Indian Point, Portland Texas...

Birds and Blooms...

It was windy and it was awful but I tried my best for some decent photos!

I honestly couldn't have even used my tripod as the wind would have blown it over.

Member of the Aster family blooming on the seashore.

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Sandpiper
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Ruddy Turnstone
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Beach Evening Primrose getting whipped by the wind.
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Shake that boody Mr. Sandpiper not much else you can do in this wind!
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Great Egret and he seemed pretty friendly,

Michael was skipping all over the place and it didn't seem to bother Mr Egret.
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More birds but further away and I was having a hard time keeping the camera steady.
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The end of the pier and rough waters!
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Help me out here John?

I'm thinking an immature Reddish Egret?
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And one of my favorites, Brown Pelican!

They were fishing in Sunset Lake and diving constantly. I knew with the wind I wasn't going to get a decent photo so Michael and I just watched...Ooh, ahhed and laughed! A seagull was trying to steal any fish the Pelicans caught it was pretty comical. I'm sure the Pelicans who were much bigger were getting disgusted with the seagull and his antics.
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Flying off in search of more food...

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Even though it was windy Michael and I enjoyed ourselves. It has been awhile since we've been over to the coast and we've missed it. We are going to have to plan more trips in that direction.