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Strutting into this week like a runway model! Little Blue Heron, #BrazosBendSP, May 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷
A Little Blue Heron with ridiculously long legs struts across a marshy area with attitude! (I know I'm anthropomorphizing this bird, but that's what I see.)
June 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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#BirdoftheDay
#Songbird

From last month at #BrazosBendSP (TX), this Carolina Wren was singing its little heart out!!
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A carolina wren perched on a crooked branch is facing to the side with beak wide open, singing away.
March 12, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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#BirdoftheDay
#CollectingFood

From yesterday's sojourn to #BrazosBendSP (TX), a Pied-billed Grebe with really fresh fish for breakfast.
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A grebe floats along on a pond with a very small fish in its bill. The fish is still flapping around.
February 17, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Happy #FeatheredFriday!! Portrait of a juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron, #BrazosBendSP, May 2025.
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A close-up of the head and neck of a juvenile yellow-crowned night heron standing in profile. The bird's coloring is gray and white streaks with a black bill and a large beautiful amber eye. The backdrop is mostly green leaves.
June 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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#BirdoftheDay
#Anatidae

"One of these is not like the others." Wood Duck and Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, #BrazosBendSP (TX), April 2026.
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Three Black-bellied Whistling Ducks and a Wood Duck are perched high in a large branch coming off a dead tree with a dull blue sky and another tree in the background.
May 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Happy #Critterday! No, that is not a log floating on the water.
#BrazosBendSP, September2025
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A close up of the eyes and snout of an American Alligator sticking out above the water. Under the water, the rest of the gator's head and neck show.
September 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Is it #Twosday already?! White Ibis with Water Hyacinth. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷 #BrazosBendSP
Two White Ibis standing in a field of Water Hyacinth, a green plant with light purple flowers. The Ibis' long curved bills are dark on the end as they have been digging in the mud, looking for food.
June 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Happy #Critterday!! Getting a #Sideways glance from this alligator playing peekaboo at #BrazosBendSP. #BlueSkyArtShow #originalcontent #photography 📷
Just the eye and the top of the head of an alligator shows through a break in the blanket of water hyacinth covering a pond.
July 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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#BirdoftheDay
#WinterSurvivors

Birds survive pretty easily in South Texas with our milder weather, but I'm working with the theme! Common Yellowthroat, January 2026, #BrazosBendSP. I'm heading back to Brazos Bend momentarily to look for more survivors!
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A yellowthroat is perched at an angle on some wintery reeds, showing off a bright yellow chest and throat and a dramatic black mask.
February 16, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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#ShadesofGrey

Tufted Titmouse getting a nutritious breakfast!
#BrazosBendSP, November 2025
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A small bird is standing on a large angled limb that is covered with Spanish moss and is leaning forward with a curled up worm in its beak. The bird has a light gray head, dark gray wings and tail and a buff-colored belly.
November 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Another long driving day ahead of me ... just enough time to share this Red-shouldered Hawk from last week at #BrazosBendSP. Have a great week!
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A red-shouldered hawk is poised on a branch in the break of a leafy tree and is looking over his/her shoulder.
September 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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The photo of the cardinal isn't good, but that backdrop of Spanish moss is pretty cool. #BrazosBendSP from yesterday.
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A small dark image of a female northern cardinal on the left in front of a backdrop of Spanish moss.
January 30, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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From early this month at #BrazosBendSP, I caught this Great Crested Flycatcher gathering nesting materials. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷
A large flycatcher with a dark brownish-gray head, wings and tail, white throat and yellow chest and belly is standing on a path after gathering a mouthful of straw, presumably for nesting material.
May 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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#BirdoftheDay
#BestoftheMonth

Happy #FeatheredFriday!! Of the photos that I haven't already posted, this is probably one of my favorites. This juvenile White Ibis was just so handsome! #BrazosBendSP (TX)
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A young white ibis is perched near the ground on a tangle of branches. This ibis still has its juvenile plumage of a textured brown and white and a light pink bill that will eventually turn bright pinkish red.
February 27, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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#BirdoftheDay
#LongNecks

This American Bittern from last week at #BrazosBendSP was being uncharacteristically brave and not even trying to hide among the reeds.
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An American bittern stands out like a sore thumb in a field of green grasses. The bittern is mostly brown and white and has thick vertical brown stripes starting at the neck and continuing all the way down the belly. The bittern's long neck is extended.
April 12, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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#Raptors

Red-shouldered Hawk, #BrazosBendSP (TX), February 2026
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A hawk is perched on a bare branch and facing the camera. The head is a light brown while the chest and shoulders are buff-colored with light rusty-red bars across. The belly is mostly buff and the underside of the tail is buff with wide dark bars. The background of the photo is blue sky and blurred bare trees.
June 20, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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#WingsWideOpen

Little Blue Heron coming in for a landing, #BrazosBendSP (TX), April 2026.
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A Little Blue Heron is coming in for a landing in a shallow pond. The bird's wings are spread wide and its feet are angled in front about to touchdown. The heron has blue-gray feathers with a touch of lavender on the neck and head. The background of the photo is leafy swamp foliage.
May 20, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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#BirdoftheDay
#BirdsinTheirElement

A story in 4 parts

Part 4
As I rounded the corner of the trail, I looked back. With foliage instead of sky and pond behind it, the American Bittern was finally well camouflaged. The End #BrazosBendSP, February 2025

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4 of 4
The bittern is now well camouflaged in a scene of buff and tan and gold and brown.
February 22, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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#Silhouette (alt)

Red-winged Blackbird, #BrazosBendSP, Nov 2025
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A red-winged blackbird shown in silhouette within a tangle of bare branches with tail feathers fanned out. As it was a cloudy day, the effect is monochromatic and somewhat stark.
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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#Sparrows (alternate)

From my final birding trip of 2025, yesterday at #BrazosBendSP, I hunted down this very elusive Swamp Sparrow hiding in the marsh grasses.
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Happy New Year and Good Birding, Y'all!!
A small sparrow seen perched on a thick blade of grass with tall grasses on either side of it and blurry brown winter foliage behind.
January 1, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Happy #WrensDay!! From yesterday at #BrazosBendSP (TX), a House Wren hiding in a dead folded over lotus leaf.
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A large dried up lotus leaf is folded over on itself and a small brown head with a curved beak is sticking out from the fold.
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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#GoodLight

A very happy #FeatheredFriday to all!! I love morning light for photographing birds. Marsh Wren, #BrazosBendSP, from New Year's Eve day.
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A small wren in buff and brown blending in with its surroundings of brown winter vegetation. There is a bit of a glow from the morning sun over the scene.
January 2, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Happy #FeatheredFriday!! One of my favorites from last week's trip to #BrazosBendSP was seeing this Anhinga spearing some breakfast.

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An Anhinga's long skinny black head and neck rise from the water. A small fish is impaled on its long yellow beak. Feathers rise at the back of the bird's neck and a few white feathers can be seen to accent the black. There is a ring of light green around the eye which makes the eye really stand out.
March 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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From back in March at #BrazosBendSP, this Red-winged Blackbird was looking for a mate ... very vocal and showing off the red and yellow epaulets.
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#WeekCforCommunicate #AlphabetChallenge
A red-winged blackbird is perched on a bare branch. He is leaning forward with beak wide open and his red-and-yellow shoulder patches are puffed out. The rest of the bird is jet black.
July 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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From last week at #BrazosBendSP, a Purple Gallinule with two dragonflies for breakfast. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷
A purple gallinule with deep bluish-purple head, chest and belly and iridescent green, blue, gold and brown back and wings clutches two dragonflies in its bill. The gallinule is standing on a large lily pad on yellow legs. The background is pond water with water foliage.
September 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM