A tricolored heron showing off its spring colors. 🌿 That unique slate and rusty plumage never gets old. 🪶✨
📍 High Island, TX
🗓️ Apr 3, 2026
📸 Canon R50 + 1.4x
⚙️ 560mm | f/11 | ISO 100
#TricoloredHeron #TexasBirds #SmithOaks #CanonR50 #Birding #Wildlife

A pair of locals at Smith Oaks Rookery. 🌿 While they’re common here, that vibrant pink plumage of roseate spoonbills never gets old. 🪶💖
📍 High Island, Texas
🗓️ Mar 22, 2026
🕒 10 AM
📸 Canon EOS R50 + RF 100-400 + 1.4x
⚙️ 394mm | f/11 | ISO 100
#RoseateSpoonbill #TexasBirds #SmithOaks #CanonR50

A cattle egret sitting on a nest in a jumble of limbs and leaves. The egret is white with some light brown feathers on its head and back. Below a somewhat short yellow beak and yellow eye, the egret has a thick, puffy neck. I've always thought it looks like they have some Copenhagen between the cheek and gum.

#ThrowbackThursday A photo from last May that I never got around to posting. Western Cattle-egret on nest at #SmithOaks Audubon Sanctuary, High Island, TX. #birds #originalcontent #photograpy 📷

A tricolored heron sitting on a large messy nest against a leafy green backdrop.

#HappyMothersDay to all, including our bird friends. Honestly, this Tricolored Heron could just as well be a male as a female as both sit on the nest, but then again, isn't that the way it should be? #birds #SmithOaks #originalcontent #photography 📷

A Roseate Spoonbill hovers over chicks in the nest. There were four chicks in all, but in this photo, only a couple can be clearly seen. One chick, in particular, stretches up to Mama or Daddy Spoonbill, likely asking for lunch. This chick has a longish bill, but no sign of the rounded end that the adult has yet. The chick is either covered in pink fuzz or in white fuzz through which you can see its pink skin. It is quite ugly, but in a cute way.

Yesterday, I got to check off (figuratively speaking) an item from my #BirdBucketList. I have hoped for years to see Roseate Spoonbill chicks at the rookery at #SmithOaks Audubon Sanctuary and my hopes have always been dashed. Yesterday, I finally succeeded! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

White fuzzy chicks with long yellow bills are seen tucked into a nest surrounded by spring greenery.

I haven't been back to #SmithOaks Audubon Sanctuary in a bit so I thought I'd share this from last April at the rookery there. Some Great Egret chicks in the nest. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

Adult and juvenile roseate spoonbills on the Texas coast at High Island. My favorite bird photography location.
#birds #photography #nature #wildlife #pink #smithoaks #highisland