Category Archives: Places To Visit

Red Shouldered Hawk At Brazos Bend State Park

As I was walking on one of the trails I heard the unmistakable cry of a Hawk.  I always get confused between a Red Shouldered Hawk and a Red Tailed Hawk. Here’s what I found from reading my Sibley’s Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America.  The Red Shouldered Hawk has orange bars across...

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Little Blue Heron Hunting For Food

Another bird action sequence from Brazos Bend State Park. A Little Blue Heron goes hunting for food.  First the bird checks the left hand side. Nothing on the left, how about behind? Whoa!  There’s something! Damn, didn’t catch a thing.

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White Ibis Eating Crawfish

Here’s some additional pictures from Brazos Bend State Park. This was actually an accidental picture.  I was just trying to take a picture of a White Ibis.  It wasn’t until I got home and started reviewing the pictures that I noticed that this bird had caught a Crawfish. In this first picture, you can just...

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Brazos Bend: Nothing But Gators

I intended to visit Brazos Bend State Park to take some pictures of the birds and wildlife.  Little did I know the place would be full of American Alligators. I started off seeing some gators swimming through the water. The gator below seemed content to warm up while in the water. Then as I’m walking...

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Taking A “Staycation”

Finally!  I’m taking a week off from work. Tomorrow morning I plan on heading out to Brazos Bend State Park.  A day or two after that I plan on revisiting Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge. I’ll also probably visit the Houston Arboretum, but after that I am undecided.  I’d like to try a couple of new...

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