Brazoria NWR
The drought is still ongoing in all of Texas. Brazoria has not been spared, however recent rains have add some water to the marsh and the grass is again growing. This cool and windy day in January yielded a few photos of the locals.
Fauna
Birds, snakes and Gators. Animals I have known. Lots of images here too…
New Year at Brazoria
A New Year at Brazoria was a good time to take a few photos and start out 2012. The sunrise was sublime. The morning was absolutely still and there wasn’t a ripple on the waters of the marsh. Some of my old friends were out and about, but not in the numbers that are normally
New Camera, Same Birds
I picked up a new camera this week and planned a trip to Brazoria NWR to run it through its paces. The lighting was dull, and the drought has all but eliminated the freshwater ponds that have attracted in past, so many birds. Still it was great to get out and I did manage to
Common Gallinule – from the archives
The Common Gallinule, sometimes called Moorhen is abundant along the Texas Gulf Coast. A noisy resident of the marsh is noisy and easily found. This one has a showy bill and forehead as he prowls the marsh for a meal.
Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle
On a working trip to the Australian outback, I found the nest of an Australian Wedge-Tailed eagle. Wedge-tailed eagles are found in all Australia, including Tasmania. The eagles also range as far as southern New Guinea. There were two fledgling sized birds in the nest, and after a short climb up the eucalyptus tree I
Egret Convention from the Archives
I found what seems to me an Egret Convention from the Archives.I chanced upon a loose group of Snowy Egrets, along with other species, during the early part of the fall migration. Although there were a few mixed Ibises and Herons in the buch, It consisted almost entirely of Snowy Egrets. While Snowys tend to