2022-08-14 High Island
28 Photos
American Alligator(Alligator mississippiensis) |
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Description: There were as many as four large alligators in the water below the Smith Oaks observation deck in High Island Texas. The eight-footers showed the good sense to give way to the thirteen-footers. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 16:47 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: AmericanAlligator_8503865SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Alligator(Alligator mississippiensis) |
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Description: There were as many as four large alligators in the water below the Smith Oaks observation deck in High Island Texas. The eight-footers showed the good sense to give way to the thirteen-footers. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 17:43 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: AmericanAlligator_8504125SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anhinga(Anhinga anhinga) |
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Description: Anhingas patrolled the marshy ponds at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 15:11 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: Anhinga_8503549SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anhinga(Anhinga anhinga) |
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Description: Anhingas patrolled the marshy ponds at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 17:17 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: Anhinga_8503973SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Anhinga(Anhinga anhinga) |
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Description: Anhingas patrolled the marshy ponds at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 17:19 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: Anhinga_8504003SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Carolina Wren(Thryothorus ludovicianus) |
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Description: The loud songs of Carolina Wrens rang through the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 16:28 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: CarolinaWren_8503754SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Carolina Wren(Thryothorus ludovicianus) |
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Description: The loud songs of Carolina Wrens rang through the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 16:30 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: CarolinaWren_8503798SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Carolina Wren(Thryothorus ludovicianus) |
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Description: The loud songs of Carolina Wrens rang through the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 16:31 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: CarolinaWren_8503841SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Cattle Egret(Bubulcus ibis) |
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Description: Hungry Cattle Egret juveniles were comical in their pursuit of their parents at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 15:49 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: CattleEgret_8503601SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Cattle Egret(Bubulcus ibis) |
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Description: Hungry Cattle Egret juveniles were comical in their pursuit of their parents at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 15:51 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: CattleEgret_8503627SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Cattle Egret(Bubulcus ibis) |
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Description: Hungry Cattle Egret juveniles were comical in their pursuit of their parents at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 15:52 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: CattleEgret_8503656SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Cattle Egret(Bubulcus ibis) |
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Description: Adult Cattle Egret struggled to keep their juvenile offspring fed at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 16:50 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: CattleEgret_8503869SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Cattle Egret(Bubulcus ibis) |
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Description: Adult Cattle Egret struggled to keep their juvenile offspring fed at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 16:50 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: CattleEgret_8503883SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Cattle Egret(Bubulcus ibis) |
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Description: Adult Cattle Egret struggled to keep their juvenile offspring fed at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 16:50 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400 |
File Name: CattleEgret_8503896SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Cattle Egret(Bubulcus ibis) |
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Description: Adult Cattle Egret struggled to keep their juvenile offspring fed at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 16:51 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400 |
File Name: CattleEgret_8503907SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Cattle Egret(Bubulcus ibis) |
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Description: Adult Cattle Egret struggled to keep their juvenile offspring fed at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 17:34 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: CattleEgret_8504030SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Cattle Egret(Bubulcus ibis) |
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Description: Adult Cattle Egret struggled to keep their juvenile offspring fed at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 17:41 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: CattleEgret_8504117SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Cattle Egret(Bubulcus ibis) |
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Description: Adult Cattle Egret struggled to keep their juvenile offspring fed at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 17:41 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400 |
File Name: CattleEgret_8504121SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Golden Silk Orb-Weaver(Trichonephila clavipes) |
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Description: The woods at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas were decorated with the webs of Golden Silk Orb-Weaver spiders. Many were as large as four inches long. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 15:14 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: GoldenSilkOrbWeaver_8503574SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Golden Silk Orb-Weaver(Trichonephila clavipes) |
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Description: The woods at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas were decorated with the webs of Golden Silk Orb-Weaver spiders. Many were as large as four inches long. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 15:38 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400 |
File Name: GoldenSilkOrbWeaver_8503589SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
River Cooter(Pseudemys concinna) |
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Description: Most of the turtles I saw at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas were about eight to ten inches long. This individual, at 14-15 inches was probably a female. I made an educated guess as to its identity. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 17:28 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: RiverCooter_8504016SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Snowy Egret(Egretta thula) |
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Description: Snowy Egret raised many young birds at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 15:49 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: SnowyEgret_8503613SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Tricolored Heron(Egretta tricolor) |
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Description: Hungry Tricolored Heron juveniles seemed in perpetual pursuit of their parents at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 16:21 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: TricolredHeron_8503719SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Tricolored Heron(Egretta tricolor) |
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Description: Hungry Tricolored Heron juveniles seemed in perpetual pursuit of their parents at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 17:03 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: TricolredHeron_8503917SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Tricolored Heron(Egretta tricolor) |
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Description: Hungry Tricolored Heron juveniles seemed in perpetual pursuit of their parents at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 17:04 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: TricolredHeron_8503925SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Tricolored Heron(Egretta tricolor) |
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Description: Hungry Tricolored Heron juveniles seemed in perpetual pursuit of their parents at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 17:37 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: TricolredHeron_8504077SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Turkey Vulture(Cathartes aura) |
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Description: At day’s end, Turkey Vultures flew into the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas to roost for the night. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 17:14 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: TurkeyVulture_8503956SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo(Coccyzus americanus) |
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Description: Yellow-Billed Cuckoos were present in good numbers at the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island Texas, but their typical shyness prevented any close encounters I might have hoped for. |
Date Taken: 2022:08:14 15:57 |
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Location:
Smith Oaks Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: YellowBillCuckoo_8503685SmithOaks.HighIsland.TX_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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