Wintering American Avocets

By James Braswell | Published February 22, 2017

Today’s post is a short break from the Whooping Crane posts, but the Whoopers will be back! A lot of other birds were active on the Aransas NWR, including this group of American Avocets, sporting their winter plumage coats. During a flyby before landing, it was really great to watch them flying by in tight […]

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Beauty at Work!

By James Braswell | Published February 20, 2017

Still from the first day on the boat, as the day progressed and we made our way farther into the refuge (Aransas NWR), we had whooping cranes very close to our boat. We typically moved the boat to get a clear shot, then parked it along the bank and let the cranes move around and […]

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Fun Friday: Prank the Photographer!

By James Braswell | Published December 14, 2012

While photographing birds in the Texas Rio Grande Valley, a few Mexican Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus mexicanus) came around the waterhole. While photographing these visitors, one seemingly stopped to make fun of us!   Wishing every one a “Fun Friday”! If you enjoyed this post, please feel free to share this link with others who you […]

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Don’t Mess With Texas!

By James Braswell | Published December 13, 2012

Early in the summer, I posted on a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) that was found while I was in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas this past spring. But when my website went awry, I not only lost that blog post, but also the images that I had uploaded. Well, I’ve finally got […]

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Green Jay

By James Braswell | Published December 6, 2012

A “life” bird for me, the Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas) is an awesome bird to see. As I photographed around a waterhole in the Rio Grande Valley this past spring, I was fortunate to have several of these beauties fly in for water. Here are a few of my favorite images:   According to my […]

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Road Racer

By James Braswell | Published December 2, 2012

While in the south Texas’ Rio Grande Valley this past spring, I was fortunate to run across several Greater Roadrunners (Geococcyx californianus). It was quite a sight to watch these quick-footed birds run about the Texas landscape! Here are a few of my favorite images as this beautiful bird ran around, looking for a snack […]

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