidal flats teeming with shore life, and warm offshore waters. The National Seashore is one of the longest stretches of primitive, undeveloped ocean beach in the United States.
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/pais/
I went to school in Corpus......that meant my education was on Padre Island..
My family started going to Port Aransas over 50 years ago
Dont go much anymore but I still love it