Made a family outing to the San Antonio Zoo today. We went by the species conservation area, which we'd missed on previous zoo visits because of construction. They had an Attwater's Prairie Chicken pair there in a large enclosure. The cock was doing a mating display. Wow. While the hen was coy and pretended not to notice, the cock would do what can only be called a step-dance (this had to inspire at least some Native American dances), then stopped and inflated yellow-and-red throat sacks on either side of his neck. His call was unearthly, sounding like a mournful ocarina. We watched for 30 minutes and he showed no signs of stopping. Unfortunately, we found out that the batteries were dead in the video camera, so we didn't catch the show on tape. Lisa took some pictures, however, so if any of those turn out, I'll post them in a few days.
Also saw a silver SUV going far too fast on U.S. 281 hydroplane at 70 mph (it was raining off and on all day), spin and slam into the concrete divider. Managed not to crash into him. Called 911 to alert emergency crews. Despite the spectacular appearance of the wreck, it appeared that nobody was hurt, thank goodness.
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