A Turkey Vulture warms his wings at sunrise near Sheffield in West Texas.
Alligator Soup
An American Alligator at Brazos Bend State Park in southeast Texas.
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk in a mesquite tree near Odessa in West Texas.
Great Egret
A Great Egret (or Great White Egret) fishes at Brazos Bend State Park in southeast Texas.
Great Egret 1.2
A Great Egret found at Smith Oaks Bird Sanctuary. The Great Egret's lore (the bare skin between the bill and the eye) changes color during courtship, from the usual dull yellow color to a vivid green.
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
A Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) at Brazos Bend State Park in southeast Texas.
Heron with bug
A young Great Blue Heron feeds in a marsh
Heron Flight
A young Great Blue Heron takes flight.
Brown Pelican
Near Celestun on the west side of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
Alligator 4
An American Alligator suns himself on a log at Brazos Bend State Park in southeast Texas.
Turtle 3
Young Alligator
A juvenile American Alligator at Brazos Bend State Park in southeast Texas.
Alligator Justice
Perhaps it began with a dispute. But it ended with this very large alligator (about 12-14 feet) consuming its smaller (about 5 feet) rival. Yes, alligators are cannibalistic.
Deer 8
White-tail deer
Wood ducks
A pair of Wood Ducks at Brazos Bend State Park in southeast Texas.
Butterfly 4
Butterfly 3
Butterfly 5
Butterfly 1
Cattle Egret 3
Acorn Woodpecker
They range along the west coast of North and Central America. This one was found on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
American White Ibis
An Ibis hunts the marsh at Brazos Bend State Park in southeast Texas.
House Finch
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Inks Lake State Park in Texas. (Tyranny's forficatus)
Cardinal 1
Ring-billed Gull
Seagull Snack
Seagull in Galveston, Texas
Dolphin 1
Bottlenose dolphin
Lotus dragonfly 1.2
Jackrabbit 1
Jackrabbit in the lower Rio Grande valley of Texas.
Mountain Lion 1
Her fur thick for winter, a mountain lion makes her way through the snow in southern Colorado.
Fox 8
A Red Fox hunts for food at sunset in central Colorado.
Fox 1.2
A Red Fox in central Colorado.
Goats 4
A Mountain Goat descends to a creek for water south of Breckenridge, Colorado.
Goats 5
Mountain Goats in central Colorado.
Bald Eagle
Eagle just after a heavy rain
Bald Eagle 2
Bald Eagle, wet from rain
Tricolored Heron 2
Spoonbill 2
Roseate Spoonbill found in Smith Oaks Bird Sanctuary in Texas.
Spoonbill Nest
Roseate Spoonbill found in Smith Oaks Bird Sanctuary in Texas.
