Juvenile ibis (left) and roseate spoonbill (right).
Tricolored heron, with its very long neck.
Tricolored (left) with a little blue heron (right).
Stopped at a picnic area at Aransas NWR and saw this javalena looking for food. In the picture above, it is reacting to Jake barking at it (from the truck). It just lasted a few seconds and then it went back to foraging.
The area around Goose Island State Park in Texas is primarily known for two things: the largest winter population of endangered whooping cranes and The Big Tree. This is a coastal live oak that is more than 1,000 years old. There are beautiful groves of oaks all over this area. Homes and roads are often built with a view towards saving all the oak trees they can.
An American oystercatcher, a rare visitor from Mexico.
A white ibis, a rare visitor to muddy pools, marshes, and mudflats.
Brown pelicans by the bait shop at Goose Island State Park.
Pelicans watch intently as fishermen clean fish. You know pandemonium will break loose when any scraps are thrown their way.
The Fulton Mansion in Rockport. Built in 1877 by George Fulton, with indoor plumbing and central heating.
