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Narraganset Bay and a stunning sunrise, from nearly 20,000 feet.
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Sunrise from 20,000 feet, just over Narragansett Bay
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Willet at sunset finding a bite to eat as the day comes to a close at Whitecap Beach
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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.
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Hali enjoying some post-sunset time at the beach!
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Mike getting ready to photograph birds during a beautiful sunset, Whitecap Beach.
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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...
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Sunrise ICM, Whitecap beach
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Fly away into the dawn. A whimbrel flys down the beach at North Padre Island framed by the colors of sunrise.
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Sometimes a cloudless sky is not what you want. This nearly cloudless sunrise was beautiful anyway.
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A Willet, silhouetted by the rising sun behind it. Whitecap Beach.
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Our favorite coffee shop had some interesting decor.
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The coffee shop was constructed from cargo containers!
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A little blue heron that we spotted along the causeway (yes, sometimes they are white).
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The same little blue heron
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This is just a little blue heron, but I love the light on the bird and the color of the vegetation in the background.
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American White Ibis taking a break from scouring the mud for breakfast.
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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.
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This Willet shot was taken along Texas 361, just North of Tortuga Dunes (Zahn Rd).
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We went to the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center a few times. Part of the path down to the water is smothered in wild sunflowers.
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I believe that this is a female common grackle. We spotted this one sitting on a marine piling.
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American White Pelicans at the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center
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A roseate spoonbill
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Splish-Splash this American White Pelican was taking a bath.
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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.
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Mike, surrounded by sunflowers and a blue sky, during our walk on the first day at Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center.
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Wild Sunflower at Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center in Port Aransas.
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Off in the distance in the marsh at Leonbelle Turnbull Birding Center there was a group of comorants. I love their incredibly blue eyes.
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White Ibis have the most amazing blue eyes!
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A laughing gull in winter plumage at whitecap beach. They look so very different in breeding colors!
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A royal tern in winter plumage
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A ruddy turnstone cruising the beach on a fine afternoon.
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For the fast moving Sanderlings, the hunt for sand crabs is never ending!
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One of many Sanderlings that we spotted running around in the surf in the afternoon light.
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Red Knot forging for clams at the shoreline, Whitecap Beach.
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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.
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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!
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A great blue heron overlooking the water from the marina on the causeway.
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Brown Pelican at the boat docks on the causeway under the John F. Kennedy Bridge.
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This may have been a boat masters shack on the causeway under the JFK, Jr Bridge
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Oystercatcher on the causeway underneath the John F. Kennedy Bridge. Selective Color.
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American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus
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Staredown with a Piping Plover. It won.
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A delicate looking (and endangered) Piping Plover made an appearance for us on a cloudy day.
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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.
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Great Egrets seem like they are always on the hunt. I never see them resting.
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American White Pelicans at the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center
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This was near the Rockport Center for the Arts. We always knew Hali had wings!
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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!
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A mural in downtown Rockport, Tx
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A mural in downtown Rockport, Tx
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A sanderling hunting along the waterline at sunset on whitecap beach
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A Snowy Egret hunting in the beach surf at sunset and catching a lot of fish!
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Snowy's got a late afternoon snack.
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Sanderling all puffed up at sunset on Whitecap Beach.
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A snowy egret snags another fish as it walks along whitecap beach at sunset.
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Sanderling searching for a last bite at Whitecap Beach as the sun goes down benind us
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Mike photographing the sunrise on Whitecap Beach.
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A Forster's tern in winter plumage
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Marbled Godwit in morning light at Sunset Lake Park.
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Tricolored Heron, Egretta tricolor
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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.
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Great Egret, Ardea alba
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Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias
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Just a brown pelican near Mustang Island
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Tricolored Heron waiting and watching on a washed up pail, Corpus Christi Bay.
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We didn't see many Black-necked Stilt during this trip, but this is one of them...
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Multiple Exposure/ICM of grasses at the Port Aransas Nature Preserve at Charlies Pasture
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Another great blue heron
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A brown pelican keeping a sharp eye out for a fish below
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A brown pelican, diving for fish from the causeway out to North Padre Island.
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The rising sun glistens like gold on the sand of Whtiecap Beach, contrasting with the blue of sky reflecting in the sand.
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Beautiful sunrise light on the gulf waters at Whitecap beach. ICM
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Hali was chasing a double rainbow in Mustang Island State Park (you can barely see the second rainbow in this image).
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A piece of the beautiful rainbow we saw over the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge in Corpus Christi.
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A tricolored heron with a multi-colored (rainbow) background.
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A tricolor heron sits on a post oblivious to the beautiful rainbow behind it, North Padre Island, TX
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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.
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This was a large mural outside of the surf shop in Port Aransas.
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Sanderling on an overcast day
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A silhoutte of a great blue heron on a cloudy and rainy day
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Pelican on the wing across a beautifully cloudy sky.
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Great Blue Heron
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Tricolored piloerection
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Fishing on a stormy day
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Hali at Sunset Island, waiting to see if we will have a good sunset this afternoon (phone pic).
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A young couple watching what was looking to be an uninteresting sunrise.
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Sunrise on our second-to-last morning at the beach...
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Net fisherman in stormy seas at Whitecap beach.
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Becky and Kathy enjoying a beautiful day at the Jetty.
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Our last sunset together (for this trip)
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Sunset from Sunset Island on our last evening in Corpus Christi.
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The pre-sunrise colors along whitecap beach.
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Sunrise on Whitecap Beach on our last morning. We were glad we got up early, because it was beautiful!
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Willet going fishing in the pre-dawn light
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Our last morning at the beach was a wonderful sunrise -- a great end to a wonderful trip!
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Our last sunrise on Whitecap Beach. The actual sunrise was golden and beautiful!
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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'.
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