A Snowy Egret stands almost motionless in the shallows, its reflection stretching through the gold and blue water. 🪶

📍 Baytown Nature Center, Baytown, TX
📸 Canon EOS R50 + RF 100-400mm

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A Northern Mockingbird belts out a song from the top of the greenery at Baytown Nature Center. 🪶

📍 Baytown Nature Center, Baytown, TX
📸 Canon EOS R50 + RF 100-400mm

#NorthernMockingbird #BirdPhotography #TexasBirds

A Little Blue Heron looking particularly disheveled in its breeding plumes. 🪶

📍 Birds Houston Smith Oaks Bird Sanctuary, High Island, TX
📸 Canon EOS R6 Mark III + RF 200-800mm

#LittleBlueHeron #BirdPhotography #TexasBirds

That bill was made for this. 🪶 A Limpkin works an apple snail through the final swallow at Cullinan Park.

📍 Cullinan Park, Sugar Land, TX
🗓️ Sep 24, 2026 | 🕒 3:56–3:59 PM
📸 Sony α7R VI + FE 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS

#Limpkin #Birding #TexasBirds

Sometimes called “tick birds,” Cattle Egrets often follow livestock, catching insects attracted to or flushed out by the animals. 🪶

📍 Near Jocelyn Nungaray NWR, TX
📸 Canon EOS R50 + RF 100-400mm

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Tricolored Heron working the shallows at Shoveler Pond, neck low and bill ready for the next strike. 🪶

📍 Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge, TX
📸 Canon EOS R50 + RF 100-400mm

#TricoloredHeron #Birds #TexasBirds

One Northern Mockingbird, three frames from the same singing perch. 🪶 Which one gets your vote?

📍 Baytown Nature Center, Baytown, TX
📸 Canon EOS R50 + RF 100-400mm

#NorthernMockingbird #Birds #TexasBirds

A Great Egret and the San Jacinto Monument share the frame across Crystal Bay. 🪶 Which catches your eye first?

📍 San Jacinto Point Recreation Area, Baytown Nature Center, Baytown, TX
📸 Canon R50 + RF 100-400mm

#Birds #GreatEgret #TexasBirds