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		<title>Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge: The Birds</title>
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				<category><![CDATA[Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite my car mishap yesterday, I really did enjoy going to the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.  I would have spent at least a few more hours there if it wasn&#8217;t for my car. Anyway, if you are looking for an amazing variety of birds, you can&#8217;t go wrong visiting this place. One of the first [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Despite my car mishap yesterday, I really did enjoy going to the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.  I would have spent at least a few more hours there if it wasn&#8217;t for my car.</p>
<p>Anyway, if you are looking for an amazing variety of birds, you can&#8217;t go wrong visiting this place.</p>
<p>One of the first birds I saw were Roseate Spoonbills.</p>
<div id="attachment_3079" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 810px"><img src="http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/wpid3078-IMG_1421.jpg" class="thumb-not-found" width="800" height="532" alt="" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Roseate Spoonbills Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge</p></div>
<p>There were also lots of little birds hidden in the grasses.  If I am not mistaken, this is a Sedge Wren (Can anyone confirm?).</p>
<div id="attachment_3081" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 810px"><img src="http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/wpid3080-IMG_1428.jpg" class="thumb-not-found" width="800" height="533" alt="" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Sedge Wren Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge</p></div>
<p>Here&#8217;s a closeup of the same bird.</p>
<div id="attachment_3083" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 810px"><img src="http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/wpid3082-IMG_1426.jpg" class="thumb-not-found" width="800" height="532" alt="" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Sedge Wren Closeup Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge</p></div>
<p>Flying overhead were lots of Snow Geese.</p>
<div id="attachment_3087" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 810px"><img src="http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/wpid3086-IMG_1466.jpg" class="thumb-not-found" width="800" height="533" alt="" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Flock Of Snow Geese Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge</p></div>
<p>And here&#8217;s a closeup of these beautiful birds.</p>
<div id="attachment_3089" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 810px"><img src="http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/wpid3088-IMG_1467.jpg" class="thumb-not-found" width="800" height="641" alt="" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Flock Of Snow Geese Closeup Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge</p></div>
<p>Later I drove further into the Refuge and noticed this &#8220;duck-looking&#8221; bird hiding in the reeds.  After researching the bird, it turns out this bird is a <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">King Rail</span> Clapper Rail (thank you David for the correction).</p>
<div id="attachment_3096" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 544px"><img src="http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/wpid3095-IMG_1475.jpg" class="thumb-not-found" width="534" height="800" alt="" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Clapper Rail Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge</p></div>
<p>Here&#8217;s another shot of the same bird with a little more detail.</p>
<div id="attachment_3093" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 810px"><img src="http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/wpid3092-IMG_1473.jpg" class="thumb-not-found" width="800" height="533" alt="" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Clapper Rail Closeup Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge</p></div>
<p>There were lots of white birds at the Refuge and it took me some time to recognize what each of the birds were.  One bird that I never photographed before was the White Ibis.  Here&#8217;s a picture of the Ibis cleaning its tail feathers.</p>
<div id="attachment_3098" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 810px"><img src="http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/wpid3097-IMG_1481.jpg" class="thumb-not-found" width="800" height="533" alt="" /><p class="wp-caption-text">White Ibis Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge</p></div>
<p>Another white bird was the Great Egret.</p>
<div id="attachment_3100" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 810px"><img src="http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/wpid3099-IMG_1484.jpg" class="thumb-not-found" width="800" height="534" alt="" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Great Egret Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge</p></div>
<p>The Great Egret was quite a bit larger than the Snowy Egret pictured below.</p>
<div id="attachment_3102" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 810px"><img src="http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/wpid3101-IMG_1482.jpg" class="thumb-not-found" width="800" height="770" alt="" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Snowy Egret Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge</p></div>
<p>Last, but not least, I photographed this Greater Yellowlegs.</p>
<div id="attachment_3104" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 810px"><img src="http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/wpid3103-IMG_1537.jpg" class="thumb-not-found" width="800" height="532" alt="" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Greater Yellowlegs Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge</p></div>
<p>Same bird, but a little more detail in the feathers.</p>
<div id="attachment_3106" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 810px"><img src="http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/wpid3105-IMG_1535.jpg" class="thumb-not-found" width="800" height="534" alt="" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Greater Yellowlegs Closeup Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge</p></div>
<p>Even though I posted quite a few pictures in this post, this was by no means representative of all different types of birds in this location.  There were also lots of Hawks, but unfortunately none of my pictures were good enough to post.  If you are looking to photograph birds, or even just to witness a huge variety of birds, I highly recommend going to Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.  Just make sure your tires can handle rough terrain:-).</p>
<p>Oops, I found one more picture, but I&#8217;m not exactly sure what kind of bird this is.  I &#8220;think&#8221; it&#8217;s a Green Heron.  If that&#8217;s not correct, please send me an email or leave a comment.</p>
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