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When we hit the trail in this heavy fog, I decided to pull the bird camera off the tripod, mount my little Olympus micro 4/3 and try to shoot the fog. I really like this little camera, but I find myself cropping my micro 4/3 images to standard 3X2. I guess I need to learn to think micro 4/3.
Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas 2/2016.
Compatibly colored and well camouflaged black-bellied whistling ducks hang out at the base of a pair of bald cypress trees beside Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park.
This was 3/18 at Brazos Bend. Unfortunately, flooding has the Park closed until at least 5/10.
Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas
3/2016
A pair of small alligators find a place to catch some rays beside the trail around Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park.
Standing on a pier with the bright sun behind me, I noticed that I could see the grebes underwater. Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas
10/2015
Last Sunday morning I was pleasantly surprised to come across a pair (I assume) of bald eagles at Brazos Bend State Park. It was early, and I was alone on the trail. What a thrill it was to watch the sun rise on these birds, Later in the morning, they returned and gave several people good looks. 11/2019
Yellow-crowned night heron with a crawfish
These birds catch the crawfish, then fiddle, diddle, and finagle them until their pincers fall off. At that point they swallow the crawfish whole. It's not uncommon to see disembodied crawfish pincers all over the place when hiking around Brazos Bend State Park.
Young little blue heron wading in 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park in search of crawfish or some other tasty delicacy
A pair of fulvous whistling ducks seeming to ignore each other in Pilant Lake, Brazos Bend State Park
In southeast Texas we don't get much of a showing of fall foliage, but the bald cypress trees do give us a little. Some years are better than others, and 2019 is about average.
Brazilian skipper butterfly (Calpodes ethlius) on an American basketflower blossom beside the Wildflower Trail in Brazos Bend State Park
This great blue heron allowed me to get very close to it without flying away. After I got a few images of it I went on, and when I came back about ten minutes later it had left the area.
Erigeron annuus gets a little help from a friend
Beside the trail around Creekfield Lake in Brazos Bend State Park
Yellow-crowned Night Heron with its next meal. These birds bite the pincers off the crawfish before swallowing them whole. This one has already performed that little chore.
While sitting in the grass photographing a night heron, I noticed this gator moving closer, and checking me out. Perhaps it was just curious, or perhaps it didn't approve of me. Regardless, I got a different vibe from it than I usually do with gators. Maybe it has little ones in the area. I decided to move a bit. Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas - 5/2021
This is a quick phone video from Sat morning. These creatures glide through the water barely making a ripple. Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas - 6/2024.
The ability of these birds to stretch their necks, and the agility they display when doing so, are quite impressive.
I spent a few hours watching this bird hunt the shallow water. While the process was dramatic, the catches were pretty tiny (albeit many).
Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas - 6/2022
Small alligator lurking beneath water hyacinth and other vegetation in Elm Lake, Brazos Bend State Park, Texas
Golden silk spider, a.k.a. a banana spider, on the trail around Creekfield Lake at Brazos Bend State Park; a photo from the archives
Little blue heron patrolling the water's edge in search of a small fish or crawfish. This one has caught a crawfish, and soon it will be down the hatch.
Brazos Bend State Park
In this and the previous image, I had the benefit of a little pretty light on my owlet buddy. Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas. 3/2019
Setophaga Americana
After a wonderful visit to Costa Rica I was excited to get out and see how the arrival of spring is progressing here in SE Texas. It is one of my favorite times of the year to be birding in the Houston area with lots of bright green everywhere and flowers blooming pretty much everywhere you look. I was also very happy to hear the calls of numerous Northern Parulas during a visit to Brazos Bend State Park. This male gave me a pleasing but all to brief view. I’m definitely excited about spring, the temptation to go out is making it difficult to pack for next week’s Florida trip.
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