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Brazos Bend State Park,Texas-1742

Black-bellied Whistling Duck making a splash.

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Uprooted tree in a lake. Brazos Bend State Park. Texas

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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) at Brazos Bend State Park. Texas.

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) during a rain shower at Brazos Bend State Park. Texas.

Brazos Bend State Park, Texas-1915

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks pair for life. Their long claws securely hook them into their preferred landing spots high up in dead trees.

American white ibis (Eudocimus albus). Brazos Bend State Park. Texas. Panning,

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Black bellied whistling ducks (a.k.a tree ducks) at Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park.

 

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Great-horned Owl showing great patience with her young Owlet who appears to be still hungry. Seen her nest for four years and she has been an amazing parent.

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Creeping Burhead (Echinodorus cordifolius, from the Greek word "echinos", or hedgehog, for the shape of the center fruit/bur). A water-plantain that’s at home in wetlands, its flowers are only 12 mm (less than ½ inch).

 

Brazos Bend State Park, Texas.

 

Most summers we have a few least bitterns at Brazos Bend, but they tend to be far off, and aloof.

 

In contrast, there are several in the park this summer, and they don't seem too concerned about being watched or photographed.

 

Eating seems to be their main interest. Last Sunday, their continuous feeding behavior reminded me of birds about to migrate.

 

Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas - 6/2022.

Young, recently branching and fledged owlet, making its way around the trees from this Spring.

Brazos Bend SP, Texas-1918

I followed the hoots, and there he was hiding in plain site. I'm pretty sure he saw me first:) In low light, about 15 min before sunrise (12,800 ISO, f5.6, 1/15 sec). Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas - 2/2023.

This was last weekend. The chicks were about a week old then. I'm anxious to check out today's pics to see how much the chicks have changed in a week. They were still pretty tiny today.

Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas - 5/2023.

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One of two owlets in the nest earlier this spring. Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas - 3/2022

Crayfish snake became brunch....pretty snake, it fought for several minutes. Brazos Bend State Park

Small frog doing its best to make the great escape from a Little Blue Heron. Brazos Bend State Park near Needville, Texas.

Early on a foggy December morning at Bend State Park in SE Texas - 12/2021.

 

Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas - 10/2022

I've seen / photographed some version of this many times over the years, but is never gets old to me. Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas. - 1/2023.

 

This is mamma owl at the Brazos Bend nest. She was perched on the backside of the nest tree, having just dropped food (some kind of duck) down to her two little owlets. She gave us an over the shoulder look, and climbed into the nest. Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas - 2/2023.

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