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Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas

Another Sunday for him to do absolutely nothing but relax. He was in the same spot when I came back an hour later

A part of Elm Lake, Brazos Bend State Park, Texas

Brazos Bend State Park, Texas

Northern cardinal in a tree in Brazos Bend State Park

Alligator crossing a hiking path in Brazos Bend State Park

 

There is water on both sides of this particular path, and it's not uncommon to see gators crossing from one side to the other. It's also pretty common to see them catching rays on the side of the path.

 

A reprocessed photo from the archives

A green heron standing on an American lotus pad in 40 Acre Lake, Brazos Bend State Park

Young white ibis looks for tasty morsels on the spillway at Brazos Bend State Park

Yellow-crowned night heron perched on the handrail of a fishing pier at Brazos Bend State Park

Bald cypress trees reflected in the waters of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park

The spider threads holding up this leaf are dimly visible in this image. It undoubtedly got caught there by getting blown by the wind, as spiders don't typically do this kind of 'decoration'.

Yellow-rumped warbler in a tree beside the trail around 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park

In the butterfly garden beside the nature center in Brazos Bend State Park

Gulf fritillary butterfly feeding on coral honeysuckle beside the nature center in Brazos Bend State Park

Larval stage of a black swallowtail butterfly crossing the hiking trail beside Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park

Near 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park

Crape myrtle in a tree near the nature center in Brazos Bend State Park

Brown squirrel in a tree beside the trail around Elm Lake at Brazos Bend State Park, Texas

Brazos Bend State Park, SE Texas

I really have not done any serious camera work since before the hurricane. This one is from the archives.

Snowy egret watching for insects and crustaceans coming over the spillway from Pilant Lake into Pilant Slough in Brazos Bend State Park

Growing in a tree beside the trail around Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park

Birds of a feather - and different feathers - flock together.

Spider - probably a wolf spider - minus a leg on the trail around Old Horseshoe Lake in Brazos Bend State Park

One more shot of this fellow. Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas

There wasn't much light. Shot at ISO 3200 to get 1/125 wide open (f5.6). I probably wouldn't have even considered this shot with film or my early digital cameras.

The mother owl spent the day a few trees away from her owlet (unfortunately for me, with her eyes closed:)

Nesting Great Horned Owls at Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas

3/28/2015

The mother has a nasty-looking wound on her side.

Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas

A pair of alligators in Elm Lake at Brazos Bend State Park. The larger one (top) is bellowing at the other, and I have no idea why.

 

The larger one is about ten feet (3 m) long. At that size, it is almost certainly a male. If the other is female, he may have been showing off and trying to mate with her, though it would surprise me that they'd do that this late in the year.

American Alligators

Brazos Bend State Park, Texas.

Young alligator - probably about two ears old - in Creekfield Lake in Brazos Bend State Park

Each year I look forward to this holiday decorated windmill.

Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas. - 11/2022.

Little blue heron forages in the shallows beside the bank of Creekfield Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. It is surrounded by water lettuce, a floating plant that resembles a head of lettuce and has become invasive in many parts of the park.

This Gulf Fritillary stayed on my shoe for about ten minutes. In the end, I was the one who moved, and the butterfly flittered away.

 

Brazos Bend State Park

Snowy egret perches on the hand rail of the spillway bridge in Brazos Bend State Park

And with the girls be handy.....

 

While walking the trail around Creekfield Lake at Brazos Bend State Park, I was scanning the waters of the lake to see if there was anything worth shooting a picture of, and almost stepped on this bad boy. It briefly opened its eyes then went back to snoozing in the January sun.

Orchard spider and its web beside the trail around 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park

A flock of turkey vultures in a tree beside Creekfield Lake in Brazos Bend State Park

Brazos Bend State Park

 

Many cattle egrets were happily gathering sticks today to build their nests near Forty-Acre Lake.

Snowy egret patrols the spillway at Brazos Bend State Park

Tricolored heron wading in Elm Lake at Brazos Bend State Park

Brazos Bend State Park, Texas

The waters of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park look tranquil, but they contain plenty of alligators.

Looking from the south end toward the north end of Creekfield Lake, Brazos Bend State Park

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