Series: 52 Episodes

Program Length: half-hour (23:30 min)

Program Description:

Stretching along the southern Gulf Coast of Texas and including the nearby Matagorda Island is a natural refuge with many surprises. Naturalist Sue Ellen Fast discovers all sorts of life along the beaches; sea beads brought in on waves, ghost crabs with pop-up eyes, Portuguese man-of-war and she watches the many shore birds which feed on them. Of course, the endangered whooping cranes are the most famous winter residents here having come down from their nesting grounds in northern Canada. Sue Ellen discovers what they like to eat and watches whooping crane parents teach their adolescent how to cope in this southern clime.