Standing yellow-crowned night-heron bird in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
White ibis (Eudocimus albus) birds in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, February 15, 2020
Heron like bird on west side of Elm Lake(?) in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
Yellow-crowned night-heron bird eating a shrimp 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
Yellow-crowned night-heron marsh bird on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
Great white egret (Ardea alba) bird in marsh in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
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
American coot(?) birds on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
Juvenile yellow-crowned night heron bird on west side of Elm 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
Wading ibis bird in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
Common Moorhen marsh bird in west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
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
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
Great white egret (Ardea alba) bird looking for shrimp 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
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
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
Yellow-crowned night-heron bird in west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
Yellow-crowned night-heron marsh bird on north side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
Standing yellow-crowned night-heron bird in smartweed 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
Juvenile yellow-crowned night heron marsh bird in west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
Yellow-crowned night-heron bird near Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, September 4, 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
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
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
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
White ibis (Eudocimus albus) bird in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
Marsh bird common moorhen 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
White ibis (Eudocimus albus) and white egret (Ardea alba) birds 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
White ibis (Eudocimus albus) bird 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
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
Floating American coot(?) bird from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
American coot(?) birds in Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, February 15, 2020
Alligator under a bird house No. 13 on an island in Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, February 15, 2020
American coot(?) birds on 40-Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
Water bird common moorhen on 40-Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
Common moorhen marsh bird from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
Floating common moorhen marsh bird from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
White Ibis (juvenile) water bird (Eudocimus albus) from Spillway Trail. As this bird matures over the next year or so, it will molt these brown feathers and become the all-white adult bird commonly seen probing for crayfish in the park s shallow waters. Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, Texas, December 25, 2025
Wading water bird juvenile White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) from Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 25, 2025
Anhinga (often called "Snakebird" or "Water Turkey") water bird (Anhinga anhinga) from 40 Acre Lake Trail Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 25, 2025
Anhinga (often called "Snakebird" or "Water Turkey") water bird (Anhinga anhinga) from 40 Acre Lake Trail. The bird is standing with its wings spread out in a classic pose known as wing-drying or sunning. in Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, Texas, December 25, 2025
Anhinga (Snakebird) water bird in 40 Acre Lake. After diving, they must perch in the sun with their wings spread to dry their feathers so they can fly efficiently again. Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, Texas, December 25, 2025
Anhinga (Snakebird) water bird in 40 Acre Lake. This pose helps them warm up, as they lose body heat quickly in the water. Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, Texas, December 25, 2025
