2022-08-17 Anahuac NWR

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Black-Necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus — **Black-Necked Stilt**
*(Himantopus mexicanus)*

**Description:**
I met adult and juvenile Black-Necked Stilts on the south shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:17 10:44

**Location:**

Shoveler Pond
Anahuac NWR, Texas
United States
6.56 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/8000

**File Name:** BlackNeckStilt_8504251-Anahuac.NWR_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **Black-Necked Stilt**
*(Himantopus mexicanus)*

**Description:**
I met adult and juvenile Black-Necked Stilts on the south shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:17 10:44

**Location:**

Shoveler Pond
Anahuac NWR, Texas
United States
6.56 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/8000

**File Name:** BlackNeckStilt_8504251-Anahuac.NWR_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Boat-Tailed Grackle - Quiscalus major — **Boat-Tailed Grackle**
*(Quiscalus major)*

**Description:**
I learned that August isn’t the most photogenic time to photograph Boat-Tailed Grackles at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge. The molting had them looking pretty raggedy.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:17 10:47

**Location:**

Shoveler Pond
Anahuac NWR, Texas
United States
6.56 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/8000

**File Name:** BoatTailGrackle_8504285-Anahuac.NWR_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata — **Common Gallinule**
*(Gallinula galeata)*

**Description:**
The Common Gallinules I met on the east shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge seemed to prefer working the shore rather than the water.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:17 10:53

**Location:**

Shoveler Pond
Anahuac NWR, Texas
United States
6.56 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/5000

**File Name:** CommonGalinule_8504321-Anahuac.NWR_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus — **Eastern Kingbird**
*(Tyrannus tyrannus)*

**Description:**
Eastern Kingbirds seemed to be everywhere I looked at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:17 11:01

**Location:**

Shoveler Pond
Anahuac NWR, Texas
United States
6.56 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/8000

**File Name:** EasternKingbird_8504372-Anahuac.NWR_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias — **Great Blue Heron**
*(Ardea herodias)*

**Description:**
I found the tallest waders on the north shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:17 11:52

**Location:**

West Line Road
Anahuac NWR, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/8000

**File Name:** GreatBlueHeron_8504699-Anahuac.NWR_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Great Egret - Ardea alba — **Great Egret**
*(Ardea alba)*

**Description:**
I found the tallest waders on the north shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:17 11:52

**Location:**

West Line Road
Anahuac NWR, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/8000

**File Name:** GreatEgret_8504707-Anahuac.NWR_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Green Heron - Butorides virescens — **Green Heron**
*(Butorides virescens)*

**Description:**
I found adult and juvenile Green Herons on the west shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:17 11:26

**Location:**

West Line Road
Anahuac NWR, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/8000

**File Name:** GreenHeron_8504482-Anahuac.NWR_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla — **Laughing Gull**
*(Leucophaeus atricilla)*

**Description:**
There were both first-year birds and adult non-breeding gulls along the West Line Road to the boat launch and the northwest corner of Shoveler Pond at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:17 11:27

**Location:**

West Line Road
Anahuac NWR, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/8000

**File Name:** LaughingGull_8504490-Anahuac.NWR_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla — **Least Sandpiper**
*(Calidris minutilla)*

**Description:**
I met a lonely Least Sandpiper on the south shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:17 10:40

**Location:**

Shoveler Pond
Anahuac NWR, Texas
United States
6.56 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/8000

**File Name:** LeastSandpiper_8504214-Anahuac.NWR_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus — **Neotropic Cormorant**
*(Phalacrocorax brasilianus)*

**Description:**
These cormorants posed nicely at the West Line Road near the boat launch at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:17 11:42

**Location:**

West Line Road
Anahuac NWR, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/4000

**File Name:** NeotropicCormorant_8504599-Anahuac.NWR_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Rufous Hummingbird - Selasphorus rufus — **Rufous Hummingbird**
*(Selasphorus rufus)*

**Description:**
I met a female Rufous Hummingbird near the visitor’s kiosk at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:17 11:12

**Location:**

Shoveler Pond
Anahuac NWR, Texas
United States
6.56 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/8000

**File Name:** RufousHummingbird_8504453-Anahuac.NWR_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Snowy Egret - Egretta thula — **Snowy Egret**
*(Egretta thula)*

**Description:**
There was no shortage of Snowy Egrets on Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:17 10:35

**Location:**

Shoveler Pond
Anahuac NWR, Texas
United States
6.56 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** SnowyEgret_8504168-Anahuac.NWR_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius — **Spotted Sandpiper**
*(Actitis macularius)*

**Description:**
I met a single Spotted Sandpiper dining on the south shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:17 10:38

**Location:**

Shoveler Pond
Anahuac NWR, Texas
United States
6.56 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/8000

**File Name:** SpottedSandpiper_8504204-Anahuac.NWR_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura — **Turkey Vulture**
*(Cathartes aura)*

**Description:**
Turkey Vultures must have found that patrolling the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge was profitable.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:17 11:04

**Location:**

Shoveler Pond
Anahuac NWR, Texas
United States
6.56 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/8000

**File Name:** TurkeyVulture_8504409-Anahuac.NWR_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Black-Necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

I met adult and juvenile Black-Necked Stilts on the south shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.

Black-Necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

I met adult and juvenile Black-Necked Stilts on the south shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.

Black-Necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

I met adult and juvenile Black-Necked Stilts on the south shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.

Black-Necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

I met adult and juvenile Black-Necked Stilts on the south shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.

Boat-Tailed Grackle

Quiscalus major

I learned that August isn’t the most photogenic time to photograph Boat-Tailed Grackles at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge. The molting had them looking pretty raggedy.

Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

The Common Gallinules I met on the east shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge seemed to prefer working the shore rather than the water.

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Eastern Kingbirds seemed to be everywhere I looked at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Eastern Kingbirds seemed to be everywhere I looked at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

I found the tallest waders on the north shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.

Great Egret

Ardea alba

I found the tallest waders on the north shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

I found adult and juvenile Green Herons on the west shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.

Laughing Gull

Leucophaeus atricilla

There were both first-year birds and adult non-breeding gulls along the West Line Road to the boat launch and the northwest corner of Shoveler Pond at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.

Laughing Gull

Leucophaeus atricilla

There were both first-year birds and adult non-breeding gulls along the West Line Road to the boat launch and the northwest corner of Shoveler Pond at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla

I met a lonely Least Sandpiper on the south shore of Shoveler Pond at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.