2024-03-1 Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas

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  • Bristly Thistle
    Bristly Thistle
    Cirsium horridulum
    Sim's Property, Lamar, Texas, March 5, 2024
    2024-03-05#1950
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mason Bee
    Mason Bee
    Osmia chalybea
    Sim's Property, Lamar, Texas, March 5, 2024
    2024-03-05#1952
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bristly Thistle
    Bristly Thistle
    Cirsium horridulum
    Sim's Property, Lamar, Texas, March 5, 2024
    2024-03-05#1953
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bristly Thistle
    Bristly Thistle
    Cirsium horridulum
    Sim's Property, Lamar, Texas, March 5, 2024
    2024-03-05#1957
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bristly Thistle
    Bristly Thistle
    Cirsium horridulum
    Sim's Property, Lamar, Texas, March 5, 2024
    2024-03-05#1958
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sim's Bird Blind
    Sim's Bird Blind
    Lamar, Texas, March 5, 2024
    2024-03-05#1959
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great-tailed Grackles
    Great-tailed Grackles
    Quiscalus mexicanus
    Sim’s Bird Blind, Lamar, Texas, March 5, 2024
    2024-03-05#4573
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great-tailed Grackles
    Great-tailed Grackles
    Quiscalus mexicanus - Arriving for corn from the feeder.
    Sim’s Bird Blind, Lamar, Texas, March 5, 2024
    2024-03-05#4582
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great-tailed Grackles
    Great-tailed Grackles
    Quiscalus mexicanus
    Sim’s Bird Blind, Lamar, Texas, March 5, 2024
    2024-03-05#4587
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whooping Cranes
    Whooping Cranes
    Grus americana
    Sim’s Bird Blind, Lamar, Texas, March 5, 2024
    2024-03-05#4588
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whooping Cranes
    Whooping Cranes
    Grus americana
    Sim’s Bird Blind, Lamar, Texas, March 5, 2024
    2024-03-05#4601
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whooping Cranes
    Whooping Cranes
    Grus americana - eating a bit of corn.
    Sim’s Bird Blind, Lamar, Texas, March 5, 2024
    2024-03-05#4630
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whooping Crane
    Whooping Crane
    Grus americana
    Sim’s Bird Blind, Lamar, Texas, March 5, 2024
    2024-03-05#4634
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whooping Cranes
    Whooping Cranes
    Grus americana - eating corn.
    Sim’s Bird Blind, Lamar, Texas, March 5, 2024
    2024-03-05#4636
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whooping Crane
    Whooping Crane
    Grus americana
    Sim’s Bird Blind, Lamar, Texas, March 5, 2024
    2024-03-05#4637
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whooping Cranes
    Whooping Cranes
    Grus americana
    Sim’s Bird Blind, Lamar, Texas, March 5, 2024
    2024-03-05#4639
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whooping Cranes
    Whooping Cranes
    Grus americana
    Sim’s Bird Blind, Lamar, Texas, March 5, 2024
    2024-03-05#4656
    Larry L. Jackson
  • TB 'Belle' & Barge
    TB 'Belle' & Barge
    The tug parked for the evening to avoid grounding the long push of barges.
    Intracoastal Waterway, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#1962
    Larry L. Jackson
  • TB 'Belle'
    TB 'Belle'
    Intracoastal Waterway, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#1963
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Stearing Tug
    Stearing Tug
    The TB 'Belle' is pushing three barges and requires a stearing tug to navigate the channel.
    Intracoastal Waterway, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#1970
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Raccoon
    Common Raccoon
    Procyon lotor
    Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4682
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Heron
    Great Blue Heron
    Ardea herodias
    Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4693
    Larry L. Jackson
  • TB 'Paislee Raine' & Barge
    TB 'Paislee Raine' & Barge
    Pushing two sand barges.
    Intracoastal Waterway, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#1971
    Larry L. Jackson
  • TB 'Paislee Raine'
    TB 'Paislee Raine'
    Intracoastal Waterway, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#1973
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Glaucous Gull
    Glaucous Gull
    Larus hyperboreus
    Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4720
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Airboat
    Airboat
    Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4734
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whooping Cranes
    Whooping Cranes
    Grus americana
    Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4742
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Brown Pelicans
    Brown Pelicans
    Pelecanus occidentalis
    Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4761
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whooping Crane
    Whooping Crane
    Grus americana
    Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4770
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whooping Cranes
    Whooping Cranes
    Grus americana
    Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4772
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Nesting Island
    Nesting Island
    San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#1974
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Nesting Island
    Nesting Island
    The nesting island was seriously reduced during a hurricane, but is a rebuilding oyster reef.
    San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#1975
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Nesting Island
    Nesting Island
    San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#1976
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Herons
    Great Blue Herons
    Ardea herodias
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4781
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Herons
    Great Blue Herons
    Ardea herodias
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4783
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Herons
    Great Blue Herons
    Ardea herodias
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4785
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Herons
    Great Blue Herons
    Ardea herodias - competition for mating.
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4798
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Herons
    Great Blue Herons
    Ardea herodias
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4804
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Herons
    Great Blue Herons
    Ardea herodias - male has the female's neck in his bill.
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4805
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Herons
    Great Blue Herons
    Ardea herodias
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4812
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Herons
    Great Blue Herons
    Ardea herodias - more competition between males.
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4815
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Herons
    Great Blue Herons
    Ardea herodias
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4822
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Caspian Terns
    Caspian Terns
    Sterna caspia
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4830
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Herons
    Great Blue Herons
    Ardea herodias - landing heron has a very small bit of nesting material.
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4835
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Herons
    Great Blue Herons
    Ardea herodias
    2024-03-06#4837
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Heron
    Great Blue Heron
    Ardea herodias
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4860
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Reddish Egret
    Reddish Egret
    Egretta rufescens
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4863
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Reddish Egret
    Reddish Egret
    Egretta rufescens
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4874
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Laughing Gull
    Laughing Gull
    Leucophaeus atricilla
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4878
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Reddish Egret
    Reddish Egret
    Egretta rufescens
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4888
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Herons
    Great Blue Herons
    Ardea herodias - also one Reddish Egret on the ground.
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4891
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Reddish Egrets
    Reddish Egrets
    Egretta rufescens - jockeying for a prime perch.
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4896
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Reddish Egrets
    Reddish Egrets
    Egretta rufescens
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4900
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Reddish Egrets
    Reddish Egrets
    Egretta rufescens
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4901
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Herons
    Great Blue Herons
    Ardea herodias
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4905
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Reddish Egret White Morph
    Reddish Egret White Morph
    Egretta rufescens
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4911
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sanderling
    Sanderling
    Calidris alba
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4927
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Reddish Egret
    Reddish Egret
    Egretta rufescens
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4931
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Heron
    Great Blue Heron
    Ardea herodias
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4939
    Larry L. Jackson
  • TB 'Bud Golding' & Barge
    TB 'Bud Golding' & Barge
    Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#1977
    Larry L. Jackson
  • TB 'Bud Golding'
    TB 'Bud Golding'
    Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#1980
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Willet
    Willet
    Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4968
    Larry L. Jackson
  • James L Carroll Memorial
    James L Carroll Memorial
    I can't find more information on Carroll who is credited with establishing the nesting island and wildlife area.
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4974
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Reddish Egret White Morph
    Reddish Egret White Morph
    Egretta rufescens - strutting breeding plumage.
    Nesting Island, San Antonio Bay, Texas, March 6, 2024
    2024-03-06#4988
    Larry L. Jackson