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      <span>&#x2756;&nbsp;<a href="mailto:sowles97@gmail.com">Contact Mike & Hali&nbsp;</a>&#x2756;</span></div>

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        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10014-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Narraganset Bay and a stunning
sunrise, from nearly 20,000
feet." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10017-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Sunrise from 20,000 feet, just
over Narragansett Bay" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10053_DxO-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Willet at sunset finding a
bite to eat as the day comes
to a close at Whitecap Beach" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0022DP_2000.jpg" title=
"I liked this image of a Willet
because of the way that the
late afternoon light was
coloring only part of the
water in the image." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0059_2000.jpg" title=
"Hali enjoying some post-sunset
time at the beach!" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10141-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Mike getting ready to
photograph birds during a
beautiful sunset, Whitecap
Beach." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0064SK_2000.jpg" title=
"This began as a simple pre-
sunrise image at whitecap
beach, but then I played some
games to get the image that I
wanted to see..." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10150-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Sunrise ICM, Whitecap beach" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10158-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Fly away into the dawn.  A
whimbrel flys down the beach
at North Padre Island framed
by the colors of sunrise." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0079_2000.jpg" title=
"Sometimes a cloudless sky is
not what you want.  This
nearly cloudless sunrise was
beautiful anyway." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10229-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"A Willet, silhouetted by the
rising sun behind it.
Whitecap Beach." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland_iphone-10003.JPG" title=
"Our favorite coffee shop had
some interesting decor." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland_iphone-10010.JPG" title=
"The coffee shop was
constructed from cargo
containers!" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0104DP_2000.jpg" title=
"A little blue heron that we
spotted along the causeway
(yes, sometimes they are
white)." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0120DP_TC_2000.jpg" title=
"The same little blue heron" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0128DP_2000.jpg" title=
"This is just a little blue
heron, but I love the light on
the bird and the color of the
vegetation in the background." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10291-Edit2048.jpg" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10297-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"American White Ibis taking a
break from scouring  the mud
for breakfast." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0163DP_2000.jpg" title=
"A marbled godwit fluffing it's
feathers (piloerection) during
a morning walk along the
causeway waters.  The spot of
mud on the beak shows you that
this bird is wiling to dig
down to find food." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0228DP_2000.jpg" title=
"This Willet shot was taken
along Texas 361, just North of
Tortuga Dunes (Zahn Rd)." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\IMG_7907-7908_Panro_2000.jpg" title=
"We went to the Leonabelle
Turnbull Birding Center a few
times.  Part of the path down
to the water is smothered in
wild sunflowers." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0237_2000.jpg" title=
"I believe that this is a
female common grackle.  We
spotted this one sitting on a
marine piling." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0252DP_2000.jpg" title=
"American White Pelicans at the
Leonabelle Turnbull Birding
Center" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0266DP_2000.jpg" title=
"A roseate spoonbill" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10512-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Splish-Splash this American
White Pelican was taking a
bath." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10527-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"I don't normally like
photographing from behind a
bird but this Roseate
Spoonbill was showing off its
'angel' wings and I just had
to grab an image of it." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10564-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Mike, surrounded by sunflowers
and a blue sky, during our
walk on the first day at
Leonabelle Turnbull Birding
Center." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10574-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Wild Sunflower at Leonabelle
Turnbull Birding Center in
Port Aransas." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10577-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Off in the distance in the
marsh at Leonbelle Turnbull
Birding Center there was a
group of comorants.  I love
their incredibly blue eyes." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0336_2000.jpg" title=
"White Ibis have the most
amazing blue eyes!" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0343DP_2000.jpg" title=
"A laughing gull in winter
plumage at whitecap beach.
They look so very different in
breeding colors!" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0353DP_2000.jpg" title=
"A royal tern in winter plumage" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10667-Edit2048.jpg" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0371DP_2000.jpg" title=
"A ruddy turnstone cruising the
beach on a fine afternoon." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0396DP_2000.jpg" title=
"For the fast moving
Sanderlings, the hunt for sand
crabs is never ending!" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0427DP_2000.jpg" title=
"One of many Sanderlings that
we spotted running around in
the surf in the afternoon
light." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10741-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Red Knot forging for clams at
the shoreline, Whitecap Beach." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0459DP_2000.jpg" title=
"Even the super energetic
Sanderlings have to rest once
in a while.  Here, two of them
take a quick break in last of
the late afternoon sun." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0495DP_2000.jpg" title=
"This brown pelican was sitting
in nice afternoon light at the
marina on the causeway.  It's
just a pelican, but I'm a
sucker for anything in good
light!" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0512DP_2000.jpg" title=
"A great blue heron overlooking
the water from the marina on
the causeway." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10888_Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Brown Pelican at the boat
docks on the causeway under
the John F. Kennedy Bridge." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10935-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"This may have been a boat
masters shack on the causeway
under the JFK, Jr Bridge" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-10997-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Oystercatcher on the causeway
underneath the John F. Kennedy
Bridge.  Selective Color." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0625DP_2000.jpg" title=
"American Oystercatcher,
Haematopus palliatus" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-11079-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Staredown with a Piping
Plover.  It won." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0658DP_2000.jpg" title=
"A delicate looking (and
endangered) Piping Plover made
an appearance for us on a
cloudy day." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\IMG_7911_2000.jpg" title=
"We saw this cool mural in the
Island Bakery, on West Avenue
G in Port Aransas.  Note the
fish swimming with a plastic
shopping bag on it's head.
The same artist did a cool
shark mural outside a nearby
surf shop." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0723DP_2000.jpg" title=
"Great Egrets seem like they
are always on the hunt.  I
never see them resting." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-11195-Edit2048.jpg" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0745DP_2000.jpg" title=
"American White Pelicans at the
Leonabelle Turnbull Birding
Center" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\IMG_7913_2000.jpg" title=
"This was near the Rockport
Center for the Arts.  We
always knew Hali had wings!" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0841DP_2000.jpg" title=
"If you enjoy bird watching,
then you really need to watch
a Reddish Egret canopy
feeding.  They dance and hop
around while using their wings
to shadow the water -- it's
really fun to watch.  And they
are very successful hunters!" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland_iphone-10017-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"A mural in downtown Rockport,
Tx" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland_iphone-10018-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"A mural in downtown Rockport,
Tx" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0897DP_2000.jpg" title=
"A sanderling hunting along the
waterline at sunset on
whitecap beach" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0907DP_2000.jpg" title=
"A Snowy Egret hunting in the
beach surf at sunset and
catching a lot of fish!" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-11502-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Snowy's got a late afternoon
snack." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-11570-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Sanderling all puffed up at
sunset on Whitecap Beach." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0927DP_2000.jpg" title=
"A snowy egret snags another
fish as it walks along
whitecap beach at sunset." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-11772-DxO_DeepPRIME XD2-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Sanderling searching for a
last bite at Whitecap Beach as
the sun goes down benind us" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-12115-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Mike photographing the sunrise
on Whitecap Beach." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A0983DP_2000.jpg" title=
"A Forster's tern in winter
plumage" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-12136-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Marbled Godwit in morning
light at Sunset Lake Park." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A1015DP_2000.jpg" title=
"Tricolored Heron, Egretta
tricolor" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A1088DP_2000.jpg" title=
"Black skimmers are the only
bird for which the lower
mandible is longer than the
upper mandible.  These two are
hiding their beaks while
resting." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A1115DP_2000.jpg" title=
"Great Egret, Ardea alba" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A1137DP_2000.jpg" title=
"Great Blue Heron, Ardea
herodias" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A1162DP_2000.jpg" title=
"Just a brown pelican near
Mustang Island" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-12468-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Tricolored Heron waiting and
watching on a washed up pail,
Corpus Christi Bay." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A1211DP_2000.jpg" title=
"We didn't see many Black-
necked Stilt during this trip,
but this is one of them..." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-12529-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Multiple Exposure/ICM of
grasses at the Port Aransas
Nature Preserve at Charlies
Pasture" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A1289DP_MB_2000.jpg" title=
"Another great blue heron" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A1317DP_2000.jpg" title=
"A brown pelican keeping a
sharp eye out for a fish below" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A1331DP_2000.jpg" title=
"A brown pelican, diving for
fish from the causeway out to
North Padre Island." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-12756-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"The rising sun glistens like
gold on the sand of Whtiecap
Beach, contrasting with the
blue of sky reflecting in the
sand." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-12759-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Beautiful sunrise light on the
gulf waters at Whitecap beach.
ICM" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\IMG_7932_2000.jpg" title=
"Hali was chasing a double
rainbow in Mustang Island
State Park (you can barely see
the second rainbow in this
image)." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-12898-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"A piece of the beautiful
rainbow we saw over the John
F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge in
Corpus Christi." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A1447DP_2000.jpg" title=
"A tricolored heron with a
multi-colored (rainbow)
background." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-12902-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"A tricolor heron sits on a
post oblivious to the
beautiful rainbow behind it,
North Padre Island, TX" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\IMG_7936_2000.jpg" title=
"We often stop in at a local
surf shop or two when we are
visiting a beach area.  This
one had a board with a crazy
custom paint job.  BoardHouse
Surf and Skate, in Port
Aransas." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\IMG_7937_2000.jpg" title=
"This was a large mural outside
of the surf shop in Port
Aransas." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A1492DP_2000.jpg" title=
"Sanderling on an overcast day" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-13085-Edit2048.jpg" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A1555T2_2000.jpg" title=
"A silhoutte of a great blue
heron on a cloudy and rainy
day" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-13345-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Pelican on the wing across a
beautifully cloudy sky." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A1639DP_2000.jpg" title=
"Great Blue Heron" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A1742DP_2000.jpg" title=
"Tricolored piloerection" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland_iphone-10064-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Fishing on a stormy day" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-13672-Edit2048.jpg" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\IMG_7947_2000.jpg" title=
"Hali at Sunset Island, waiting
to see if we will have a good
sunset this afternoon (phone
pic)." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-13841-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"A young couple watching what
was looking to be an
uninteresting sunrise." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-13862-Edit2048.jpg" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A1945_2000.jpg" title=
"Sunrise on our second-to-last
morning at the beach..." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland_iphone-10080-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Net fisherman in stormy seas
at Whitecap beach." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-13913-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Becky and Kathy enjoying a
beautiful day at the Jetty." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-14029-Edit2048.jpg" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A1963_2000.jpg" title=
"Our last sunset together (for
this trip)" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-14053-Edit2048.jpg" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland_iphone-10082-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Sunset from Sunset Island on
our last evening in Corpus
Christi." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\IMG_7965_2000.jpg" title=
"The pre-sunrise colors along
whitecap beach." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-14097-DxO_DeepPRIME XD2s-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Sunrise on Whitecap Beach on
our last morning.  We were
glad we got up early, because
it was beautiful!" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland_iphone-10084-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Willet going fishing in the
pre-dawn light" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A2102_2000.jpg" title=
"Our last morning at the beach
was a wonderful sunrise -- a
great end to a wonderful trip!" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\2024_10_NorthPadreIsland-14210-Edit2048.jpg" title=
"Our last sunrise on Whitecap
Beach.  The actual sunrise was
golden and beautiful!" style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
        <img class="thumb" align="center" src="Thumbs\_Z8A2111-2113_HDR_2000.jpg" title=
"This image was the result of
Mike playing around with some
sunrise images.  This is an
HDR using 3 images, and then
doing some 'digital psuedo-
ICM'." style="padding: 10px; border-radius: 0.1px; box-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.4vw 0.4vw 1.6vw;">
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Narraganset Bay and a stunning sunrise, from nearly 20,000 feet.<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  EF24-105mm f/4L IS II USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Sunrise from 20,000 feet, just over Narragansett Bay<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  EF24-105mm f/4L IS II USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Willet at sunset finding a bite to eat as the day comes to a close at Whitecap Beach<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">I liked this image of a Willet because of the way that the late afternoon light was coloring only part of the water in the image.<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Hali enjoying some post-sunset time at the beach!<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Mike getting ready to photograph birds during a beautiful sunset, Whitecap Beach.<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">This began as a simple pre-sunrise image at whitecap beach, but then I played some games to get the image that I wanted to see...<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Sunrise ICM, Whitecap beach<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  EF24-105mm f/4L IS II USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Fly away into the dawn.  A whimbrel flys down the beach at North Padre Island framed by the colors of sunrise.<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  EF24-105mm f/4L IS II USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Sometimes a cloudless sky is not what you want.  This nearly cloudless sunrise was beautiful anyway.<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">A Willet, silhouetted by the rising sun behind it.  Whitecap Beach.<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  EF24-105mm f/4L IS II USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Our favorite coffee shop had some interesting decor.<BR><BR><font size="-1">iPhone 13 Pro  |  iPhone 13 Pro back triple camera 5.7mm f/1.5<BR></font size></div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">The coffee shop was constructed from cargo containers!<BR><BR><font size="-1">iPhone 13 Pro  |  iPhone 13 Pro back triple camera 5.7mm f/1.5<BR></font size></div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">A little blue heron that we spotted along the causeway (yes, sometimes they are white).<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">The same little blue heron<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">This is just a little blue heron, but I love the light on the bird and the color of the vegetation in the background.<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">American White Ibis taking a break from scouring  the mud for breakfast.<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">A marbled godwit fluffing it's feathers (piloerection) during a morning walk along the causeway waters.  The spot of mud on the beak shows you that this bird is wiling to dig down to find food.<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">We went to the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center a few times.  Part of the path down to the water is smothered in wild sunflowers.<BR><BR><font size="-1">iPhone 13 Pro  |  iPhone 13 Pro back triple camera 5.7mm f/1.5<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">I believe that this is a female common grackle.  We spotted this one sitting on a marine piling.<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">American White Pelicans at the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Splish-Splash this American White Pelican was taking a bath.<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">I don't normally like photographing from behind a bird but this Roseate Spoonbill was showing off its 'angel' wings and I just had to grab an image of it.<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Mike, surrounded by sunflowers and a blue sky, during our walk on the first day at Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center.<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Off in the distance in the marsh at Leonbelle Turnbull Birding Center there was a group of comorants.  I love their incredibly blue eyes.<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">White Ibis have the most amazing blue eyes!<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">For the fast moving Sanderlings, the hunt for sand crabs is never ending!<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">This brown pelican was sitting in nice afternoon light at the marina on the causeway.  It's just a pelican, but I'm a sucker for anything in good light!<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">This may have been a boat masters shack on the causeway under the JFK, Jr Bridge<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">A delicate looking (and endangered) Piping Plover made an appearance for us on a cloudy day.<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">We saw this cool mural in the Island Bakery, on West Avenue G in Port Aransas.  Note the fish swimming with a plastic shopping bag on it's head.  The same artist did a cool shark mural outside a nearby surf shop.<BR><BR><font size="-1">iPhone 13 Pro  |  iPhone 13 Pro back triple camera 1.57mm f/1.8<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">This was near the Rockport Center for the Arts.  We always knew Hali had wings!<BR><BR><font size="-1">iPhone 13 Pro  |  iPhone 13 Pro back triple camera 5.7mm f/1.5<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">If you enjoy bird watching, then you really need to watch a Reddish Egret canopy feeding.  They dance and hop around while using their wings to shadow the water -- it's really fun to watch.  And they are very successful hunters!<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">A Snowy Egret hunting in the beach surf at sunset and catching a lot of fish!<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Sanderling searching for a last bite at Whitecap Beach as the sun goes down benind us<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Mike photographing the sunrise on Whitecap Beach.<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Black skimmers are the only bird for which the lower mandible is longer than the upper mandible.  These two are hiding their beaks while resting.<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">We didn't see many Black-necked Stilt during this trip, but this is one of them...<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">A brown pelican, diving for fish from the causeway out to North Padre Island.<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">The rising sun glistens like gold on the sand of Whtiecap Beach, contrasting with the blue of sky reflecting in the sand.<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Beautiful sunrise light on the gulf waters at Whitecap beach.  ICM<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Hali was chasing a double rainbow in Mustang Island State Park (you can barely see the second rainbow in this image).<BR><BR><font size="-1">iPhone 13 Pro  |  iPhone 13 Pro back triple camera 1.57mm f/1.8<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">A piece of the beautiful rainbow we saw over the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge in Corpus Christi.<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">A tricolored heron with a multi-colored (rainbow) background.<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">A tricolor heron sits on a post oblivious to the beautiful rainbow behind it, North Padre Island, TX<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">We often stop in at a local surf shop or two when we are visiting a beach area.  This one had a board with a crazy custom paint job.  BoardHouse Surf and Skate, in Port Aransas.<BR><BR><font size="-1">iPhone 13 Pro  |  iPhone 13 Pro back triple camera 5.7mm f/1.5<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">This was a large mural outside of the surf shop in Port Aransas.<BR><BR><font size="-1">iPhone 13 Pro  |  iPhone 13 Pro back triple camera 5.7mm f/1.5<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Fishing on a stormy day<BR><BR><font size="-1">iPhone 13 Pro  |  iPhone 13 Pro back triple camera 9mm f/2.8<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Hali at Sunset Island, waiting to see if we will have a good sunset this afternoon (phone pic).<BR><BR><font size="-1">iPhone 13 Pro  |  iPhone 13 Pro back triple camera 5.7mm f/1.5<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">A young couple watching what was looking to be an uninteresting sunrise.<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  EF24-105mm f/4L IS II USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Sunrise on our second-to-last morning at the beach...<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Net fisherman in stormy seas at Whitecap beach.<BR><BR><font size="-1">iPhone 13 Pro  |  iPhone 13 Pro back triple camera 9mm f/2.8<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Becky and Kathy enjoying a beautiful day at the Jetty.<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Our last sunset together (for this trip)<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Sunset from Sunset Island on our last evening in Corpus Christi.<BR><BR><font size="-1">iPhone 13 Pro  |  iPhone 13 Pro back triple camera 1.57mm f/1.8<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">The pre-sunrise colors along whitecap beach.<BR><BR><font size="-1">iPhone 13 Pro  |  iPhone 13 Pro back triple camera 1.57mm f/1.8<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Sunrise on Whitecap Beach on our last morning.  We were glad we got up early, because it was beautiful!<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  EF24-105mm f/4L IS II USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Our last morning at the beach was a wonderful sunrise -- a great end to a wonderful trip!<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">Our last sunrise on Whitecap Beach.  The actual sunrise was golden and beautiful!<BR><BR><font size="-1">Canon EOS R5  |  EF24-105mm f/4L IS II USM<BR></font size>Hali J Sowle</div>
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        <div class="text" style="display: none">This image was the result of Mike playing around with some sunrise images.  This is an HDR using 3 images, and then doing some 'digital psuedo-ICM'.<BR><BR><font size="-1">NIKON Z 8  |  NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S<BR></font size>JM Sowle</div>
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