 Great blue heron from Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, February 15, 2020
 Great white egret (Ardea alba) from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Blooming red buckeye on Red Buckeye Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Sensitive brier (Schrankia uncinata)(?) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Standing yellow-crowned night-heron bird in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Blooming buttonbush on west side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Picnic place on north shore of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Meadow pink (Sabatia campestris) flower on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Overlook of a bend of Pilant Slough in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
 Beebalm (Monarda punctata) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, September 4, 2010
 Herbertia (Prairie nymph) on Horseshoe Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Little blue heron in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Family of alligatorson 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, February 15, 2020
 White ibis (Eudocimus albus) birds in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, February 15, 2020
 White rose(?) with dark-green glossy leaves on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Common moorhen among algae from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Sida rhombifolia (Arrowleaf Sida) flower on west side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Heron like bird on west side of Elm Lake(?) in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Cormorant drying wings on east side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Wading great white egret (Ardea alba) from Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
 View of Big Creek from Big Creek Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Alligator on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Hoots Hollow Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Alligator with open mouth near 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 24, 2010
 Alligator with parasite worms on west shore of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Spanish moss near Horseshoe Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, September 4, 2010
 Yellow-crowned night-heron bird eating a shrimp in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Cormorant drying its wings on 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Close up of yellow-crowned night-heron bird in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Great blue heron near Pilant Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Winecup flower on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)(?) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Yellow-crowned night-heron marsh bird on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Families taking pictures of children with an alligator on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 24, 2010
 Alligator watching tourists on west shore of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 24, 2010
 Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, September 4, 2010
 Great white egret (Ardea alba) bird in marsh in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Alligator on west shore of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 24, 2010
 "Giant anakonda" from Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, September 4, 2010
 Golden silk spider (Nephila clavipes) eating a dragonfly on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Alligator hiding in duckweed on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Alligator near 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 24, 2010
 Great blue heron bird in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Yellow-crowned night-heron bird standing on one leg in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Close-up of an alligator head floating in duckweed on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Pink flowers of pea family on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 American coot(?) birds on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 American basket flower (Centaurea americana) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Oaks and vines on Hoots Hollow Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
 Alligator resting on a log in Pilant Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Turtle on a log covered by green duckweed on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
 Small white flowers of Texas Pinkroot (Spigelia texana) in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Alligator with open mouth on west shore of New Horseshoe Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park, with a bridge across Pilant Lake spillway and observation tower in background. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
 Self-Heal (Carpenter-weed, Prunella vulgaris) on Big Creek Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Juvenile yellow-crowned night heron bird on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Cormorants on 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Head of alligator in duckweed on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Back-lit dwarf dandelion (Krigia occidentalis) on Pilant Slough Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Alligator in duckweed on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Group of baby alligators on west side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Blue heron bird near Pilant(?) Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)(?) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Swamp milkweed (Asclepias perennis) on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Alligator head floating in duckweed on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Alligator walking from Old to New Horseshoe Lake across Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Alligator s head floating in west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Leeches on alligator s head on west shore of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Wading ibis bird in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Cormorant drying its wings in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Back lit water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Hoots Hollow Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
 Blooming violet ruella (Ruellia caroliniensis) on Pilant Slough Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Common Moorhen marsh bird in west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus) on Big Creek Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Wading great white egret (Ardea alba) bird in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Yellow-crowned night-heron marsh bird near Pilant Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) on Hale Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Bridge across Pilant Lake spillway in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Bark of an oak tree on Hoots Hollow Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Alligator s snout near Pilant Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Herbertia flower north from Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Thrips on Meadow pink (Sabatia campestris) flower on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Pink flowers of Pyramid Flower (Melochia pyramidata) on west side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Close-up of an alligator nose and eyes floating in duckweed on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 White ibis (Eudocimus albus) bird with long downcurved beak in swamp near Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, September 4, 2010
 Hunting juvenile Common Moorhen(?) bird near Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, September 4, 2010
 Sunning young alligator infested with big leeches near Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, September 4, 2010
 Close-up ventral view of golden silk spider on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Great white egret (Ardea alba) from Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, September 4, 2010
 Great white egret (Ardea alba) bird looking for shrimp in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Little blue heron looking for shrimp in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Little blue heron bird near Pilant Lake bridge in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Trees with spanish moss near Horseshoe Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
 Yellow-crowned night-heron bird with a shrimp in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Great white egret (Ardea alba) bird in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Tiny white flowers of knotted hedgeparsley (Torilis nodosa) on Big Creek Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Ripening drupes of dewberry (Rubus trivialis) on Big Creek Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Delta arrowhead (Sagittaria platyphylla) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Snag (standing dead tree) in Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Alligator near west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Family of golden silk spiders at lunch on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Globe mallow(?) flowers on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Yellow hairy caterpillar of salt marsh moth(?) (Estigmene acrea) on Horseshoe Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Wading yellow-crowned night-heron bird in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Hunting great white egret (Ardea alba) bird in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) semi-aquatic turtle (terrapin) on west side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Yellow-crowned night-heron bird in west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Oak forest on Hoots Hollow Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Swamp near Horseshoe Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, September 4, 2010
 Yellow-crowned night-heron marsh bird on north side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Golden silk spider on the web on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Ibis bird in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) with green metallic bee in Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Baby alligators on west side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Pink flower of Violet wood sorrel (Oxalis violacea, shamrock) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Alligator in duckweed on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Oaks of Hoots Hollow Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
 Standing yellow-crowned night-heron bird in smartweed in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Alligator s eyes near Pilant Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 White egrets on 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Blooming buckwheat (eardrops) vine (Brunnichia ovata) on west side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Bicyclist riding on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
 Floating alligator trunk on west side of Elm Lake(?) in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Tick clover (tick-trefoil, beggar lice, Desmodium) in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 American coot(?) wetland birds on west side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Alligator covered in green duckweed in west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Entangled dead trees from east side of Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
 Vervain (verbena) flower near Horseshoe Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
 Blue-purple, papilionaceous flowers of winter vetch (Vicia villosa) on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
 Vines on Hoots Hollow Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
 Head of an alligator in duckweed in west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Juvenile yellow-crowned night heron marsh bird in west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Young alligator warming on west side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
 Yellow-crowned night-heron bird near Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, September 4, 2010
 Alligator overlooking New Horseshoe Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Alligator in green duckweed in west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Yellow lotus in Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Alligator floating in west side of New Horseshoe Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
 Yellow-crowned night-heron in duckweed on north side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Yellow-crowned night-heron on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Sheep sorrel (Rumex) on Big Creek Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Dead leaf of lotus in 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, September 4, 2010
 Brown furry caterpillar of salt marsh moth(?) (Estigmene acrea) near New Horseshoe Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Laughing alligator on west shore of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 24, 2010
 Wading white ibis (Eudocimus albus) bird near Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, September 4, 2010
 Yellow-crowned night-heron bird in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Gayfeather (Liatris) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Marsh birds with a green bullfrog in background on 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Wading great white egret (Ardea alba) bird in marsh in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) growing in Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Alligator on north side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
 Juvenile yellow-crowned night heron bird on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, September 4, 2010
 Hunting yellow-crowned night-heron bird in smartweed in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 White ibis (Eudocimus albus) bird in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Some seed pods on Horseshoe Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
 Snake skeletons on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Fly on animal s dropping on west side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
 Yellow lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Wading great white egret (Ardea alba) bird in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Whistling duck bird in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Yellow-crowned night-heron bird on a log in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Common Moorhen in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 White ibis (Eudocimus albus) bird in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Green comet milkweed (Asclepias viridiflora) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Beech woodwart fungus (Hypoxylon fragiforme)(?) on a fallen twig on Hoots Hollow Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, February 15, 2020
 Violet wood sorrel (Oxalis violacea, shamrock) on Hoots Hollow Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, February 15, 2020
 Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, February 15, 2020
 Marsh bird common moorhen in Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, February 15, 2020
 A duck in Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, February 15, 2020
 Alligator on an island of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, February 15, 2020
 Ducks and swamp cypress trees in Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, February 15, 2020
 Hunting great white egret (Ardea alba) bird in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, February 15, 2020
 Hunting great white egret (Ardea alba) bird on an island of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, February 15, 2020
 Hunting great white egret (Ardea alba) and ducks on an island of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, February 15, 2020
 White ibis (Eudocimus albus) and white egret (Ardea alba) birds in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Spanish moss on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Common moorhen bird from Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Duckweed on alligator s head from Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 White ibis (Eudocimus albus) bird from Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Some sedge from Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Alligator and dry lotus leaves from Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Common moorhen bird from Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Alligator and water hyacinth from Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Flat winter rosette of some plant on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Some flat plant of mallow(?) family on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 White rose(?) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Alligator s head and aquatic weeds from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Alligator s head on a lawn from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Head view of a large alligator on a lawn from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Rough scales on alligator s back from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Sunning alligator from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Head of a large alligator from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Alligator floating among algae from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 American coot(?) bird from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 American coot(?) birds with some aquatic plant from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 Common moorhen water bird from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
 American coot(?) water bird from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
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