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
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
