Happy Birthday Guys

Happy Birthday Brian and Jim!!!

Hope both of you have a great day.

Hello Sun....

" Is it Spring yet !?! "

Mr Fluffy and Wife - Feb 25, 2010

Cuban Crocodile ( Crocodylus rhombifer )

Gladys Porter Zoo - Brownsville TX

New Approach to an Old Hobby

Pencils ( always ), oils ( a favorite ), acrylics ( sure on

certain projects ) but watercolor and ink ( completely

foreign to me ). I'll keep practicing....

Mighty Fleet

Shrimp Basin - Point Isabel, TX

Feb. 16, 2010

Shrimp Basin - Point Isabel TX

Feb. 16, 2010

Tied to the docks a once mighty fleet
dream of shrimping the Gulf of Mexico
again. High fuel prices, imported and farm
raised shrimp are a couple of reasons these
boats will never see open waters again.

Come'n Home

Point Isabel / Ship Channel

Feb. 18, 2010

Bed-Head

Red-Breasted Merganser (Male)

Jim's Pier, South Padre Island - Feb 16, 2010

Red-Breasted Merganser (Female)

My Valentine

Brown Pelican - 02-14-2010
Jim's Pier - South Padre Island

Was kinda nice to take an afternoon for myself

High Ho Silver..........

Opps, thats not Silver - its Lalo :)

and More Birds

I can only guess at what he's upset about.

Screemer - Gladys Porter Zoo

November 12, 2009

You look'n at me?

Emu - Gladys Porter Zoo

November 29, 2009

Wildlife Expo

There was lots of fun to be had - Birding Center boardwalk

action.....

Raptor shows.....

and even our very own GPZ Education dept
and their out-reach animals. I'm looking
foreward to next years expo and hope to see it
grow.

Newest Adoption

Holy, what was I thinking!

What'cha eating?

Red-Crowned Parrot

Brownsville, TX - Jan. 06, 2010

"The Little Pelican That Could...."

Juvinile Brown Pelican

SPI Birding Center - Feb. 05, 2010

Just a little more...didn't think this kid was gonna get

up enough speed to get airborn :)

.......and there he goes

Early to Rise.......

OMG, what a cold morning but one of the most breath-

taking sunrises I've ever seen !

Black Vulture - Jan. 30, 2010

King Ranch - Norias

Love the " used and abused " look

"Blue Bull" - Nilgai bull

White-tailed deer - Jan. 30, 2010
these young boys still had some fighting to do post rut

My friends, thank you so much for all the great
photo-ops !!!