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Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Birding, Texas Birds

Great Blue Heron Landing

A Great Blue Heron landing on its nest in a rookery located in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, photographed in the winter of 2022.

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Birding, Birds of Texas, Texas Birds

Great Blue Heron in Flight

A Great Blue Heron in flight at a rookery housed within the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, TX. Photographed in the winter of 2020.

Purple Heron

Heron

I photographed this Heron at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge on the Big Tree trail during my recent trip to Rockport, Texas.

Great Egret

Great Egret Shadow

Another photograph of a Great Egret from my trip to the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge last year. This one is of a Great Egret Shadow.

Whooping Crane

Juvenile Whooping Crane

I photographed this juvenile Whooping Crane a few moments before I photographed the adult Whooping Crane I wrote about last week.

American White Pelican, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Birding, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Pelican

I photographed this American White Pelican during my trip to south Texas. I often confused Pelicans for Whooping Cranes because of their similar color and… Read More »Pelican

Whooping Crane - ANWR

Adult Crane

I posted an image last week of a juvenile Whooping Crane so I thought it would be helpful if I posted one of an adult.

Great Egret - ANWR

Graceful Egret

Large birds are very graceful when they fly. This was the case with this graceful Egret. I photographed it in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Ardea herodias, Birding, Great Blue Heron

Herons

Great Blue Herons are some of my favorite birds. I especially like their color combinations. They are even more elegant during the mating season.