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In Their Element: Birds Of The Texas Upper Gulf Coast

Posted on September 24, 2017November 30, 2020 by Shannon
A male Eastern Bluebird brings morsels to his brood.

A collection of my favorite bird photos around where we live.

Posted in Animals, Birds, NatureTagged Birding, Black-and-White Warbler, Common Nighthawk, Eastern Bluebird, Laughing Gull, Mourning Dove, Nature photography, Orchard Oriole, Roseate Spoonbill, Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Willet, Yellow-Crowned Night Heron27 Comments

Chasing Feathers: The Best Of 2016 Birding (Part 2)

Posted on December 28, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

This is Part Two of the series, the best of the birds we went out to get in 2016.

Posted in Birds, NatureTagged Birding, Blackburnian Warbler, Canvasback, Double-crested cormorant, Golden-winged warbler, Great-horned Owl, Greater Roadrunner, Mottled duck, Osprey, Reddish Egret, Scissortail Flycatcher, Yellow-Crowned Night Heron11 Comments

Breaking The Bird Fast (Sound!)

Posted on October 20, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

Some pretty birdies as we get back into birding after a 3-month, heat-and-mosquito induced break. There is audio with this post! Read on...

Posted in Birds, NatureTagged Belted Kingfisher, Birding, Fall, Great Egret, Great-tailed Grackle, Green Heron, Monk Parakeet, Photography, Pileated woodpecker, Soundcloud, Wood duck, Wood Stork, Yardbirds, Yellow-Crowned Night Heron11 Comments

Texas Park Gem: Brazos Bend State Park

Posted on May 14, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

Some nature photos in reverence of our favorite Texas State Park, Brazos Bend south of Houston.

Posted in Animals, Birds, NatureTagged Alligator, Brazos Bend State Park, Great Egret, Little Blue Heron, Trees, Tri-colored Heron, Water Hyacinth, Water Lily, Wildflowers, Yellow-Crowned Night Heron12 Comments

Backyard Feathers: The Best of 2015 Birding (Part 2)

Posted on December 28, 2015January 21, 2022 by Shannon

There are those we watch and those we chase. Here are 20 bird portraits of our most photogenic yard residents (Part 2).

Posted in Animals, Birds, NatureTagged Birding, Carolina Wren, Cedar Waxwing, Coopers Hawk, House Finch, Hummingbird, Northern Cardinal, Photography, White Ibis, Yardbirds, Yellow-Crowned Night Heron, Yellow-Rumped Warbler10 Comments

Gator Growls and Kissing Cardinals (Sound!)

Posted on May 6, 2015January 21, 2022 by Shannon

Another nature hike at Brazos Bend State Park with a live recording of male alligators growling it out! Mommy Cardinal gets kissed by Daddy, and Green Heron works to choke down one big-ass crawdaddy.

Posted in NatureTagged Alligator, Birding, Brazos Bend State Park, Green Heron, Northern Cardinal, Prothonotary Warbler, Soundcloud, Yellow-Crowned Night Heron19 Comments

Neo-tropic Migrants, State Testing, and Camp Banshees

Posted on April 3, 2015January 21, 2022 by Shannon

Enjoying March the best way we know how -- birding and camping in the yard.

Posted in Family, NatureTagged Barred Owl, Birding, Camping, Galveston Island, Great-tailed Grackle, Loggerhead Shrike, Northern Parula, Redhead, San Luis Pass, Scissortail Flycatcher, White-eyed Vireo, Willet, Yellow-Crowned Night Heron11 Comments

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