Thursday, July 14 began early with another three hour stint in a blind doing a common tern feeding study. It was a cool, wet, windy morning. A storm had rolled in the previous evening, and we watched with glee as the rain filled our waiting collection of buckets, pans and our big rainwater collection drum. While drinking water is brought to the island in large plastic containers, rainwater is collected for washing dishes, clothes, hands, or just about anything else.

What if you could take a walk around our parks or plan your vacation without leaving your easy chair? Now you can. The SeaWorld parks are now shown in Street View on Google Maps!

Up-close, 360-degree, see-everything, virtual visits to the SeaWorld parks in San Antonio, Orlando and San Diego -- as well as Discovery Cove, a swim-with-dolphins resort and Aquatica, SeaWorld's waterpark, both in Orlando -- are now online.

What a great way to check out your favorite parks.

Working with Google's Street View team, nearly every inch of the parks was mapped using one of Google's “Tri

A look at Alligator Alley from SeaStar Theatre.

SeaWorld San Antonio is a huge place; it's one of the largest marine parks in the entire world.

One of the best and worst things about my job is being “in the know” before the general public about all the new things happening at the Worlds of Discovery Parks . This is great because I love knowing what new and exciting things are happening around our parks, but not so great when you are waiting for the newest attraction to be built.

One of the things I love about working at SeaWorld San Antonio is getting to learn about all of the new happenings at not only my park, but also at our sister parks.