SCISSORTAIL #!

I took this shot a couple of week ago while driving through the Baytown Nature Center with Dianne and Kale.  It was my second shot entered in the "BOKEH" assignment for the BAPC Honors Night program and the judges awarded it a silver award.

DOVE ON A BRANCH

I photographed this dove in my backyard this weekend.

SYLVAN BEACH GULLS

Seagulls photographed at Sylvan Beach Park in LaPorte, Tx a few weekends ago.

COMMON HOOT OWL

Dianne spotted this common hoot owl at the Baytown Nature Center this morning. We've seen lots of hawks, Osprey, ducks, shore birds, song birds, etc, but this was the first owl we'd ever seen.

OSPREY AND MONUMENT

Osprey photographed this weekend at the Baytown Nature Center with the San Jacinto Monument in the background.

BNC SHOREBIRD HAS A SNACK

My wife spotted this bird making a snack of a little grass snake at the Baytown Nature Center on Sunday during a quick drive through.

Two of Kauai's claims to fame are wild chickens and red dirt.  It's estimated that the wild chicken population may out number permanent residents on the island.  The large number is most usually attributed to the destruction of chicken coops and farms during hurricane Iniki in 1992. 

BNC IBIS

Another Ibis shot from the Baytown Nature Center last weekend.

BAYTOWN NATURE CENTER BIRDS

Crop of birds take at the Baytown Nature Center yesterday.

BNC OSPREY W/ FISH #3

Another shot of the Osprey and Fish series from a few weeks ago.  Taken at the Baytown Nature Center off Bayway Drive in Baytown, Tx.

BNC MOCKINGBIRD #2

I spotted this Mockingbird at the Baytown Nature Center last weekend. 

JUST THE OSPREY

Another shot from the same series as my last post.  Taken at the Baytown Nature Center off Bayway Drive in Baytown.

OSPREY, FISH, AND MOCKINGBIRD

This shot was taken last weekend at the Baytown Nature Center.   I was photographing this Osprey enjoying a fresh catfish when a Mockingbird came along and chased him and his meal off. 

ROSATE SPOONBILL IN FLIGHT

Another shot from the Baytown Nature Center two weekends ago.

SEAGULL IN FLIGHT

Another shot taken at the Baytown Nature Center this past Sunday morning.

BNC Bird_122812

Another shot of a shorebird from Sunday mornings trip to the Baytown Nature Center.

BNC Osprey_122812

Here's another shot of an Osprey at the Baytown Nature Center on Sunday morning.  Calm winds and low water levels in the tidal pools pushed out but this weekends cold front made for an active morning for the birds.

BNC Bird Action

A litle bird action from the Baytown Nature Center this morning.

BNC Ospre with Fish 2

Another Osprey shot from the Baytown Nature Center this past weekend.

BNC Spoonbills

A shot of the first pond at the Baytown Nature Center this past weekend.