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A red-shouldered hawk perched among smooth, moss-streaked crape myrtle branches, with a rusty barred chest, black-and-white checkered wings and yellow feet, looking to the left.

Red-shouldered hawk in the crape myrtle by Ophelia · Gulf Coast

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Coastal · Easy walk

Galveston Island Beaches

Black skimmer, Brown pelican, Great blue heron

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River · Easy walk

Bay Area Park

American alligator, Anhinga, Belted kingfisher

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Wetland · Easy walk

Armand Bayou Nature Center

American alligator, American white pelican, Blue crab

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Chasing the tide line

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Lookout post

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Figs in the making

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A stone crab on wet sand at the water's edge, with a speckled orange-brown shell and two large claws tipped in black, held up in a defensive pose.

Stone crab on the beach

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Looking down on a scruffy tan dog's nose sniffing toward a single pale yellow wildflower in the grass.

Stop and smell the wildflowers

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A roseate spoonbill walking on green grass, with bright pink wings, a white neck, a bare greenish head with a red eye and a long flat spoon-shaped bill.

Pretty in pink

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A pale gray scissor-tailed flycatcher with salmon-pink flanks and a very long forked tail perched on barbed wire against a blurred yellow field.

Scissor-tail on the wire

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A male wood duck standing on weathered gray planks, with a glossy green and white striped head, red eye and bill, chestnut speckled chest and buff sides.

Wood duck on the boardwalk

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From the journal

Sunrise in the surf with Dad

The trout didn't show, but the skipjack hit almost every cast as the sun came up over the Gulf.

by Poodle · 2 min read

Trip report Morning on the Galveston shore by Poodle

Field tips Heading to Brazos Bend: what to look for this time of year by Poodle All journal posts →

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