2022-08-21 Sunday Tour of Blackjack Peninsula

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Wood Stork - Mycteria americana — **Wood Stork**
*(Mycteria americana)*

**Description:**
Whenever I visit Aransas NWR, I find it impossible to pass up Heron Flats without exploring its trails. During my spring visits in 2020 and 2021, I didn’t see any storks here. Yet on this August 2022 visit, I had the pleasure of some group flyovers, and some distant views of this lone individual foraging out on the marsh in the company of other waders.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:20 16:48

**Location:**

Heron Flats
San Bernard NWR, Texas
United States
13.12 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200

**File Name:** WoodStork_8505372-AransasNWR.TX_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **Wood Stork**
*(Mycteria americana)*

**Description:**
Whenever I visit Aransas NWR, I find it impossible to pass up Heron Flats without exploring its trails. During my spring visits in 2020 and 2021, I didn’t see any storks here. Yet on this August 2022 visit, I had the pleasure of some group flyovers, and some distant views of this lone individual foraging out on the marsh in the company of other waders.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:20 16:48

**Location:**

Heron Flats
San Bernard NWR, Texas
United States
13.12 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200

**File Name:** WoodStork_8505372-AransasNWR.TX_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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

**Description:**
While touring Aransas NWR, I stopped at Jones Lake and found Turkey Vulture sharing the shores of what little water was left in the lake, with a few waders and shorebirds.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:20 15:20

**Location:**

Jones Lake
Aransas NWR, Texas
United States
29.53 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000

**File Name:** TurkeyVulture_8505148-AransasNWR.TX_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla — **Semipalmated Sandpiper**
*(Calidris pusilla)*

**Description:**
While touring Aransas NWR, I stopped at Jones Lake and found a small group of waders and shorebirds foraging in what little water was left in the lake.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:20 15:17

**Location:**

Jones Lake
Aransas NWR, Texas
United States
29.53 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000

**File Name:** SemipalmatedSandpiper_8505059-AransasNWR.TX_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Roseate Spoonbill - Platalea ajaja — **Roseate Spoonbill**
*(Platalea ajaja)*

**Description:**
While touring Aransas NWR, I stopped at Jones Lake and found a small group of waders and shorebirds foraging in what little water was left in the lake.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:20 15:16

**Location:**

Jones Lake
Aransas NWR, Texas
United States
29.53 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000

**File Name:** RoseateSpoonbill_8505057-AransasNWR.TX_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Palamedes Swallowtail - Papilio palamedes — **Palamedes Swallowtail**
*(Papilio palamedes)*

**Description:**
The birding was slow during my August 2022 visit to Aransas NWR. While I explored the Heron Flats trail, this large butterfly posed nicely for me.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:20 16:37

**Location:**

Heron Flats
San Bernard NWR, Texas
United States
13.12 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500

**File Name:** PalamedesSwallowtail_8505352-AransasNWR.TX_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis — **Northern Cardinal**
*(Cardinalis cardinalis)*

**Description:**
There is an alligator pond at the trail-head of Heron Flats that produced some lovely subjects during my spring visits in 2020 and 2021. For this August 2022 visit, only a sad-looking molted cardinal presented itself to me.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:20 16:19

**Location:**

Heron Flats
San Bernard NWR, Texas
United States
13.12 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** NorthernCardinal_8505168-AransasNWR.TX_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis — **Cattle Egret**
*(Bubulcus ibis)*

**Description:**
After touring nearby Aransas NWR, I returned to my camp in Austwell Texas to find an invasion of Cattle Egrets foraging on the lawns there.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:20 17:23

**Location:**

Austwell City Park
Austwell, Texas
United States
22.00 ft above sea level

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

**File Name:** CattleEgret_8505390-Austwell.TX_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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

**Description:**
While touring Aransas NWR, I stopped at Jones Lake and found a small group of waders standing in what little water was left in the lake. In this frame are Great Egrets, Roseate Spoonbills, and American White Ibis.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:20 15:16

**Location:**

Jones Lake
Aransas NWR, Texas
United States
29.53 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000

**File Name:** GreatEgret_8505052-AransasNWR.TX_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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

**Description:**
Whenever I visit Aransas NWR, I find it impossible to pass up Heron Flats without exploring its trails. The subjects I found on this August tour, like this cormorant, were further out on the marsh than my spring visits in 2020 and 2021.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:08:20 16:24

**Location:**

Heron Flats
San Bernard NWR, Texas
United States
13.12 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200

**File Name:** NeotropicCormorant_8505210-AransasNWR.TX_

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Wood Stork

Mycteria americana

Whenever I visit Aransas NWR, I find it impossible to pass up Heron Flats without exploring its trails. During my spring visits in 2020 and 2021, I didn’t see any storks here. Yet on this August 2022 visit, I had the pleasure of some group flyovers, and some distant views of this lone individual foraging out on the marsh in the company of other waders.

Wood Stork

Mycteria americana

Wood Stork

Mycteria americana

Wood Stork

Mycteria americana

Wood Stork

Mycteria americana

Wood Stork

Mycteria americana

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

While touring Aransas NWR, I stopped at Jones Lake and found Turkey Vulture sharing the shores of what little water was left in the lake, with a few waders and shorebirds.

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

While touring Aransas NWR, I stopped at Jones Lake and found Turkey Vulture sharing the shores of what little water was left in the lake, with a few waders and shorebirds.

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Calidris pusilla

While touring Aransas NWR, I stopped at Jones Lake and found a small group of waders and shorebirds foraging in what little water was left in the lake.

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

While touring Aransas NWR, I stopped at Jones Lake and found a small group of waders and shorebirds foraging in what little water was left in the lake.

Palamedes Swallowtail

Papilio palamedes

The birding was slow during my August 2022 visit to Aransas NWR. While I explored the Heron Flats trail, this large butterfly posed nicely for me.

Palamedes Swallowtail

Papilio palamedes

The birding was slow during my August 2022 visit to Aransas NWR. While I explored the Heron Flats trail, this large butterfly posed nicely for me.

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

There is an alligator pond at the trail-head of Heron Flats that produced some lovely subjects during my spring visits in 2020 and 2021. For this August 2022 visit, only a sad-looking molted cardinal presented itself to me.

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

After touring nearby Aransas NWR, I returned to my camp in Austwell Texas to find an invasion of Cattle Egrets foraging on the lawns there.

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

After touring nearby Aransas NWR, I returned to my camp in Austwell Texas to find an invasion of Cattle Egrets foraging on the lawns there.

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

After touring nearby Aransas NWR, I returned to my camp in Austwell Texas to find an invasion of Cattle Egrets foraging on the lawns there.

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

After touring nearby Aransas NWR, I returned to my camp in Austwell Texas to find an invasion of Cattle Egrets foraging on the lawns there.

Great Egret

Ardea alba

While touring Aransas NWR, I stopped at Jones Lake and found a small group of waders standing in what little water was left in the lake. In this frame are Great Egrets, Roseate Spoonbills, and American White Ibis.

Great Egret

Ardea alba

While touring Aransas NWR, I stopped at Jones Lake and found a small group of waders standing in what little water was left in the lake

Neotropic Cormorant

Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Whenever I visit Aransas NWR, I find it impossible to pass up Heron Flats without exploring its trails. The subjects I found on this August tour, like this cormorant, were further out on the marsh than my spring visits in 2020 and 2021.

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