Rockport birding trip – last day

This is what the photo trip was all about, the whooping cranes.


On our way back to Houston, we stopped at Goose Island. Again no birds anywhere close, but some interesting structures though.


The next stop was Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. The park system in the US is a bit scattered, because there are National Parks, State Parks, County Parks and National Forests. Today ,I found out that there is a fourth type, i.e. National Wildlife Refuge. The National Wildlife Refuge System is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The creature below is definitely not a bird, but who cares.




I didn’t see that many birds over the last few days, but even though I shot a few keepers. At least I learned this weekend that I do not need one of those multi thousand dollar 500mm (a.k.a. left eyeball) lenses.