[upbeat music]
- Lake Corpus Christi State Park
is located on the South Texas plains.
[water sloshing]
It's about 30 miles north of Corpus Christi.
[wind blowing]
To get here you're gonna cross a lot
of farm fields and ranch land.
[cow mooing]
And then, when you get here,
you come upon this island of green space
and it makes it a pretty special place to drive up on.
[kite fluttering]
- Wow.
[boy making flying noises]
[laughing]
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[boy making flying and crashing noises]
- Easy.
Well, mine's The Red Baron 'cause it says The Red Baron.
- I don't know, mine's Kylo Ren.
It's what is said on the package.
- But you made a good one when you said kite la-Ren.
- Yeah I'm going to stick with that, it's kite la-Ren.
That was so funny.
[birds chirping]
- This is the birding area
here at Lake Corpus Christi State Park.
I start over here on this log.
We have oranges and then we have peanut butter.
A lot of them are probably sitting there
waiting for me to finish this.
[birds chirping]
It's really calm up here and quiet.
Good morning.
[birds chirping]
This is my favorite part of the day,
coming up here in the morning,
and hearing all the birds and it's really relaxing.
[birds chirping]
The woodpecker that landed on the suet log,
he's a Golden-Fronted Woodpecker.
A lot of people come and wanna, that's what they want to see,
the Golden-Fronted Woodpecker.
- ORLANDO: This is the Catfish Trail Loop.
So, let's go.
It's one of our more natural trails
that we can get into the thorn scrub.
And it's just a mile looping trail,
it winds, so there's a little hill
and an overall moderate hike.
[birds chirping]
The Golden-Fronted Woodpecker up top.
- ELLIONA: Oh wow.
- ORLANDO: Has a nice gold crown.
[hikers laughing]
- ELLIONA: I think the hour-long hike definitely
better than just going on it by yourself.
- ORLANDO: All right, guys, let's just be really silent.
I was hoping to see one of these.
- You get some things that are pointed out
that you might not even see when you're hiking by yourself.
- What we're looking at here
is either a Black Vulture or a juvenile Turkey Vulture.
Adult Turkey Vultures, if you look on your field guide,
have a bright red head.
Black vultures, all black head.
And they're shorter.
[peppy music]
- ROBBIE: One of the most popular attractions at the park
is the 400-foot floating fishing pier.
So there's plenty of space for fishermen to spread out.
- But I like during the week.
Sometimes I'm all by myself out here [laughing],
just me and the birds and the fish.
[reel clicking]
Come on up here.
Good size crappie.
Usually I actually catch a few more than this.
[laughing]
Think I got enough for lunch already.
- There you go.
- I think I've been camping here for 10 times.
No, I didn't be camping,
oh yeah, I've been camping here for three times.
- There's a lot of fish here.
And that's where I caught these two fish.
Ten inches.
[gentle music]
- I see it, it looks like it gets food.
I'm sure it is a swan or something.
[bird honking]
Oh, look, it got food.
That's a big bird.
[gentle music]
[people chattering]
- ROBBIE: Some of these people have been coming back
for generations.
[children laughing]
- KID: Wait now I spin.
- ROBBIE: We have people that come and camp here
with their families year after year
and this is their special place
and where they make their family memories.
That's what's special about it to me.
- ORLANDO: One of the most unique spots in South Texas
where you can enjoy freshwater fishing and swimming.
Really an all-in-one package here
at Lake Corpus Christi State Park.
[waves gently crashing]