#BirdoftheDay #OpenBeak Female Hooded Oriole with something to say! Bentsen-Rio Grande SP (TX), December 2025 (Glad you're finally on the mend @alan678.bsky.social!) #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

One of my favorite recent photos that I hadn't gotten around to posting is this beautiful White Ibis, all floofed out and preening away. South Padre Island Birding Center, December 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Ducks This Mottled Duck was all snuggled up and ready for a siesta (something that I'm personally looking forward to this afternoon!). South Padre Island Birding Center, December 2025 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #FavouriteoftheMonth I really enjoyed watching all the Red-Shouldered Hawks in January. Not only were they plentiful, they were also very cooperative models. #BrazosBendSP (TX) #FeatheredFriday #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

The photo of the cardinal isn't good, but that backdrop of Spanish moss is pretty cool. #BrazosBendSP from yesterday. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #EyeContact I saw this immature Cooper's Hawk earlier this month at #AnahuacNWR. Those yellow eyes! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Iridescent These bronzed cowbirds are showing off a bit of blue-green iridescence in the bright sunlight. Estero Llano Grande SP (TX), December 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #BrownisBeautiful So many little brown birds, so little time! Nice theme pick by @alan678.bsky.social today. Savannah Sparrow, #AnahuacNWR, December 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Paddling (UK term; same as wading in US) An immature Tricolored Heron seen at #AnahuacNWR in November 2025. The bird is starting to get some of the blue-gray coloring of adult herons, but still has rust-brown on the neck and wing tips. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

One more bit of #RandomBeauty for the day. #Nature #originalcontent #photography 📷

Another bit of #RandomBeauty. Bald Cypress leaves, December 2025. #nature #photography 📷 #AlphabetChallenge #CloseUp #Stunday

Like most of you, I am suffering from sorrow for what is happening to our country. My place of healing is nature, but I can't go out today. But I can revisit past trips and share some #RandomBeauty. I encourage everyone to do so. Stay strong and fight! #Nature #photography 📷

#BirdoftheDay #Poise Black-bellied Whistling Ducks standing at attention as they often do. #AnahuacNWR, December 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Pigeons&Doves (alternate) White-tipped Dove, Estero Llano Grande SP (TX), December 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Walking From December at Bentsen-Rio Grande SP (TX), I first thought these Wild Turkeys were stalking me until I realized that I was between them and a feeding station. Have a great weekend and try to stay warm! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #TailsUp From the weekend at #AnahuacNWR, this beautiful little Sedge Wren got the #TailsUp memo! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Bowed (alternate) This Red-winged Blackbird has his head bowed down and stuffed into a hole at a feeding station looking for food. This is a non-breeding male and I had never seen this plumage up close before. Beautiful! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

I haven't done a #Twosday #twofer in a while. How about Red-shouldered Hawk bookends? #BrazosBendSP, January 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #FeedingTime This Green Heron caught some kind of little swordfish. He waited until the fish was quite dead before he swallowed that pointy sword. South Padre Island Birding Center, December 2025 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #WinterLight A Northern Mockingbird bathed in the early morning sun from earlier this month. I could also use the alternate theme of #BirdsYouLove for this one because Mockingbirds always make me feel grounded and at home. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

Just made it! #Stunday

#BirdoftheDay #TwoofaKind White Ibis, Estero Llano Grande SP, December 2025. It's an early morning for me, but I wanted to pop on and wish everyone a lovely day!! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

Not to say that I was excited, but I was literally the first person to enter the gallery for the members' preview of the new Frida Kahlo exhibit at MFAH. It was exceptional!! #art

#BirdoftheDay #PerfectPerch This Yellow-rumped Warbler was perched perfectly to show off that sun-kissed bootie. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Short Beaks For today's theme, I give you a Ruby-crowned Kinglet with a petite little schnoz. #BrazosBendSP, December 2025 #FeatheredFriday #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Raptor From earlier this month at Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR, a Red-tailed Hawk takes off as I ventured a little too close for its comfort. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #LongBeaks "I like long beaks and I cannot lie." 😉 A throwback from last February at #BrazosBendSP, one of my favorite birds to photograph is the White Ibis. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Solitude Little Blue Heron, Estero Llano Grande SP (TX), December 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #BirdsinFlight A Crested Caracara chasing an American Kestrel. South Padre Island Birding Center, December 2025. Please read the alt-text for the story behind this photo. #birds #originalcontent 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Natural One of my favorite recent captures is this American Bittern along a lake, doing its best impression of the reeds in which it is hiding. (Look closely!) #BrazosBendSP #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #MoodyFaces You'd be a little moody too if the paparazzi interrupted your bath! Long-billed Thrasher, Estero Llano Grande SP (TX), December 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography

#BirdoftheDay #Feathers&Form Happy #FeatheredFriday!! A recent sighting of an Anhinga drying its wings and showing off its feathers seems like a good fit for today's theme. #BrazosBendSP #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #ShortBeaks I picked this Black-crested Titmouse not only for Rob and Alan's theme, but also because I thought everyone could use a little extra cute in their feed today. Hang in there and don't forget to breathe. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #FoodFinds From last week at #BrazosBendSP, I got a good look at why these guys are called Red-bellied Woodpeckers as this one was reaching for some berries. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶 #WoodpeckerWednesday

On my first birding trip of the year on Sunday, I went to Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR for the first time in a long while and saw so many raptors, including this Short-eared Owl. Also saw an American Pipit. Both were new lifers. Bodes well for the year! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Speckles&Spots From last month at Estero Llano Grande NWR (TX), this Ladder-backed Woodpecker was bedecked and bedazzled with speckles and spots! #birds #originalcontent #photography

#BirdoftheDay #CaughtinMotion From last month at Estero Llano Grande SP (TX), I caught this Black-chinned Hummingbird (either female or immature male) at the photo blind. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #GoodLight A very happy #FeatheredFriday to all!! I love morning light for photographing birds. Marsh Wren, #BrazosBendSP, from New Year's Eve day. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Sparrows (alternate) From my final birding trip of 2025, yesterday at #BrazosBendSP, I hunted down this very elusive Swamp Sparrow hiding in the marsh grasses. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶 Happy New Year and Good Birding, Y'all!!

#BirdoftheDay #Reflections A pair of Blue-winged Teals from earlier this month at #AnahuacNWR. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

For #TextureTuesday, there is a lot happening visually in this photo of a Green Darner from November 2025 at #AnahuacNWR, but I like it! #nature #randomnature #originalcontent #photography 📷

#BirdoftheDay #BranchingOut Not a new lifer, but the first time I got a decent photo of a Clay-colored Thrush was at Estero Llano Grande SP earlier this month. Also, not the most exciting bird but we all have our place in this world! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #BirdButts This Wild Turkey from Bentsen-Rio Grande SP (TX) from earlier this month seems to define ruffled feathers! #birds #originalcontent #photography

From earlier this month at Bentsen-Rio Grande SP (TX), this is definitely the best photo I got of a new lifer, a Harris's Hawk that posed oh-so-nicely for me! #birds #originalcontent #photography #birdoftheday #favourite 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Outstretched An American White Pelican coming in for a landing at Edinburg Scenic Wetlands (TX) in maximum stretch mode. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

Happy #FeatheredFriday (and Eat Pie for Breakfast Day)!! From my #mostrecent birding trip to #AnahuacNWR, a Burrowing Owl hopped out into the open from under a boardwalk and I got precisely one photo before s/he flew off. #birds #birdoftheday #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

Happy Holidays from Texas where we generally spend Christmas Day in short sleeves in the sunshine. (I loved that bear!)

#BirdoftheDay #Contrast #FaceOff I have a twofer for today's themes. This Altamira Oriole certainly stands out whilst also giving me quite the look! Estero Llano Grande SP (TX), December 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

From earlier this month, a #TextureTuesday offering. (Also #somelines for @johnmurrell.bsky.social!) A detail from an exhibit at the MFA Houston. See below for the full picture. #art 1/2

#BirdoftheDay #SideProfiles I finally finished going through photos from South Texas. At 9 venues along 145 miles, I saw roughly 92 different species with 6 new lifers. And 2 days out of the week were bad weather! White-tipped Dove, Estero Llano Grande SP #birds #originalcontent #photograpy 📷🪶