Shore Birds
These are our more common birds in Rockport, TX. We love to observe their behavior and capture as many moments on camera as we can. Summer is the time for babies and the Rookery provides the opportunity to watch so many birds grow up and fly the nest.
Spotted Sandpiper on crab trap
Snowy Egret reflection
Belted Kingfisher portrait
Belted Kingfisher on a fence
Belted Kingfisher Big Hair
Loggerhead Shrike
Royal Terns
Loggerhead Shrike vertical perch
Fulvous Whistling Ducks and babies
Fulous whistling duck babies in the water
Juvenile Double-crested cormorant
Black Skimmers
Reddish Egret hunting
Willet walking
Willet portrait
Great blue heron landing
Great blue heron babies
great blue heron baby
Great blue heron family
Great blue heron catch of the day
wind swept Great blue heron
White Egrets building a nest
Tri-colored heron
Otherwise known as Kramer
Seagull portrait
Black-skimmer portrait
Red-breasted Merganser
White Ibis coming in for a landing
Yellow-crowned night heron
Mottled Duck
White Pelicans coming in to land
Red headed duck
Great blue heron with a meal
white egret flying away
Sandhill Crane
White egret couple
Snowy egret walking by
White egret
Reddish egret wading
Brown Pelican with beak full
Brown Pelican
White Pelicans heart shape
White Ibis grooming
juvenile White Ibis
Pink Flamingo
Curve-billed curlew
Black and White Stilt
Dunlin
Spotted sandpiper
White Egret in the grass
Glossy Ibis
Seagull on the nest
Greater Yellowlegs
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Brown Pelican splash