Texas wildlife winter 2021

These are pictures of wildlife we saw in Texas this winter (Jan to April 2021).

 

Several different types of jellyfish.

 

 

Ibis

 
Ibis…don’t go away mad…just go away!

 

 

 

 

The fish laying on the bank in the picture above and this sea turtle were dead from the week of 15 degree temps we had in February. We read about a group that rescued a bunch of sea turtles off of Padre Island Texas before they died and returned them to the sea after they warmed up and recuperated.

 

 

 

A huge seagull nesting area is in Rockport Texas. It’s fenced off with signs to keep out. There were thousands of seagulls nesting during March.
 
Stilt Sandpiper out fishing.

 

The pelicans were constantly after seagull eggs! It kept the seagulls very busy protecting their nest!

 
Pelicans

 

Blackbelly whistling ducks

 

Common Grackle

 

 

Mallard ducks

 

I still don’t know what kind of duck this is but the Mallards kept chasing it away.

We were told that alligators do live in this canal but we never saw any.

He quieted the sea with his power