Several (over 40) Cormorants were observed resting on an old structure near Redfish bay.
These observations were from the first couple of trips to the ranch I photographed at for almost 10 months.
Out checking our game cameras and we stumbled on these two garter snakes in a tussle. One was definitely winning.
Saw 6 on June 4 and 5, 2015. Got mostly really crappy photos, some through windshield, but they're identifiable.
Saw 6 on June 4 and 5, 2015. Got mostly really crappy photos, some through windshield, but they're identifiable.
On my way down to the Texas Master Naturalist state conference, I stopped at a few state parks I hadn't been to before.
Lake Livingston State Park is a really nice place. It was starting to rain on me a little bit, so I couldn't stay as long as I wanted to. Cool stuff observed nonetheless! :)
not in breeding plumage
I needed to get out this morning after having been indoors for for the past several days. This morning it was raining off and on and was a dark overcast morning.
I saw the usual creatures and a couple of new ones for me at the dike today. I did notice that the Sanderlings and turnstones have moved on, albeit much later than I remember in the past. The late avocet was nice to see.
Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
15 June 2016
Elm Fork Park
Greenbelt Corridor Ray Roberts/Lewisville Lake FM 455 Access Area
Denton County, Texas
Neotropic Cormorant flies low over the Elm Fork Trinity River late in the afternoon.
A few more photos from the spring of 2011, that was a great spring for me, I had just returned to Texas having lived in other states for 30 years.
Crested caracara perched on the radar tower near North Jetty on the Bolivar Flats. Note that the caracara is being stalked by a Mockingbird.
Along our walk out of the cloud forest lodge, we passed a tree with a small group of Capuchin monkeys in it.