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Credit goes to the ancient Greeks for being the first to avow the magic of Thalassa, The Sea...for rejuvenating body, mind and spirit! Water...It's the essence of life. So naturally, it's one of the greatest sources of relaxation.  Refreshing, swirling waters & jet massage float tension away. Relax your body, rejuvenate your mind and re-discover yourself at Galveston's Tropical Romantic Getaway...located just 10 blocks from Galveston's Seawall beaches. The luxury resort with a comfortable laid-back Island attitude! Intimate, private and exceptionally elegant! Experience the magic & romance of the Mermaid & Dolphin!

"Galveston's only tropical bed and breakfast hotel, The Mermaid and Dolphin, offers a lodging accommodation alternative to traditional bed and breakfasts or hotels. Exceptional accommodations for business or leisure! Island visitors gravitate to The Mermaid & Dolphin for its richer experience, yet comparable pricing... More service, more amenities, style and flair! Here you will find all the privacy, luxury and ambiance afforded by the spaciousness of the mid-nineteenth century mansion, plus lavish in-room amenities, hospitable guest services, recreation and leisure activities and always a comfortable laid-back Island attitude!  Check out the Inn's guide to birding Galveston Island. Birdwatchers will appreciate the bird friendly innkeepers!"

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"In a world that seems so very puzzling, is it any wonder birds have such appeal? Birds are, perhaps, the most eloquent expression of reality."
- ROGER TORY PETERSON, American Ornithologist

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SHOREBIRDS ON GALVESTON ISLAND

In North America, there are over 850 species of birds. Texas can boast having more bird species, nearly 600, than any other state or provence in North America. Some birds sighted in Texas occur nowhere else in the nation, and birdwatchers from around the world flock to see them. Galveston Island, and its checklist of over 320 species, is part of the Great Texas Birding Trail. Here you will find Roseate Spoonbills, with their bizarre spatulate beaks, Reddish Egrets that prance about in the surf in search of small fish and crustaceans, and Magnificent Frigatebirds that sail over bays and beaches on seven-foot wings. Not only do many warm-weather species nest on Galveston Island, but norhtern ones also pass through on their long migration flights. Many remain for the winter. When autumn approaches and some birds leave for Central and South America, others arrive to take their places. Even the hardiest birds from the far North turn up occasionally when ice and snow make food impossible to find at higher latitudes. Texas birds change with the seasons, but they are plentiful at any time of the year.

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"Solitude...is essential to any depth of meditation or of character; and solitude in the presence of natural beauty and grandeur, is the cradle of thoughts and aspirations..."
-JOHN STUART MILL, Principles of Political Economy


GOING AFIELD-TOP TEN BIRDING AREAS FROM GALVESTON ISLAND

An effective birder is one who has a good idea of when and where to go looking, and who causes the birds a minimum of distubance.

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A Celebration of Birds
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The birds sing at dawn. What sounds to be awakened by! If only our sleep, our dreams, are such as to harmonize with the song, the warbling, of the birds, ushering in the day.
                        -
HENRY DAVID THOREAU

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The birds pour forth their souls in notes
Of rapture from a thousand throats.
                -WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

"There is no sorrow in thy song, no winter in thy year."
            -RALPH WALDO EMERSON

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"I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way that I could."
              -JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, American Artist and Ornithologist

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JEWELS OF THE SKY

Audubon called them "glittering fragments of rainbows." Others have called them "flying jewels." Many species have been named for rubies, emeralds and other precious gems. Irridescence is the hummingbird's trademark.

For more information on Texas birding, go to: www.tpwd.state.tx.us/birdingtrails


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The Mermaid & Dolphin Resort
A Boutique Hotel & Spa Resort
1103 Thirty-Third Street
Galveston Island, Texas 77550

For Reservations 9:00 a.m.- 10:00 p.m. Daily

Call Toll Free: (800) 930-1866

(After 10 p.m. CST, please send a voice or email message for Reservation Inquiries)

General Inquiries, Weddings and Events 9:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m. Daily
Phone: (409)762-1561  Toll Free: (888) 922-1866
FAX: (409)762-2077
info@mermaidanddolphin.com


Make Online Reservations at Galveston.org, Online pricing may vary from Inn Pricing.

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"Galveston's only tropical bed and breakfast hotel, The Mermaid and Dolphin Resort, offers a lodging accommodation alternative to traditional bed and breakfasts or hotels. Exceptional accommodations for business or leisure! Island visitors gravitate to The Mermaid & Dolphin Resort for its richer experience, yet comparable pricing... More service, more amenities, style and flair! Here you will find all the privacy, luxury and ambiance afforded by the spaciousness of the mid-nineteenth century mansion, plus lavish in-room amenities, hospitable guest services, recreation and leisure activities and always a comfortable laid-back Island attitude! Check out the Fabulous Guest Suites!"

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