Brazos Bend State Park really amazes me. Driving through the nearby farmland, you don’t expect much. But wow, once you drive into the park, it is just incredible.
More beautiful paths, one with an alligator on the side.
common moorhen. There are a lot of moorhens and coots here.
Turtles and a cormorant.
One cormorant and lots of turtles.
Lots of cormorants and one turtle.
Think this is a northern harrier. There are two of them that fly over the marsh area.
Western grebe, the one on top with a fish. They can dive and stay under a long time, just like the cormorants. They go under water and you don’t know where they will surface. Their black and white markings give the illusion of their having a triangular shaped head.
The cyclic clearing, burning, and flooding of fields.
Moved a little south, to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.
Cormorants and turtle.
Black birds swarming, probably to get some type of grain on the ground.
Mule deer.
Just got the tail end of this wet coyote. It looks a lot healthier than the coyotes I used to see in Southern California.
