Observaciones de ronmasters

During the Coastal Prairie Chapter Spring 2024 class at the Coastal Prairie Conservancy.

Exhibiting threat response to my Shetland Sheepdog on my patio. Possum eventually departed when the threat was removed.

breeding pair with--I think--7 ducklings

The 2nd photo is out of focus, but offers a better view of tail and wings for ID.

Not the whole group, maybe 10 all together. Saw them close to the road, made 2 u-turns to circle back as they moved off. Fortunately had a long lens with me. One white cow grazing in the background.

Two Black Vultures sharing a large fish at the edge of a neighborhood lake in Sugar Land, TX.

2 adults and 18 chicks

two in this tree, one with head tucked in, This one just arrived

Dead, hung out to dry—along with a smaller snake and a cricket—by a butcher bird shrike spotted nearby. Not at all sure of the species.

Solitary White Penguin surrounded by throngs of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, a few Snowy Egrets and American Coots, and a few individuals of other species.

Perched in a cypress tree on the shore of an oxbow lake behind a row of commercial buildings.

On a point bar along the Brazos River adjacent to Brazos Park in Sugar Land. Many individual plants, about 80% of them dead.

Sitting on my backyard fence.

2’ long

Male, hovering at Cullinan Park, shutter speed way too slow.

With 4 egg sacks nearby.

Inert, maybe dead.