Wednesday, January 9, 2013
San Antonio River, Mission Reach, Confluence Park Trailhead
from the top of the Mitchell St bridge downstream
to the San Pedro Creek confluence
Today's photos:
I never know with any certainty what I will encounter when I go out on my walks. However, what I did know with a great deal of certainty when I headed to the River today was that I would encounter high, turbulent water.
Over the past two days, a tad more than 2.5 inches of rain fell in San Antonio. If I was surprised by anything in particular, it was the relatively lower flow of water in San Pedro Creek which conveys the water from the westside creeks as it merges with the San Antonio River.
The swift flow and turbulence didn't phase the cormorants at all. One even managed to catch a fish in the turbid water. These birds are powerful swimmers capable of negotiating the rough currents. Meanwhile, mallards found refuge in quieter side pools.
Once again, there are at least a couple more posts of photos from this walk for future publication.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
I stopped by the river overlook at Concepcíon Park while I was in the area for my walk yesterday. This overlook gives an excellent view of the confluence of the San Antonio River and San Pedro Creek. Given the amount of rain that had fallen earlier in the day, I wanted to see how the confluence looked with all the storm runoff coming from upstream in both the river and creek watersheds.
The San Antonio River watershed drains much of north central San Antonio. San Pedro Creek with its two primary tributaries, Alazan Creek and Apache Creek, drains much of northwest San Antonio inside Loop 410. The water had receded by at least three feet from the high water mark by the time I arrived at the confluence. The pedestrian bridge over the river would have been under a few feet of water at the height of the storm.
There were numerous snowy egrets flying over the river. And there was one very busy scissor-tailed flycatcher catching all the flying insects the storm had disturbed:
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| San Pedro Creek |
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| San Antonio River |
