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Nice to see our winter birds showing up.
SE Texas
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This bird came so close that I couldn't fit his head/beak into the frame. Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas. 6/2018.
No points for art with this set, but hopefully interesting. Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas
10/2015
The pokeweed (phytolacca americana) plant exists throughout much of the southern U.S. While young, it is called poke sallet, or polk salad, and can be safely consumed by humans, provided it is properly prepared, but it grows progressively more toxic as it matures. Several birds, including the northern cardinal, cedar waxwing, and the mourning dove, can eat it without any problems, however.
Very small butterfly, not much bigger than a man's big toenail
Taken during the annual butterfly count at Brazos Bend State Park, Texas
Golden silk spider beside the walking trail around 40 Acre Lake at Brazos Bend State Park. The park got flooded in late August by rising floodwaters from the Brazos River, due to Hurricane Harvey. The hiking trails in the park had a large number of these spiders before the flood, but most of them did not survive. This one did.
Golden silk spider (a.k.a. golden orb weaver, banana spider) beside the trail around Creekfield Lake at Brazos Bend State Park. This spider appeared to be doing a bit of housekeeping by keeping its web clear of entangled leaves.
Snowy egret perched on the railing of the footbridge across the Pilant Lake spillway in Brazos Bend State Park
Though it looks a bit like it, this is not poison ivy. The thorns on the stem and the leaves with serrated edges indicate that this is a wild blackberry bush.
When ripe, these berries will turn a dark purple. Though a pretty color, they are poisonous.
Beside the trail around Creekfield Lake in Brazos Bend State Park
Golden silk spider (a.k.a. banana spider, golden orb weaver) in a web above a trail at Brazos Bend State Park