The Turtles, Alligators, Birds and Deer of Brazos Bend

At the Fishing Pier at 40 Acre Lake

Yes....Virginia.... there are Alligators at Brazos  Bend State Park

The Red-Eared Slider is a commonly seen inhabitant of Brazos Bend State Park:

often sharing the logs with Coots and Gallinules

The high waters at Brazos Bend had the birds out in droves... all using the water as a source of food.... there were Little Blue Herons....

Boat-tailed Grackles.....

Cardinals

Roseate Spoonbills

Common Ibises

Crows

Common Egrets

Common Gallinules

Blue-winged Teal

and Rafts of Coots...

Louisiana Herons

and Cattle Egrets

And of course, Brazos Bend's best known mammal, the White-tailed Deer

Sun sets over Brazos Bend State Park

Completing the loop...

at the Picnic Area of 40 Acre Lake

Plenty of Red-Eared Sliders...

I'll upload close-ups from my Canon Powershot of many of these pics tonight.

Sometimes the Sun and Water combine...

to form Natural Geometries...

High Water at Brazos Bend ...

has closed some trails but also flushed out much of the silt and debris leaving the park with clear waters and alive with the music of Red-winged Blackbirds, Coots, Grackles...

Heading back from the Visitor's Center...

into the Sun...on the east side of Elm Lake looking west

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the Old Cistern at the Visitor's Center

the 3 Old Live Oaks at the Visitor's Center...

the first of these is over 7' in diameter and several hundred years old.

One of many old Live Oaks ...

that stand guard on the edge of Elm Lake

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