http://maestros.smugmug.com/gallery/3895123_E85uo/ These are some images of whooping cranes photographed on the Intracoastal Highway on the outer banks of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. The whooping cranes' images were captured from the deck of the "Jack Flash," a boat I chartered through Aransas Bay Birding Charters. It was a great experience as Kevin Sims, the owner/operator, was able to get me very close, relatively speaking, to the whooping cranes. The handsome whooping cranes spend their winters at Aransas NWR after flying some 2,500 miles from northern Canada. You will also find the close cousin of the whooping crane, the much more numerous Sandhill Cranes that also spend their winters throughout south Texas. Other birds in this family are the rails, grebes and coots. http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Animals Wed, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 -0800 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:37:06 -0800 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-6/457841777_Jod4w-Ti.jpg http://maestros.smugmug.com/gallery/3895123_E85uo/ http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#457841777_Jod4w <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Just minutes after arriving at the area of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where some whooping cranes are known to frequent I encountered this juvenile foraging through the marshy wetla ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#457841777_Jod4w" title="Just minutes after arriving at the area of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where some whooping cranes are known to frequent I encountered this juvenile foraging through the marshy wetla ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-6/457841777_Jod4w-Th.jpg" width="150" height="125" alt="Just minutes after arriving at the area of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where some whooping cranes are known to frequent I encountered this juvenile foraging through the marshy wetla ..." title="Just minutes after arriving at the area of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where some whooping cranes are known to frequent I encountered this juvenile foraging through the marshy wetla ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:23:32 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-6/457841777_Jod4w-Th.jpg 2009-01-18 10:03:05 9e2b69d7689c6f434500ef66c7089f4d 1db2f605cb545625c6a794cf67945660 ca4e5d0b72100500bc4b954191503764 1e22e5f57ee9f7fbf92b3389779edf79 a29fadd3a72976a50bd94269b6b681f2 942d82e52d87ac42295e2054c2f769b3 8ec8c1c7e4402b0eb3ed6148cf480e1b Just minutes after arriving at the area of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where some whooping cranes are known to frequent I encountered this juvenile foraging through the marshy wetla ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Just minutes after arriving at the area of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where some whooping cranes are known to frequent I encountered this juvenile foraging through the marshy wetla ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#457841777_Jod4w" title="Just minutes after arriving at the area of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where some whooping cranes are known to frequent I encountered this juvenile foraging through the marshy wetla ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-6/457841777_Jod4w-Th.jpg" width="150" height="125" alt="Just minutes after arriving at the area of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where some whooping cranes are known to frequent I encountered this juvenile foraging through the marshy wetla ..." title="Just minutes after arriving at the area of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where some whooping cranes are known to frequent I encountered this juvenile foraging through the marshy wetla ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge crane, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#461473429_hPqCS <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This juvenile whooping crane was really digging in the mud, as was its parent, searching for crustaceans primarily or if it got lucky, a blue crab. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Ro ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#461473429_hPqCS" title="This juvenile whooping crane was really digging in the mud, as was its parent, searching for crustaceans primarily or if it got lucky, a blue crab. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Ro ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-7/461473429_hPqCS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="This juvenile whooping crane was really digging in the mud, as was its parent, searching for crustaceans primarily or if it got lucky, a blue crab. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Ro ..." title="This juvenile whooping crane was really digging in the mud, as was its parent, searching for crustaceans primarily or if it got lucky, a blue crab. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Ro ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:55:13 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-7/461473429_hPqCS-Th.jpg 2009-01-18 10:01:58 2703c1cef8ddd8677dff64ed3e8ee189 32c498829733fa10a88867914f988b69 fea53e6bd0d3d0389bf66cca1acbe4e4 b55d929d4f6ebd767a9847926f726f47 ba92308812a66ed5978873da5999321a 45cc3bea438ac7675eeaca6bd954a8e9 ae03bf35ff96d6bded94c5cfe0883e56 This juvenile whooping crane was really digging in the mud, as was its parent, searching for crustaceans primarily or if it got lucky, a blue crab. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Ro ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This juvenile whooping crane was really digging in the mud, as was its parent, searching for crustaceans primarily or if it got lucky, a blue crab. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Ro ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#461473429_hPqCS" title="This juvenile whooping crane was really digging in the mud, as was its parent, searching for crustaceans primarily or if it got lucky, a blue crab. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Ro ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-7/461473429_hPqCS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="This juvenile whooping crane was really digging in the mud, as was its parent, searching for crustaceans primarily or if it got lucky, a blue crab. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Ro ..." title="This juvenile whooping crane was really digging in the mud, as was its parent, searching for crustaceans primarily or if it got lucky, a blue crab. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Ro ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge crane, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#457850576_mKmn2 <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Just minutes after arriving at the area of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where some whooping cranes are known to frequent I encountered this adult foraging through the marshy wetland ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#457850576_mKmn2" title="Just minutes after arriving at the area of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where some whooping cranes are known to frequent I encountered this adult foraging through the marshy wetland ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-8/457850576_mKmn2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="125" alt="Just minutes after arriving at the area of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where some whooping cranes are known to frequent I encountered this adult foraging through the marshy wetland ..." title="Just minutes after arriving at the area of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where some whooping cranes are known to frequent I encountered this adult foraging through the marshy wetland ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:36:54 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-8/457850576_mKmn2-Th.jpg 2009-01-18 09:54:50 831253d6f248e0256b87d7c0dc0caa78 b9a4bd59fbf4f481ff83a2ed4c08f241 8d6f791beb5bfc812bd29687d9d5b182 3b25aa273f55746086f6f82f46441cd7 ced3d232df82a4c27870b69c712c289b d9162e74fe48fc5dad0c2331794eb387 ad685438c65e9f54d20828b9ff36329a Just minutes after arriving at the area of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where some whooping cranes are known to frequent I encountered this adult foraging through the marshy wetland ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Just minutes after arriving at the area of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where some whooping cranes are known to frequent I encountered this adult foraging through the marshy wetland ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#457850576_mKmn2" title="Just minutes after arriving at the area of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where some whooping cranes are known to frequent I encountered this adult foraging through the marshy wetland ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-8/457850576_mKmn2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="125" alt="Just minutes after arriving at the area of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where some whooping cranes are known to frequent I encountered this adult foraging through the marshy wetland ..." title="Just minutes after arriving at the area of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where some whooping cranes are known to frequent I encountered this adult foraging through the marshy wetland ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, aransas national wildlife refuge, cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#457859501_xHrvm <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This adult female whooping crane seemed to be posing for the two boats of birders and photographers that had stopped in the Texas Intracoastal Highway looking into the Aransas National Wildl ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#457859501_xHrvm" title="This adult female whooping crane seemed to be posing for the two boats of birders and photographers that had stopped in the Texas Intracoastal Highway looking into the Aransas National Wildl ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-5/457859501_xHrvm-Th.jpg" width="125" height="150" alt="This adult female whooping crane seemed to be posing for the two boats of birders and photographers that had stopped in the Texas Intracoastal Highway looking into the Aransas National Wildl ..." title="This adult female whooping crane seemed to be posing for the two boats of birders and photographers that had stopped in the Texas Intracoastal Highway looking into the Aransas National Wildl ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:51:29 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-5/457859501_xHrvm-Th.jpg 2009-01-18 10:05:02 7bd392f84ddc920b27431210082dc3fa b42dd5de9f9f36445ff2d00dcb51b67e 65cedffcdacec99ea6eacd233b13a901 e72cb8ba97bc35efba8b3ca5d8dad14e b9f65be6326547a7e52a7636717b671e d8518a5a0c55793bf0fd7c71348f54c8 dd2db690f8f2d4bcc8c0ff2184775b8d This adult female whooping crane seemed to be posing for the two boats of birders and photographers that had stopped in the Texas Intracoastal Highway looking into the Aransas National Wildl ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This adult female whooping crane seemed to be posing for the two boats of birders and photographers that had stopped in the Texas Intracoastal Highway looking into the Aransas National Wildl ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#457859501_xHrvm" title="This adult female whooping crane seemed to be posing for the two boats of birders and photographers that had stopped in the Texas Intracoastal Highway looking into the Aransas National Wildl ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-5/457859501_xHrvm-Th.jpg" width="125" height="150" alt="This adult female whooping crane seemed to be posing for the two boats of birders and photographers that had stopped in the Texas Intracoastal Highway looking into the Aransas National Wildl ..." title="This adult female whooping crane seemed to be posing for the two boats of birders and photographers that had stopped in the Texas Intracoastal Highway looking into the Aransas National Wildl ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge crane, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#461133896_R5Z5u <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Strolling through the mudflats keeping a watchful eye out for its young which was just behind it and walking toward this adult. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Near Rockport, Texas, Janua ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#461133896_R5Z5u" title="Strolling through the mudflats keeping a watchful eye out for its young which was just behind it and walking toward this adult. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Near Rockport, Texas, Janua ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-15/461133896_R5Z5u-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Strolling through the mudflats keeping a watchful eye out for its young which was just behind it and walking toward this adult. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Near Rockport, Texas, Janua ..." title="Strolling through the mudflats keeping a watchful eye out for its young which was just behind it and walking toward this adult. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Near Rockport, Texas, Janua ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:39:28 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-15/461133896_R5Z5u-Th.jpg 2009-01-18 10:03:42 c82770dc5a42a3daa8f7216a6b46d42b a7d63abaa8ab9659e0c98fec42d1f1b6 fa29b2119b7a6ede07cf97465db20841 7aa641b1d296aa419af3772cb5fafc57 947bc05fa07161620e757fa71696e579 e3933d67881d59b0638d4bafb385968c 755c3881994f2fd1f2820c38ab44b2c1 Strolling through the mudflats keeping a watchful eye out for its young which was just behind it and walking toward this adult. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Near Rockport, Texas, Janua ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Strolling through the mudflats keeping a watchful eye out for its young which was just behind it and walking toward this adult. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Near Rockport, Texas, Janua ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#461133896_R5Z5u" title="Strolling through the mudflats keeping a watchful eye out for its young which was just behind it and walking toward this adult. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Near Rockport, Texas, Janua ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-15/461133896_R5Z5u-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Strolling through the mudflats keeping a watchful eye out for its young which was just behind it and walking toward this adult. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Near Rockport, Texas, Janua ..." title="Strolling through the mudflats keeping a watchful eye out for its young which was just behind it and walking toward this adult. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Near Rockport, Texas, Janua ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge crane, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#458640009_Jvszk <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />I was able to sneak up to this whooping crane family. There were in a small cove that makes up the Texas Intracoastal Highway. Since the tide was out, the boat operator let me off on a sma ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#458640009_Jvszk" title="I was able to sneak up to this whooping crane family. There were in a small cove that makes up the Texas Intracoastal Highway. Since the tide was out, the boat operator let me off on a sma ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-4/458640009_Jvszk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="131" alt="I was able to sneak up to this whooping crane family. There were in a small cove that makes up the Texas Intracoastal Highway. Since the tide was out, the boat operator let me off on a sma ..." title="I was able to sneak up to this whooping crane family. There were in a small cove that makes up the Texas Intracoastal Highway. Since the tide was out, the boat operator let me off on a sma ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:25:59 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-4/458640009_Jvszk-Th.jpg 2009-01-18 12:27:47 51859c71208b51d42d7e38ab4590955a 346b2eadb3932a0fc45e32d1ae3dc85d 7c93f613f3dd3b2016b4cee02dd2401b b6c526fb55472b8c137371d4ad4fa3ef ec68b4a083a61378e613eebe3bb12876 d6c64df26fa2a770b1ea70ea3afc901a 607e8f9cdd27d4814c0d02a98249590b I was able to sneak up to this whooping crane family. There were in a small cove that makes up the Texas Intracoastal Highway. Since the tide was out, the boat operator let me off on a sma ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />I was able to sneak up to this whooping crane family. There were in a small cove that makes up the Texas Intracoastal Highway. Since the tide was out, the boat operator let me off on a sma ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#458640009_Jvszk" title="I was able to sneak up to this whooping crane family. There were in a small cove that makes up the Texas Intracoastal Highway. Since the tide was out, the boat operator let me off on a sma ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-4/458640009_Jvszk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="131" alt="I was able to sneak up to this whooping crane family. There were in a small cove that makes up the Texas Intracoastal Highway. Since the tide was out, the boat operator let me off on a sma ..." title="I was able to sneak up to this whooping crane family. There were in a small cove that makes up the Texas Intracoastal Highway. Since the tide was out, the boat operator let me off on a sma ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, crane, bird, aransas national wildlife refuge Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#460407802_x6Pyz <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />I was fortunate to be able to approach this family in "stealth" mode. My boat operator had dropped me off about 200 yards away on a small island. I walked, crouched and eventually crawled ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#460407802_x6Pyz" title="I was fortunate to be able to approach this family in "stealth" mode. My boat operator had dropped me off about 200 yards away on a small island. I walked, crouched and eventually crawled ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-3dodged/460407802_x6Pyz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I was fortunate to be able to approach this family in "stealth" mode. My boat operator had dropped me off about 200 yards away on a small island. I walked, crouched and eventually crawled ..." title="I was fortunate to be able to approach this family in "stealth" mode. My boat operator had dropped me off about 200 yards away on a small island. I walked, crouched and eventually crawled ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:22:46 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-3dodged/460407802_x6Pyz-Th.jpg 2009-01-18 12:24:32 52b219df3dc9248b100083f23b5f7b54 3db195808638c7ace79d9c8d76810a2d 742a49ee435818425ed71b5940517bc9 a302c172d3af87f1d2b7d7e5640d0fa3 9cf3b37bdcb4e471aaec0c8ee81f0b51 0f461ddc20ddee2cfe164ed2143cbf38 fe24f933a52485b5e1c90f5420e5a099 I was fortunate to be able to approach this family in "stealth" mode. My boat operator had dropped me off about 200 yards away on a small island. I walked, crouched and eventually crawled ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />I was fortunate to be able to approach this family in "stealth" mode. My boat operator had dropped me off about 200 yards away on a small island. I walked, crouched and eventually crawled ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#460407802_x6Pyz" title="I was fortunate to be able to approach this family in "stealth" mode. My boat operator had dropped me off about 200 yards away on a small island. I walked, crouched and eventually crawled ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-3dodged/460407802_x6Pyz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I was fortunate to be able to approach this family in "stealth" mode. My boat operator had dropped me off about 200 yards away on a small island. I walked, crouched and eventually crawled ..." title="I was fortunate to be able to approach this family in "stealth" mode. My boat operator had dropped me off about 200 yards away on a small island. I walked, crouched and eventually crawled ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, crane, bird, aransas national wildlife refuge Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#463148841_dcMxA <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />A trio of whooping cranes feeding in a quiet cove along the Texas Intracoastal Highway near Aransas NWR. I was laying down on my stomach on a berm that bordered this cove. Near Rockport, T ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#463148841_dcMxA" title="A trio of whooping cranes feeding in a quiet cove along the Texas Intracoastal Highway near Aransas NWR. I was laying down on my stomach on a berm that bordered this cove. Near Rockport, T ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-2/463148841_dcMxA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="A trio of whooping cranes feeding in a quiet cove along the Texas Intracoastal Highway near Aransas NWR. I was laying down on my stomach on a berm that bordered this cove. Near Rockport, T ..." title="A trio of whooping cranes feeding in a quiet cove along the Texas Intracoastal Highway near Aransas NWR. I was laying down on my stomach on a berm that bordered this cove. Near Rockport, T ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:06:08 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-2/463148841_dcMxA-Th.jpg 2009-01-18 12:22:42 66b6fb331a706948187a3fef648164a3 6bc2a2ca43b2f2363340b89f2ec3d7db c3e82be1c2bb3bc1126109751112b4b2 4ce98c44cf007c72675b24d32dab37d5 0ac0326d85517f032e19f2f981cb8f42 45f38412420c5794621a163ee17badb5 03cf42838dc5a07574e13f38b67aebf9 A trio of whooping cranes feeding in a quiet cove along the Texas Intracoastal Highway near Aransas NWR. I was laying down on my stomach on a berm that bordered this cove. Near Rockport, T ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />A trio of whooping cranes feeding in a quiet cove along the Texas Intracoastal Highway near Aransas NWR. I was laying down on my stomach on a berm that bordered this cove. Near Rockport, T ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#463148841_dcMxA" title="A trio of whooping cranes feeding in a quiet cove along the Texas Intracoastal Highway near Aransas NWR. I was laying down on my stomach on a berm that bordered this cove. Near Rockport, T ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-2/463148841_dcMxA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="A trio of whooping cranes feeding in a quiet cove along the Texas Intracoastal Highway near Aransas NWR. I was laying down on my stomach on a berm that bordered this cove. Near Rockport, T ..." title="A trio of whooping cranes feeding in a quiet cove along the Texas Intracoastal Highway near Aransas NWR. I was laying down on my stomach on a berm that bordered this cove. Near Rockport, T ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, crane, bird, aransas national wildlife refuge Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#463454181_64Rmp <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This small family group of whooping cranes allowed me to approach rather closely as they felt relatively protected by the confines of this small cove in which they were foraging for food. T ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#463454181_64Rmp" title="This small family group of whooping cranes allowed me to approach rather closely as they felt relatively protected by the confines of this small cove in which they were foraging for food. T ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/whooping-crane-17/463454181_64Rmp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="117" alt="This small family group of whooping cranes allowed me to approach rather closely as they felt relatively protected by the confines of this small cove in which they were foraging for food. T ..." title="This small family group of whooping cranes allowed me to approach rather closely as they felt relatively protected by the confines of this small cove in which they were foraging for food. T ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:17:35 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/whooping-crane-17/463454181_64Rmp-Th.jpg 2009-01-18 12:21:36 28.17572263470000 -96.85763597490000 0 0f79edd71cd0bed0454d370db953d2dc f57a4227fed63b736f3cc63a0490cff9 d0805482223ec3c4ace24426f847522c 5a4d1936b26138c66d66bc1fbcb4308b 9a4689dfbbcb2be0d5d94f3603fe439a 5b519085642284e5e25fb23b1fe2920f 1a7684084fa560363570545649128d6b This small family group of whooping cranes allowed me to approach rather closely as they felt relatively protected by the confines of this small cove in which they were foraging for food. T ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This small family group of whooping cranes allowed me to approach rather closely as they felt relatively protected by the confines of this small cove in which they were foraging for food. T ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#463454181_64Rmp" title="This small family group of whooping cranes allowed me to approach rather closely as they felt relatively protected by the confines of this small cove in which they were foraging for food. T ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/whooping-crane-17/463454181_64Rmp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="117" alt="This small family group of whooping cranes allowed me to approach rather closely as they felt relatively protected by the confines of this small cove in which they were foraging for food. T ..." title="This small family group of whooping cranes allowed me to approach rather closely as they felt relatively protected by the confines of this small cove in which they were foraging for food. T ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge crane, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#463433225_HW5pJ <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />"Dad, are you finding anything under there?" This pair, a male adult whooping crane, I think, and a juvenile, was looking for lunch around midday in a small cove near the Aransas National W ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#463433225_HW5pJ" title=""Dad, are you finding anything under there?" This pair, a male adult whooping crane, I think, and a juvenile, was looking for lunch around midday in a small cove near the Aransas National W ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-13/463433225_HW5pJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="131" alt=""Dad, are you finding anything under there?" This pair, a male adult whooping crane, I think, and a juvenile, was looking for lunch around midday in a small cove near the Aransas National W ..." title=""Dad, are you finding anything under there?" This pair, a male adult whooping crane, I think, and a juvenile, was looking for lunch around midday in a small cove near the Aransas National W ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:34:21 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-13/463433225_HW5pJ-Th.jpg 2009-01-18 12:13:17 95def9b4308d5e5198ec3d883ef2a709 94043c1a07476257f11d7ded159be6c9 c8567fb345b9ec6b040646c57736b762 4a6d77b7e5de5942743ce363fa5ef8e8 29a852ff4c3fd612aec87e6747f8765f 58e958af9a6737ec045e13dce71a70c8 f030e024c24ce8b8156fc297d7d4ac99 "Dad, are you finding anything under there?" This pair, a male adult whooping crane, I think, and a juvenile, was looking for lunch around midday in a small cove near the Aransas National W ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />"Dad, are you finding anything under there?" This pair, a male adult whooping crane, I think, and a juvenile, was looking for lunch around midday in a small cove near the Aransas National W ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#463433225_HW5pJ" title=""Dad, are you finding anything under there?" This pair, a male adult whooping crane, I think, and a juvenile, was looking for lunch around midday in a small cove near the Aransas National W ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-13/463433225_HW5pJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="131" alt=""Dad, are you finding anything under there?" This pair, a male adult whooping crane, I think, and a juvenile, was looking for lunch around midday in a small cove near the Aransas National W ..." title=""Dad, are you finding anything under there?" This pair, a male adult whooping crane, I think, and a juvenile, was looking for lunch around midday in a small cove near the Aransas National W ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge crane, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#461102348_bwU3U <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Crouching, stumbling, getting stuck in mud up to my calf, crawling on my hands and knees, water in my shoes, but I finally arrived to a part of this cove where I could photograph this handso ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#461102348_bwU3U" title="Crouching, stumbling, getting stuck in mud up to my calf, crawling on my hands and knees, water in my shoes, but I finally arrived to a part of this cove where I could photograph this handso ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/whooping-crane-18/461102348_bwU3U-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Crouching, stumbling, getting stuck in mud up to my calf, crawling on my hands and knees, water in my shoes, but I finally arrived to a part of this cove where I could photograph this handso ..." title="Crouching, stumbling, getting stuck in mud up to my calf, crawling on my hands and knees, water in my shoes, but I finally arrived to a part of this cove where I could photograph this handso ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:50:30 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/whooping-crane-18/461102348_bwU3U-Th.jpg 2009-01-18 12:22:01 cdb33d7d67b2c1c09d85c41c154297bd 23496df51e8e79e1daef43953b53705c d569cf543f619d02fa92ea1a146405af c504a141ab6ba11518dbf6f82486105a 3098895ec2da900020024a7594274541 19dfaa1f89ab7874f06c6e031ae5105a 04093bfd66fe6637f1c849fe878b83c1 Crouching, stumbling, getting stuck in mud up to my calf, crawling on my hands and knees, water in my shoes, but I finally arrived to a part of this cove where I could photograph this handso ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Crouching, stumbling, getting stuck in mud up to my calf, crawling on my hands and knees, water in my shoes, but I finally arrived to a part of this cove where I could photograph this handso ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#461102348_bwU3U" title="Crouching, stumbling, getting stuck in mud up to my calf, crawling on my hands and knees, water in my shoes, but I finally arrived to a part of this cove where I could photograph this handso ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/whooping-crane-18/461102348_bwU3U-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Crouching, stumbling, getting stuck in mud up to my calf, crawling on my hands and knees, water in my shoes, but I finally arrived to a part of this cove where I could photograph this handso ..." title="Crouching, stumbling, getting stuck in mud up to my calf, crawling on my hands and knees, water in my shoes, but I finally arrived to a part of this cove where I could photograph this handso ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge crane, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#460058575_yPqqi <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This was image is another where I was laying on my stomach on berm looking into a small cove on the Texas Intracoastal Highway. The Aransas NWR is in the background. Matagorda Island and m ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#460058575_yPqqi" title="This was image is another where I was laying on my stomach on berm looking into a small cove on the Texas Intracoastal Highway. The Aransas NWR is in the background. Matagorda Island and m ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/whooping-crane-16resized/460058575_yPqqi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="This was image is another where I was laying on my stomach on berm looking into a small cove on the Texas Intracoastal Highway. The Aransas NWR is in the background. Matagorda Island and m ..." title="This was image is another where I was laying on my stomach on berm looking into a small cove on the Texas Intracoastal Highway. The Aransas NWR is in the background. Matagorda Island and m ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:43:30 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/whooping-crane-16resized/460058575_yPqqi-Th.jpg 2009-01-18 12:14:15 6eb7691f4f670d288ab084a07156b492 483ac48c72ff85822d69d56db67195a4 224c1a8cc4c858902dc5f5a2cfb8bbdf 0f3600a34876c62af4410cebbad1e2ce a496fd7dd49e6aef56adad8c65d1749e bf26646fd4e2cc2aad9fe65e5b126dc7 334f2561d79ea2263cd1c00fa17b497d This was image is another where I was laying on my stomach on berm looking into a small cove on the Texas Intracoastal Highway. The Aransas NWR is in the background. Matagorda Island and m ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This was image is another where I was laying on my stomach on berm looking into a small cove on the Texas Intracoastal Highway. The Aransas NWR is in the background. Matagorda Island and m ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#460058575_yPqqi" title="This was image is another where I was laying on my stomach on berm looking into a small cove on the Texas Intracoastal Highway. The Aransas NWR is in the background. Matagorda Island and m ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/whooping-crane-16resized/460058575_yPqqi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="This was image is another where I was laying on my stomach on berm looking into a small cove on the Texas Intracoastal Highway. The Aransas NWR is in the background. Matagorda Island and m ..." title="This was image is another where I was laying on my stomach on berm looking into a small cove on the Texas Intracoastal Highway. The Aransas NWR is in the background. Matagorda Island and m ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, crane, bird, aransas national wildlife refuge Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#458904779_UWZLp <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Off in the distance, I took a picture of this adult whooping crane as it foraged in the shallow waters of a small cove in the waters surrounding the Aransas National Wildlfe Refuge. Near Ro ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#458904779_UWZLp" title="Off in the distance, I took a picture of this adult whooping crane as it foraged in the shallow waters of a small cove in the waters surrounding the Aransas National Wildlfe Refuge. Near Ro ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-14/458904779_UWZLp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="125" alt="Off in the distance, I took a picture of this adult whooping crane as it foraged in the shallow waters of a small cove in the waters surrounding the Aransas National Wildlfe Refuge. Near Ro ..." title="Off in the distance, I took a picture of this adult whooping crane as it foraged in the shallow waters of a small cove in the waters surrounding the Aransas National Wildlfe Refuge. Near Ro ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:39:35 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-14/458904779_UWZLp-Th.jpg 2009-01-18 12:17:07 917323eb834227dc5b3a89749633b40b a239f0621d6bcd9a7ca232e621e7637a dfb6e1b26c42c428aa6f829221e382dd 5741f87e1e51c9f6fd91fb381258baf4 00f6b0624ecb4f09f2ea4e6ede0e43b1 70862ba60f11274e70b1b53ad41b912f 15d66a219f12eed8b7a08c21808d8236 Off in the distance, I took a picture of this adult whooping crane as it foraged in the shallow waters of a small cove in the waters surrounding the Aransas National Wildlfe Refuge. Near Ro ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Off in the distance, I took a picture of this adult whooping crane as it foraged in the shallow waters of a small cove in the waters surrounding the Aransas National Wildlfe Refuge. Near Ro ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#458904779_UWZLp" title="Off in the distance, I took a picture of this adult whooping crane as it foraged in the shallow waters of a small cove in the waters surrounding the Aransas National Wildlfe Refuge. Near Ro ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-14/458904779_UWZLp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="125" alt="Off in the distance, I took a picture of this adult whooping crane as it foraged in the shallow waters of a small cove in the waters surrounding the Aransas National Wildlfe Refuge. Near Ro ..." title="Off in the distance, I took a picture of this adult whooping crane as it foraged in the shallow waters of a small cove in the waters surrounding the Aransas National Wildlfe Refuge. Near Ro ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, crane, bird, aransas national wildlife refuge Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225857892_TpJsr <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This fine whooping crane gave me a nice pose so I took the shot under partly cloudy skies at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. The cloudy skies again brought out the y ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225857892_TpJsr" title="This fine whooping crane gave me a nice pose so I took the shot under partly cloudy skies at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. The cloudy skies again brought out the y ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-16/225857892_TpJsr-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="This fine whooping crane gave me a nice pose so I took the shot under partly cloudy skies at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. The cloudy skies again brought out the y ..." title="This fine whooping crane gave me a nice pose so I took the shot under partly cloudy skies at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. The cloudy skies again brought out the y ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:56:35 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-16/225857892_TpJsr-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 11:25:56 57e14513e51657723b2b815bf94cc307 e0a593bbbac3ccdadee5598b8e772837 747fc3bff2a05ffe79e67f5ddacb682a c461e16c6c479030f04019f1ff7cb52b bbd77371b5a285594e2846d971ddfbbc 3cae44ec1bb480d7bf1b405b5fa166ae dc46bd5d883107c7688e9743c4c3aef0 This fine whooping crane gave me a nice pose so I took the shot under partly cloudy skies at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. The cloudy skies again brought out the y ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This fine whooping crane gave me a nice pose so I took the shot under partly cloudy skies at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. The cloudy skies again brought out the y ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225857892_TpJsr" title="This fine whooping crane gave me a nice pose so I took the shot under partly cloudy skies at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. The cloudy skies again brought out the y ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-16/225857892_TpJsr-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="This fine whooping crane gave me a nice pose so I took the shot under partly cloudy skies at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. The cloudy skies again brought out the y ..." title="This fine whooping crane gave me a nice pose so I took the shot under partly cloudy skies at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. The cloudy skies again brought out the y ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225857610_BTH6H <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping c ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225857610_BTH6H" title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping c ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-Trumpet/225857610_BTH6H-Th-1.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping c ..." title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping c ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:55:35 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-Trumpet/225857610_BTH6H-Th-1.jpg 2007-11-20 14:51:38 28.18185092410000 -96.85216426850000 0 73d173a81f0da7615e92e73e3400fcf7 cb71fd231a2af9ea509283c81b822473 6b5e1ce698a2b87530f4660738221c78 5714dcff536d7024f6143dfe884f1e21 a0e7ffd8f772c47a2a467f5f373edce7 05e75d37b2ad9e05a41f4aa195bf51f4 2d57657c55347d30d612b9369cafda00 Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping c ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping c ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225857610_BTH6H" title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping c ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-Trumpet/225857610_BTH6H-Th-1.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping c ..." title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping c ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge crane, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#337721271_8FXY9 <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is the very next frame following the previous photo. The whooping crane is still trumpeting loudly. Barrier island in the Texas Intracoastal Highway, near Rockport, Texas, November 20 ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#337721271_8FXY9" title="This is the very next frame following the previous photo. The whooping crane is still trumpeting loudly. Barrier island in the Texas Intracoastal Highway, near Rockport, Texas, November 20 ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-56/337721271_8FXY9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is the very next frame following the previous photo. The whooping crane is still trumpeting loudly. Barrier island in the Texas Intracoastal Highway, near Rockport, Texas, November 20 ..." title="This is the very next frame following the previous photo. The whooping crane is still trumpeting loudly. Barrier island in the Texas Intracoastal Highway, near Rockport, Texas, November 20 ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:55:31 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-56/337721271_8FXY9-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 14:51:38 181850823174bde2246621c37b38e56c 02733da3c6e711159470b6bf5d7fa7cb 0d3d5f70c00c4d0b4fc9df0ab00f766b 3b21545780c0bad7af20cb990df6d1c4 b41c2f35bedbce1f9e04a25f6e4f5c53 e34e1d194c81c5a3ff559cc2582564b7 425f403fd73daab567fc2fbb33ed436f This is the very next frame following the previous photo. The whooping crane is still trumpeting loudly. Barrier island in the Texas Intracoastal Highway, near Rockport, Texas, November 20 ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is the very next frame following the previous photo. The whooping crane is still trumpeting loudly. Barrier island in the Texas Intracoastal Highway, near Rockport, Texas, November 20 ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#337721271_8FXY9" title="This is the very next frame following the previous photo. The whooping crane is still trumpeting loudly. Barrier island in the Texas Intracoastal Highway, near Rockport, Texas, November 20 ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-56/337721271_8FXY9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is the very next frame following the previous photo. The whooping crane is still trumpeting loudly. Barrier island in the Texas Intracoastal Highway, near Rockport, Texas, November 20 ..." title="This is the very next frame following the previous photo. The whooping crane is still trumpeting loudly. Barrier island in the Texas Intracoastal Highway, near Rockport, Texas, November 20 ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge crane, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225860260_27Tp3 <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is was one of the juvenile whooping cranes we saw near its parents at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007, near Rockport, Texas. We were able to get close to the ju ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225860260_27Tp3" title="This is was one of the juvenile whooping cranes we saw near its parents at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007, near Rockport, Texas. We were able to get close to the ju ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-44/225860260_27Tp3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is was one of the juvenile whooping cranes we saw near its parents at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007, near Rockport, Texas. We were able to get close to the ju ..." title="This is was one of the juvenile whooping cranes we saw near its parents at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007, near Rockport, Texas. We were able to get close to the ju ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:04:20 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-44/225860260_27Tp3-Th.jpg 2007-11-19 23:26:43 1dfaf41c03390ea870f5285353d2588f 20e3e4254b351aede449eef697a53e3f abba69b3f991feec18a6657d0529b43f 9649757a05f7978b30885f1a07435472 3a682876f538c08cd02c2f59926c8908 ebb3e8bcb443f3e5ec581d1c021131a2 d5359514eee87fc40ee63d64b8b07087 This is was one of the juvenile whooping cranes we saw near its parents at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007, near Rockport, Texas. We were able to get close to the ju ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is was one of the juvenile whooping cranes we saw near its parents at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007, near Rockport, Texas. We were able to get close to the ju ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225860260_27Tp3" title="This is was one of the juvenile whooping cranes we saw near its parents at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007, near Rockport, Texas. We were able to get close to the ju ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-44/225860260_27Tp3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is was one of the juvenile whooping cranes we saw near its parents at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007, near Rockport, Texas. We were able to get close to the ju ..." title="This is was one of the juvenile whooping cranes we saw near its parents at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007, near Rockport, Texas. We were able to get close to the ju ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225857740_AJthH <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is was one of the juvenile whooping cranes we saw near its parents at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007, near Rockport, Texas. The red area on its bill is actuall ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225857740_AJthH" title="This is was one of the juvenile whooping cranes we saw near its parents at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007, near Rockport, Texas. The red area on its bill is actuall ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-15/225857740_AJthH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is was one of the juvenile whooping cranes we saw near its parents at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007, near Rockport, Texas. The red area on its bill is actuall ..." title="This is was one of the juvenile whooping cranes we saw near its parents at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007, near Rockport, Texas. The red area on its bill is actuall ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:56:03 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-15/225857740_AJthH-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 11:25:45 a14400ded0c43e7437f2f4c4859c3bf8 fef001613167dd22f07d5fef3abefbd7 5d330f55e6c229e1285777bbc29ef23a 44b0c551575394fd881d79cfc07d128b b7b9c235d0cf2cad277585e4ca65164c e5ec1a55aeb7bbeb09565d379ed8988d a2af8332ef9c4a7d4ad2134a666b129c This is was one of the juvenile whooping cranes we saw near its parents at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007, near Rockport, Texas. The red area on its bill is actuall ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is was one of the juvenile whooping cranes we saw near its parents at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007, near Rockport, Texas. The red area on its bill is actuall ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225857740_AJthH" title="This is was one of the juvenile whooping cranes we saw near its parents at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007, near Rockport, Texas. The red area on its bill is actuall ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-15/225857740_AJthH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is was one of the juvenile whooping cranes we saw near its parents at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007, near Rockport, Texas. The red area on its bill is actuall ..." title="This is was one of the juvenile whooping cranes we saw near its parents at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007, near Rockport, Texas. The red area on its bill is actuall ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird, juvenile Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225906528_osur9 <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is another picture taken by my wife. This low angle shot is of a juvenile whooping crane foraging. If one looks closely at the end of its bill, one can see that very same red flower s ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225906528_osur9" title="This is another picture taken by my wife. This low angle shot is of a juvenile whooping crane foraging. If one looks closely at the end of its bill, one can see that very same red flower s ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-45/225906528_osur9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is another picture taken by my wife. This low angle shot is of a juvenile whooping crane foraging. If one looks closely at the end of its bill, one can see that very same red flower s ..." title="This is another picture taken by my wife. This low angle shot is of a juvenile whooping crane foraging. If one looks closely at the end of its bill, one can see that very same red flower s ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:18:50 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-45/225906528_osur9-Th.jpg 2007-11-19 23:25:53 93eb95c2c3d35f84edaed53c935d97ea 2ff7793cc25fc2d221a47f6db2d6e05c 245ae6711d439b725693804a9c7b5d77 d8940a90d585d070b767486e8b934bbd 88018e65f5cf8b04aa058ddcb5600823 e3cf8a23b8f02bdab9238f5a6b4366ed 4904783fbed9241d8811c9781416f916 This is another picture taken by my wife. This low angle shot is of a juvenile whooping crane foraging. If one looks closely at the end of its bill, one can see that very same red flower s ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is another picture taken by my wife. This low angle shot is of a juvenile whooping crane foraging. If one looks closely at the end of its bill, one can see that very same red flower s ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225906528_osur9" title="This is another picture taken by my wife. This low angle shot is of a juvenile whooping crane foraging. If one looks closely at the end of its bill, one can see that very same red flower s ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-45/225906528_osur9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is another picture taken by my wife. This low angle shot is of a juvenile whooping crane foraging. If one looks closely at the end of its bill, one can see that very same red flower s ..." title="This is another picture taken by my wife. This low angle shot is of a juvenile whooping crane foraging. If one looks closely at the end of its bill, one can see that very same red flower s ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#233323087_qPKHN <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is a juvenile whooping crane from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas. This juvenile had just made the trip from the northern Canadian breeding grounds where it was b ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#233323087_qPKHN" title="This is a juvenile whooping crane from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas. This juvenile had just made the trip from the northern Canadian breeding grounds where it was b ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-juvenile/233323087_qPKHN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is a juvenile whooping crane from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas. This juvenile had just made the trip from the northern Canadian breeding grounds where it was b ..." title="This is a juvenile whooping crane from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas. This juvenile had just made the trip from the northern Canadian breeding grounds where it was b ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:57:11 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-juvenile/233323087_qPKHN-Th.jpg 2007-11-19 23:26:21 c0751b889e1404ee4bfd1a7be80fcbe9 72040cc4825ecf18bcaad5d064e32405 55e988b707581d8d86212f07c554d590 0f8eb2a279cf3b5c1c7ba5dd33e06d20 651fdd64c01f43704206bfdd518aa85d a1c9babe673ebdf3354a32875b68cdf0 429dbac055021a8d0730fe6b223ec850 This is a juvenile whooping crane from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas. This juvenile had just made the trip from the northern Canadian breeding grounds where it was b ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is a juvenile whooping crane from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas. This juvenile had just made the trip from the northern Canadian breeding grounds where it was b ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#233323087_qPKHN" title="This is a juvenile whooping crane from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas. This juvenile had just made the trip from the northern Canadian breeding grounds where it was b ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-juvenile/233323087_qPKHN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is a juvenile whooping crane from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas. This juvenile had just made the trip from the northern Canadian breeding grounds where it was b ..." title="This is a juvenile whooping crane from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas. This juvenile had just made the trip from the northern Canadian breeding grounds where it was b ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225857671_QVxQ4 <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This image was actually captured by my wife using my back-up camera. I think she did a great job and it was the only good shot of a whooping crane in flight that we got the whole day. Nove ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225857671_QVxQ4" title="This image was actually captured by my wife using my back-up camera. I think she did a great job and it was the only good shot of a whooping crane in flight that we got the whole day. Nove ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-38/225857671_QVxQ4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This image was actually captured by my wife using my back-up camera. I think she did a great job and it was the only good shot of a whooping crane in flight that we got the whole day. Nove ..." title="This image was actually captured by my wife using my back-up camera. I think she did a great job and it was the only good shot of a whooping crane in flight that we got the whole day. Nove ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:55:48 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-38/225857671_QVxQ4-Th.jpg 2007-11-19 23:26:46 92ab868b511fee093e45dc097a618cc6 15ef15c0a91f08f083e6e36241a8740a 61dab4230c17bd57105ad481d7f97522 4a7bec8a2e1a9a83706be8bdcde8787f 520c207c03c1ea85c7e3e9be1e5277e6 442e026b6f5c5e2b6d06dc22024851b4 7ec0aa3fc485d1d1c082b0cbe5d3bf24 This image was actually captured by my wife using my back-up camera. I think she did a great job and it was the only good shot of a whooping crane in flight that we got the whole day. Nove ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This image was actually captured by my wife using my back-up camera. I think she did a great job and it was the only good shot of a whooping crane in flight that we got the whole day. Nove ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225857671_QVxQ4" title="This image was actually captured by my wife using my back-up camera. I think she did a great job and it was the only good shot of a whooping crane in flight that we got the whole day. Nove ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-38/225857671_QVxQ4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This image was actually captured by my wife using my back-up camera. I think she did a great job and it was the only good shot of a whooping crane in flight that we got the whole day. Nove ..." title="This image was actually captured by my wife using my back-up camera. I think she did a great job and it was the only good shot of a whooping crane in flight that we got the whole day. Nove ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#236281662_NyX3i <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Momentarily looking down at something that caught its eye. Whatever it was, it didn't go try to catch it as it pulled up and started slowing strolling on after looking down. Aransas Nation ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#236281662_NyX3i" title="Momentarily looking down at something that caught its eye. Whatever it was, it didn't go try to catch it as it pulled up and started slowing strolling on after looking down. Aransas Nation ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-35/236281662_NyX3i-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Momentarily looking down at something that caught its eye. Whatever it was, it didn't go try to catch it as it pulled up and started slowing strolling on after looking down. Aransas Nation ..." title="Momentarily looking down at something that caught its eye. Whatever it was, it didn't go try to catch it as it pulled up and started slowing strolling on after looking down. Aransas Nation ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:37:15 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-35/236281662_NyX3i-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 14:52:31 421a6be338308c8874a7b396cc31d99e c588cd2914d41212f2d4168ff8c9bab0 0e4f6a46fdf317e72e69160b2ac8c304 e17cea60039dbb75386da92996c88f81 8ca4f6d77d6bb6bdfd79ae875d1cc4b8 082660c1e6461ea961898b4709f11ea2 7bc6054a3d642c106bf351c045695ed9 Momentarily looking down at something that caught its eye. Whatever it was, it didn't go try to catch it as it pulled up and started slowing strolling on after looking down. Aransas Nation ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Momentarily looking down at something that caught its eye. Whatever it was, it didn't go try to catch it as it pulled up and started slowing strolling on after looking down. Aransas Nation ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#236281662_NyX3i" title="Momentarily looking down at something that caught its eye. Whatever it was, it didn't go try to catch it as it pulled up and started slowing strolling on after looking down. Aransas Nation ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-35/236281662_NyX3i-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Momentarily looking down at something that caught its eye. Whatever it was, it didn't go try to catch it as it pulled up and started slowing strolling on after looking down. Aransas Nation ..." title="Momentarily looking down at something that caught its eye. Whatever it was, it didn't go try to catch it as it pulled up and started slowing strolling on after looking down. Aransas Nation ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, cranes, aransas, bird, aransas national wildlife refuge Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#226650380_kMV5G <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />The pair separated a bit and I was able to capture this one walking through the grasses. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#226650380_kMV5G" title="The pair separated a bit and I was able to capture this one walking through the grasses. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-24/226650380_kMV5G-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The pair separated a bit and I was able to capture this one walking through the grasses. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007." title="The pair separated a bit and I was able to capture this one walking through the grasses. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:55:56 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-24/226650380_kMV5G-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 14:53:11 50f13d91f74173a3f8d31e37662a89a5 5512d74c6146510e50559376c02408b4 dbc78a53c2219a626b766c53b53296dd f583a3083f88dfe198c5ffee8c32c23f f1647e80678f9d4e9f3d60eeb515d106 e70b84261812c9d2d2d0a6736879bb3c 04efdb0919dab1e3f7d98ddf33d7da7f The pair separated a bit and I was able to capture this one walking through the grasses. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007. <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />The pair separated a bit and I was able to capture this one walking through the grasses. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#226650380_kMV5G" title="The pair separated a bit and I was able to capture this one walking through the grasses. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-24/226650380_kMV5G-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The pair separated a bit and I was able to capture this one walking through the grasses. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007." title="The pair separated a bit and I was able to capture this one walking through the grasses. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, November 20, 2007." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#235055332_ECwf8 <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Walking across sandy ground on one of the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas, November 20, 2007.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#235055332_ECwf8" title="Walking across sandy ground on one of the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas, November 20, 2007."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-20b/235055332_ECwf8-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Walking across sandy ground on one of the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas, November 20, 2007." title="Walking across sandy ground on one of the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas, November 20, 2007." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:43:14 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-20b/235055332_ECwf8-Th-1.jpg 2007-11-20 14:40:09 94c676109d545474b70d578b310a8f28 6c9f4fd91d06f5e2e21c47e49b8794b1 9036abb546c9aa7b418ee8ede9c0c482 974f7cfbcb95c5f1ff5a1559ea92e2ce ca413888981ab4496354621b92811994 3d7161a1db67e9d45b4de4b268539850 a48357f184524cfadb0d692bad61374c Walking across sandy ground on one of the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas, November 20, 2007. <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Walking across sandy ground on one of the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas, November 20, 2007.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#235055332_ECwf8" title="Walking across sandy ground on one of the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas, November 20, 2007."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-20b/235055332_ECwf8-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Walking across sandy ground on one of the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas, November 20, 2007." title="Walking across sandy ground on one of the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas, November 20, 2007." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225857968_rY48X <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small islands on the outer banks at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. This one was looking back at its mate who was bit slow. I ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225857968_rY48X" title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small islands on the outer banks at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. This one was looking back at its mate who was bit slow. I ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-17b/225857968_rY48X-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small islands on the outer banks at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. This one was looking back at its mate who was bit slow. I ..." title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small islands on the outer banks at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. This one was looking back at its mate who was bit slow. I ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:56:54 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-17b/225857968_rY48X-Th-1.jpg 2007-11-20 14:39:54 28.18152938680000 -96.85236811640000 0 4cab0c317d20a671a5dd74c3a5dafb76 4b647c06c0f8b380c7a8c7bdf8c11097 a4ca7e083f1bd63c7ef0ac4b0f74c117 f4abd6f5f4691b32dd20bef3a671373e 547acc729654a0eb041761c22dc4b841 24a06192a9c5ffbbd42177a4fad309da 21af075cb9de0f6458ce144d5dcc1e1f Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small islands on the outer banks at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. This one was looking back at its mate who was bit slow. I ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small islands on the outer banks at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. This one was looking back at its mate who was bit slow. I ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225857968_rY48X" title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small islands on the outer banks at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. This one was looking back at its mate who was bit slow. I ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-17b/225857968_rY48X-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small islands on the outer banks at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. This one was looking back at its mate who was bit slow. I ..." title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small islands on the outer banks at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. This one was looking back at its mate who was bit slow. I ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#226943146_fXyi9 <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />The other adult of the pair was a bit more stoic. It was a much more wary of us. Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockpor ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#226943146_fXyi9" title="The other adult of the pair was a bit more stoic. It was a much more wary of us. Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockpor ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-26/226943146_fXyi9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The other adult of the pair was a bit more stoic. It was a much more wary of us. Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockpor ..." title="The other adult of the pair was a bit more stoic. It was a much more wary of us. Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockpor ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:43:28 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-26/226943146_fXyi9-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 14:52:16 96ccb2b5aff2129663dfa0822b4b1b40 d81d70ac131da574531738b89758f6ab 2d13ca9ac9083ec3aad508801ebd048b c608fa2487179d6abe1c844cdbc14174 830b143e62a82ea401c1de5067062db2 3eaf550732f6ddfc52bf9ed0c20b1270 d9f54816c8f81320f55bf270f12a5629 The other adult of the pair was a bit more stoic. It was a much more wary of us. Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockpor ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />The other adult of the pair was a bit more stoic. It was a much more wary of us. Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockpor ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#226943146_fXyi9" title="The other adult of the pair was a bit more stoic. It was a much more wary of us. Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockpor ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-26/226943146_fXyi9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The other adult of the pair was a bit more stoic. It was a much more wary of us. Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockpor ..." title="The other adult of the pair was a bit more stoic. It was a much more wary of us. Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockpor ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#226943257_vyVb9 <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Whooping Crane from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. This part of the refuge was much closer to Rockport, Texas on a small island in between Aransas NWR and Matagorda Island. The pair had ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#226943257_vyVb9" title="Whooping Crane from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. This part of the refuge was much closer to Rockport, Texas on a small island in between Aransas NWR and Matagorda Island. The pair had ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-30/226943257_vyVb9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Whooping Crane from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. This part of the refuge was much closer to Rockport, Texas on a small island in between Aransas NWR and Matagorda Island. The pair had ..." title="Whooping Crane from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. This part of the refuge was much closer to Rockport, Texas on a small island in between Aransas NWR and Matagorda Island. The pair had ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:43:49 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-30/226943257_vyVb9-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 14:50:43 246eaf104ed76a68fc6cd5e7f3b23f3f c50c493e0c2cfc64b75a42aee4c63606 03d4b693cbf123ba8584a4f49b791f77 f57615e427cfad81401bc3badec05132 667211a2ecd65fca5d8517d8912af9f2 6676023432c0b96e5c5bb1227deb4448 7eb080d16faef55be9a6a5a654b1f94b Whooping Crane from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. This part of the refuge was much closer to Rockport, Texas on a small island in between Aransas NWR and Matagorda Island. The pair had ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Whooping Crane from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. This part of the refuge was much closer to Rockport, Texas on a small island in between Aransas NWR and Matagorda Island. The pair had ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#226943257_vyVb9" title="Whooping Crane from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. This part of the refuge was much closer to Rockport, Texas on a small island in between Aransas NWR and Matagorda Island. The pair had ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-30/226943257_vyVb9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Whooping Crane from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. This part of the refuge was much closer to Rockport, Texas on a small island in between Aransas NWR and Matagorda Island. The pair had ..." title="Whooping Crane from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. This part of the refuge was much closer to Rockport, Texas on a small island in between Aransas NWR and Matagorda Island. The pair had ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225858034_L8abp <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small barrier islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225858034_L8abp" title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small barrier islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-21b/225858034_L8abp-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small barrier islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping ..." title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small barrier islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:57:11 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-21b/225858034_L8abp-Th-1.jpg 2007-11-20 14:40:19 28.18152938680000 -96.85236811640000 0 44c79f2379f2c7d5ecaff53f4277d4f7 043976a6849b7c2122d677e62498e714 a98e8043295c0500b667bcb15c12ca9e 90f8a91c0ace45c44b00da36c3b9f7a4 d38c19765075788f96e6e439bc7f1252 539e051b8b210d5a033f502dd1f4af27 20f3a309edf0696142a4c57fcd404c66 Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small barrier islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small barrier islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225858034_L8abp" title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small barrier islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-21b/225858034_L8abp-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small barrier islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping ..." title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small barrier islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225892604_abFzR <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />After moving down the outer banks just a bit we found another pair of whooping cranes close to shore. These were both trumpeting as we came in closer. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, nea ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225892604_abFzR" title="After moving down the outer banks just a bit we found another pair of whooping cranes close to shore. These were both trumpeting as we came in closer. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, nea ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-23/225892604_abFzR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="After moving down the outer banks just a bit we found another pair of whooping cranes close to shore. These were both trumpeting as we came in closer. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, nea ..." title="After moving down the outer banks just a bit we found another pair of whooping cranes close to shore. These were both trumpeting as we came in closer. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, nea ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:43:52 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-23/225892604_abFzR-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 14:53:16 f4bc270221c7f9f870e2a97adeb6d603 0c124f67881fc1ea7d5a38696d71ca2d 9f4584c21f3cf50d16a9c0944b377664 eef01cdb7b5ac4836f5f2e4fe55c4745 ca6690c9ba512dfa0c9ca4e9d3dd2c30 f39d366a367352295214a46d34ef4a22 d5158894e054e191c0f4dab636bda2ad After moving down the outer banks just a bit we found another pair of whooping cranes close to shore. These were both trumpeting as we came in closer. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, nea ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />After moving down the outer banks just a bit we found another pair of whooping cranes close to shore. These were both trumpeting as we came in closer. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, nea ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225892604_abFzR" title="After moving down the outer banks just a bit we found another pair of whooping cranes close to shore. These were both trumpeting as we came in closer. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, nea ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-23/225892604_abFzR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="After moving down the outer banks just a bit we found another pair of whooping cranes close to shore. These were both trumpeting as we came in closer. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, nea ..." title="After moving down the outer banks just a bit we found another pair of whooping cranes close to shore. These were both trumpeting as we came in closer. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, nea ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#232557269_TbqjZ <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Continuing to track this adult through the grasses, it began to forage but always keeping an eye on me. Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlif ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#232557269_TbqjZ" title="Continuing to track this adult through the grasses, it began to forage but always keeping an eye on me. Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlif ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-25/232557269_TbqjZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Continuing to track this adult through the grasses, it began to forage but always keeping an eye on me. Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlif ..." title="Continuing to track this adult through the grasses, it began to forage but always keeping an eye on me. Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlif ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:14:07 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-25/232557269_TbqjZ-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 14:53:10 25c1342a1f804891accf46c05e868646 fed9409b64213b899d21ea23d6e3b3f1 49e32ee3c3a31721cac8f21367a35c4a 03f4c08a842f1acb4803af31823903da 42e7bf97b6b6720688c6bec8bf837b70 b1c290f2ed581144911c92ffaa2ca163 5f4bf54c9a266a1c6ffef92e6b6e284f Continuing to track this adult through the grasses, it began to forage but always keeping an eye on me. Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlif ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Continuing to track this adult through the grasses, it began to forage but always keeping an eye on me. Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlif ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#232557269_TbqjZ" title="Continuing to track this adult through the grasses, it began to forage but always keeping an eye on me. Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlif ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-25/232557269_TbqjZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Continuing to track this adult through the grasses, it began to forage but always keeping an eye on me. Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlif ..." title="Continuing to track this adult through the grasses, it began to forage but always keeping an eye on me. Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlif ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#232557379_eBwqw <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. These two had quieted down a bit and one was about to begin foraging ag ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#232557379_eBwqw" title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. These two had quieted down a bit and one was about to begin foraging ag ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-29/232557379_eBwqw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. These two had quieted down a bit and one was about to begin foraging ag ..." title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. These two had quieted down a bit and one was about to begin foraging ag ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:14:35 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-29/232557379_eBwqw-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 14:51:22 acf64ce7415c93eb26523c0f9e64fbc9 224efcb7dbe8304af760d4327c6d658c 1abf42df1e2a09f847273e6f123965a3 a151903d93871142a5cfaff1dbcff040 54357d59aad5edf9403adff24f80bd27 21c916996d2a46020332fba98e2a40c2 26054ef6f12fa1886a3e7b75570097d6 Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. These two had quieted down a bit and one was about to begin foraging ag ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. These two had quieted down a bit and one was about to begin foraging ag ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#232557379_eBwqw" title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. These two had quieted down a bit and one was about to begin foraging ag ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-29/232557379_eBwqw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. These two had quieted down a bit and one was about to begin foraging ag ..." title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. These two had quieted down a bit and one was about to begin foraging ag ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225858120_BhPKG <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small barrier islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. The tranquility only lasted a short while as both of them took issue ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225858120_BhPKG" title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small barrier islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. The tranquility only lasted a short while as both of them took issue ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-33/225858120_BhPKG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small barrier islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. The tranquility only lasted a short while as both of them took issue ..." title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small barrier islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. The tranquility only lasted a short while as both of them took issue ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:57:29 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-33/225858120_BhPKG-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 14:51:23 09cce500dcc94bccbd8fd8e0ddd8ba47 1eb922684b90ce0da38b1a3440d7648f b7e5949c602e3ace40f28101ef83ecb9 797ca6870f4b35e6c804f157f73bc5e8 334a97be8930daa5edeb471453a9febe e772d436bcbdc3e77b6127c9a27fefc2 d6c2a76a4156cd18b22972f8a28d6356 Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small barrier islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. The tranquility only lasted a short while as both of them took issue ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small barrier islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. The tranquility only lasted a short while as both of them took issue ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#225858120_BhPKG" title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small barrier islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. The tranquility only lasted a short while as both of them took issue ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-33/225858120_BhPKG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small barrier islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. The tranquility only lasted a short while as both of them took issue ..." title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small barrier islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. The tranquility only lasted a short while as both of them took issue ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#236320131_UrV7X <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />The pair is still foraging. One seems to be preening now. Light and shadows are still harsh, but we were close to the pair. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas, Novembe ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#236320131_UrV7X" title="The pair is still foraging. One seems to be preening now. Light and shadows are still harsh, but we were close to the pair. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas, Novembe ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Cranes-outer-island/236320131_UrV7X-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The pair is still foraging. One seems to be preening now. Light and shadows are still harsh, but we were close to the pair. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas, Novembe ..." title="The pair is still foraging. One seems to be preening now. Light and shadows are still harsh, but we were close to the pair. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas, Novembe ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:34:30 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Cranes-outer-island/236320131_UrV7X-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 14:49:57 72eae7dcfdcb2faacc649223a9e900ab c91fba418e7784f52da2e891983bad1c a3f253b7830c4af5864e3bbb20ab6a5f 616e3e326199ce881c4399ee05e473d1 f0336146304004084252c9aabfa680aa ac67348baf4c41fdad4a802467b21011 458447921a98d5e251af05f086e1db35 The pair is still foraging. One seems to be preening now. Light and shadows are still harsh, but we were close to the pair. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas, Novembe ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />The pair is still foraging. One seems to be preening now. Light and shadows are still harsh, but we were close to the pair. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas, Novembe ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#236320131_UrV7X" title="The pair is still foraging. One seems to be preening now. Light and shadows are still harsh, but we were close to the pair. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas, Novembe ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Cranes-outer-island/236320131_UrV7X-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The pair is still foraging. One seems to be preening now. Light and shadows are still harsh, but we were close to the pair. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas, Novembe ..." title="The pair is still foraging. One seems to be preening now. Light and shadows are still harsh, but we were close to the pair. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas, Novembe ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, aransas national wildlife refuge, cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#226948954_EhgpK <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Back together again, this pair had stopped pretty much in front of our boat. I started taking these pictures very quickly as the one in back was sounding the alarm. This picture was from a ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#226948954_EhgpK" title="Back together again, this pair had stopped pretty much in front of our boat. I started taking these pictures very quickly as the one in back was sounding the alarm. This picture was from a ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-28/226948954_EhgpK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Back together again, this pair had stopped pretty much in front of our boat. I started taking these pictures very quickly as the one in back was sounding the alarm. This picture was from a ..." title="Back together again, this pair had stopped pretty much in front of our boat. I started taking these pictures very quickly as the one in back was sounding the alarm. This picture was from a ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:03:36 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-28/226948954_EhgpK-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 14:51:24 3e07f25d6651ed65498e04ba2ddd36e2 1054275e2e0ff3b20c44ba77b7116597 42906a824db7b23e4453d9d56075d32e 9a750a737dd6e9ebfaba34dcfebc7a18 a9de9cc809e7ad1bb695d1d3e21eae57 2682df739bc2315bc2816e9c80f76b02 0936c8fdf00cd3244e2e55e93629b15c Back together again, this pair had stopped pretty much in front of our boat. I started taking these pictures very quickly as the one in back was sounding the alarm. This picture was from a ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Back together again, this pair had stopped pretty much in front of our boat. I started taking these pictures very quickly as the one in back was sounding the alarm. This picture was from a ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#226948954_EhgpK" title="Back together again, this pair had stopped pretty much in front of our boat. I started taking these pictures very quickly as the one in back was sounding the alarm. This picture was from a ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-28/226948954_EhgpK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Back together again, this pair had stopped pretty much in front of our boat. I started taking these pictures very quickly as the one in back was sounding the alarm. This picture was from a ..." title="Back together again, this pair had stopped pretty much in front of our boat. I started taking these pictures very quickly as the one in back was sounding the alarm. This picture was from a ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#232557478_2DAW5 <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping c ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#232557478_2DAW5" title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping c ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-48/232557478_2DAW5-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping c ..." title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping c ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:15:01 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-48/232557478_2DAW5-Th-1.jpg 2007-11-20 14:41:36 313b4823c143c2451be1382975a39dd1 51def2d3ff10173c8490b0cacff66c2b 3f320b3ff9121935e927f0341356620e 1a87f81259f9205a4cb3660329ca93f6 23983199b4520148411d5bdc261ecaec f87511ed2e6bf9dae43ec6b3e07c6a9d 24a92d4b3c222e5bda77fea3bec91726 Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping c ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping c ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#232557478_2DAW5" title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping c ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-48/232557478_2DAW5-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping c ..." title="Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping c ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#234764165_7FZSj <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This was one of the families of whooping cranes that I saw at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. My wife was lucky enough to photograph this image of this family leaving the area. They had ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#234764165_7FZSj" title="This was one of the families of whooping cranes that I saw at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. My wife was lucky enough to photograph this image of this family leaving the area. They had ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-family-BIF/234764165_7FZSj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This was one of the families of whooping cranes that I saw at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. My wife was lucky enough to photograph this image of this family leaving the area. They had ..." title="This was one of the families of whooping cranes that I saw at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. My wife was lucky enough to photograph this image of this family leaving the area. They had ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:16:48 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-family-BIF/234764165_7FZSj-Th.jpg 2007-11-19 23:26:57 69d0763b92138f904471eeae2440557b f6b6a02a6def872cfde045e26af75a7c cb95878e1b77208cd0159941b1e055e1 3002c9d9c87b6bd5b9dca2940da3899c 81768b5291cb5e7225394c68ffd90f8c 1ecdfcd0277c0924140aecf2c07e4065 f45444f793becddf2083975d804e19c5 This was one of the families of whooping cranes that I saw at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. My wife was lucky enough to photograph this image of this family leaving the area. They had ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This was one of the families of whooping cranes that I saw at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. My wife was lucky enough to photograph this image of this family leaving the area. They had ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#234764165_7FZSj" title="This was one of the families of whooping cranes that I saw at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. My wife was lucky enough to photograph this image of this family leaving the area. They had ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-family-BIF/234764165_7FZSj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This was one of the families of whooping cranes that I saw at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. My wife was lucky enough to photograph this image of this family leaving the area. They had ..." title="This was one of the families of whooping cranes that I saw at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. My wife was lucky enough to photograph this image of this family leaving the area. They had ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, aransas national wildlife refuge, cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#236468353_ZisgU <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />It did not take long for us to find some whooping cranes when we arrived at the outer banks of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Here we were able to see and adult with two juveniles. ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#236468353_ZisgU" title="It did not take long for us to find some whooping cranes when we arrived at the outer banks of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Here we were able to see and adult with two juveniles. ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-5/236468353_ZisgU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="It did not take long for us to find some whooping cranes when we arrived at the outer banks of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Here we were able to see and adult with two juveniles. ..." title="It did not take long for us to find some whooping cranes when we arrived at the outer banks of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Here we were able to see and adult with two juveniles. ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:16:58 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-5/236468353_ZisgU-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 10:30:14 28.12937081230000 -96.92876815800000 0 0eb51d34b85759101925ce43d6f63a92 12ff246f2dc6cca9204179dd38a39b19 336922d721c526f782cc324987110f5d 56876a3ffd7c09ab2d191e7440337889 caf3ca113bc96faf426ff761946454a5 251fd146aec77ab0583269f7a1989e9d d9f04efa6e6bf4ffc267e06f938b940a It did not take long for us to find some whooping cranes when we arrived at the outer banks of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Here we were able to see and adult with two juveniles. ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />It did not take long for us to find some whooping cranes when we arrived at the outer banks of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Here we were able to see and adult with two juveniles. ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#236468353_ZisgU" title="It did not take long for us to find some whooping cranes when we arrived at the outer banks of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Here we were able to see and adult with two juveniles. ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-Crane-5/236468353_ZisgU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="It did not take long for us to find some whooping cranes when we arrived at the outer banks of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Here we were able to see and adult with two juveniles. ..." title="It did not take long for us to find some whooping cranes when we arrived at the outer banks of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Here we were able to see and adult with two juveniles. ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, aransas national wildlife refuge, cranes, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#235060454_QdDac <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Within just about 20 minutes of arriving at the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, we spotted this family near the waterline of one of the small islands comprising the outer ba ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#235060454_QdDac" title="Within just about 20 minutes of arriving at the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, we spotted this family near the waterline of one of the small islands comprising the outer ba ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-family-near/235060454_QdDac-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Within just about 20 minutes of arriving at the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, we spotted this family near the waterline of one of the small islands comprising the outer ba ..." title="Within just about 20 minutes of arriving at the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, we spotted this family near the waterline of one of the small islands comprising the outer ba ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:01:01 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-family-near/235060454_QdDac-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 10:50:58 28.13913474160000 -96.90919876100000 0 47bad930f16a475435b8deb4c7dd87e3 a2451767bd6cb2a9a685387c11ad0649 659a2ef0380834c201de0cd518828b53 b91e0d11abc6964d166c69c783e5a45b 93665d58750a02ccdb92192e62d709df e3583de80c08530d606965cf6d95db47 38563d624cb501d109777f890f445e43 Within just about 20 minutes of arriving at the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, we spotted this family near the waterline of one of the small islands comprising the outer ba ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Within just about 20 minutes of arriving at the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, we spotted this family near the waterline of one of the small islands comprising the outer ba ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#235060454_QdDac" title="Within just about 20 minutes of arriving at the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, we spotted this family near the waterline of one of the small islands comprising the outer ba ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-family-near/235060454_QdDac-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Within just about 20 minutes of arriving at the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, we spotted this family near the waterline of one of the small islands comprising the outer ba ..." title="Within just about 20 minutes of arriving at the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, we spotted this family near the waterline of one of the small islands comprising the outer ba ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#235671341_a5ThW <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />The family of whooping cranes that we were observing from afar had separated just a bit. Here is one of the adults near the waterline foraging for clams, shrimp, possibly voles in the tall ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#235671341_a5ThW" title="The family of whooping cranes that we were observing from afar had separated just a bit. Here is one of the adults near the waterline foraging for clams, shrimp, possibly voles in the tall ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-near-water/235671341_a5ThW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The family of whooping cranes that we were observing from afar had separated just a bit. Here is one of the adults near the waterline foraging for clams, shrimp, possibly voles in the tall ..." title="The family of whooping cranes that we were observing from afar had separated just a bit. Here is one of the adults near the waterline foraging for clams, shrimp, possibly voles in the tall ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:07:51 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-near-water/235671341_a5ThW-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 10:47:38 28.13913474160000 -96.90876960750000 0 3ec35aae7e4701775c9a3d304fe18c3a a2c8c4bd147c0bb2a72ee5c95e0f5fe8 dc4dff36ed551e915acd885da0c0581b ff6ce255ff4c9fe6ae23d5a7580ba327 0e0a168dada589ea74ef19ddd7ebd479 8b219b1c0bfda2019c1877d9702f9ac5 442a9d2993eb124ae26f9dff75ec8266 The family of whooping cranes that we were observing from afar had separated just a bit. Here is one of the adults near the waterline foraging for clams, shrimp, possibly voles in the tall ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />The family of whooping cranes that we were observing from afar had separated just a bit. Here is one of the adults near the waterline foraging for clams, shrimp, possibly voles in the tall ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#235671341_a5ThW" title="The family of whooping cranes that we were observing from afar had separated just a bit. Here is one of the adults near the waterline foraging for clams, shrimp, possibly voles in the tall ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-near-water/235671341_a5ThW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The family of whooping cranes that we were observing from afar had separated just a bit. Here is one of the adults near the waterline foraging for clams, shrimp, possibly voles in the tall ..." title="The family of whooping cranes that we were observing from afar had separated just a bit. Here is one of the adults near the waterline foraging for clams, shrimp, possibly voles in the tall ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#235672974_9Drkt <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This juvenile is from the same family that we had been observing at Aransas NWR. It had separated itself from the male and female but not by much. November 20, 2007.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#235672974_9Drkt" title="This juvenile is from the same family that we had been observing at Aransas NWR. It had separated itself from the male and female but not by much. November 20, 2007."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-Juvenile-near/235672974_9Drkt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This juvenile is from the same family that we had been observing at Aransas NWR. It had separated itself from the male and female but not by much. November 20, 2007." title="This juvenile is from the same family that we had been observing at Aransas NWR. It had separated itself from the male and female but not by much. November 20, 2007." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:17:35 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-Juvenile-near/235672974_9Drkt-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 10:47:58 28.14163234800000 -96.90653800960000 0 15681c07c45792cf0411f40c63d5d56c 04a66e09a4c9235a2b0d71bb98d53cd4 0575812dcaf524e2b179ac502d13384b 80b7cc624c1c5cd553a3c9204b44703a 9062b1aaaee7724821331e3361de525b 3ac1894867dc596f1baeed0762dd4780 666fe7211d5af01866ae9d8e3313a51a This juvenile is from the same family that we had been observing at Aransas NWR. It had separated itself from the male and female but not by much. November 20, 2007. <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This juvenile is from the same family that we had been observing at Aransas NWR. It had separated itself from the male and female but not by much. November 20, 2007.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#235672974_9Drkt" title="This juvenile is from the same family that we had been observing at Aransas NWR. It had separated itself from the male and female but not by much. November 20, 2007."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Whooping-crane-Juvenile-near/235672974_9Drkt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This juvenile is from the same family that we had been observing at Aransas NWR. It had separated itself from the male and female but not by much. November 20, 2007." title="This juvenile is from the same family that we had been observing at Aransas NWR. It had separated itself from the male and female but not by much. November 20, 2007." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird, juvenile Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#234926345_zxZJQ <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />A Whooping Crane pair foraging in the grasses on the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas, November 20, 2007. We were in the boat maneuvering around trying t ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#234926345_zxZJQ" title="A Whooping Crane pair foraging in the grasses on the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas, November 20, 2007. We were in the boat maneuvering around trying t ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/whooping-cranes-foraging-ver-3/234926345_zxZJQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="A Whooping Crane pair foraging in the grasses on the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas, November 20, 2007. We were in the boat maneuvering around trying t ..." title="A Whooping Crane pair foraging in the grasses on the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas, November 20, 2007. We were in the boat maneuvering around trying t ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:00:15 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/whooping-cranes-foraging-ver-3/234926345_zxZJQ-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 13:16:00 70177324f38794b475a210b346d285f7 962877d7e46b60040aa893fb55ad2c9e 477e1928e9d22fdb5e8b3571f563163a db0c3b9d656a60eab0b3ef23f90d890b 438b10e270776e89dd567c589e2d40ca c688555c1ba6e82279d40cf7f1ca7fbb f1d4eaff9bd2804f01481cafb42cc8e8 A Whooping Crane pair foraging in the grasses on the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas, November 20, 2007. We were in the boat maneuvering around trying t ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />A Whooping Crane pair foraging in the grasses on the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas, November 20, 2007. We were in the boat maneuvering around trying t ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#234926345_zxZJQ" title="A Whooping Crane pair foraging in the grasses on the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas, November 20, 2007. We were in the boat maneuvering around trying t ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/whooping-cranes-foraging-ver-3/234926345_zxZJQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="A Whooping Crane pair foraging in the grasses on the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas, November 20, 2007. We were in the boat maneuvering around trying t ..." title="A Whooping Crane pair foraging in the grasses on the outer banks of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, Texas, November 20, 2007. We were in the boat maneuvering around trying t ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#235685195_3dncU <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />I was able to isolate this adult as it walked away from its mate a bit sounding what I assume to be an alarm call. November 20, 2007.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#235685195_3dncU" title="I was able to isolate this adult as it walked away from its mate a bit sounding what I assume to be an alarm call. November 20, 2007."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/whooping-crane-foraging-ver-2/235685195_3dncU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="I was able to isolate this adult as it walked away from its mate a bit sounding what I assume to be an alarm call. November 20, 2007." title="I was able to isolate this adult as it walked away from its mate a bit sounding what I assume to be an alarm call. November 20, 2007." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:20:04 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/whooping-crane-foraging-ver-2/235685195_3dncU-Th.jpg 2007-11-20 13:16:52 565147e12a4915fc094b237c23d759e5 bb298b4553d18af8601308975620e51a 631e9535b7e18d08328c3aea505de0d1 d0af913908e9f78128e1a2d451f67392 d83684235a4409d648730812c14b66f1 8263f203fc660b30baaa6b7af367c3b7 426691d57ae2e1c4fe1334084d250d4e I was able to isolate this adult as it walked away from its mate a bit sounding what I assume to be an alarm call. November 20, 2007. <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />I was able to isolate this adult as it walked away from its mate a bit sounding what I assume to be an alarm call. November 20, 2007.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#235685195_3dncU" title="I was able to isolate this adult as it walked away from its mate a bit sounding what I assume to be an alarm call. November 20, 2007."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/whooping-crane-foraging-ver-2/235685195_3dncU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="I was able to isolate this adult as it walked away from its mate a bit sounding what I assume to be an alarm call. November 20, 2007." title="I was able to isolate this adult as it walked away from its mate a bit sounding what I assume to be an alarm call. November 20, 2007." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals whooping crane, aransas national wildlife refuge cranes, aransas, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#463681895_zSL7A <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Harsh light and shadows, but I was able to achieve some nice eye contact. Before leaving the area, I went by this ranch where I had seen these sandhill cranes the previous day in low light. ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#463681895_zSL7A" title="Harsh light and shadows, but I was able to achieve some nice eye contact. Before leaving the area, I went by this ranch where I had seen these sandhill cranes the previous day in low light. ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Crane-5/463681895_zSL7A-Th.jpg" width="150" height="117" alt="Harsh light and shadows, but I was able to achieve some nice eye contact. Before leaving the area, I went by this ranch where I had seen these sandhill cranes the previous day in low light. ..." title="Harsh light and shadows, but I was able to achieve some nice eye contact. Before leaving the area, I went by this ranch where I had seen these sandhill cranes the previous day in low light. ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:39:07 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Crane-5/463681895_zSL7A-Th.jpg 2009-01-18 16:09:17 c60cf56686854291a631ea938f685345 7b6cddf08475aeb2c87fd35fcf5c2d43 2b3eb88ff8145f24a3ff71d01636fc52 837797da1b54f363465f3f0816f33b66 2daf8ca055866961c439486f8d40bea7 b32dddceb8dce6e6de3e84fee3615b6d 239a85f14321c382d9a8b3c428e1ec4a Harsh light and shadows, but I was able to achieve some nice eye contact. Before leaving the area, I went by this ranch where I had seen these sandhill cranes the previous day in low light. ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Harsh light and shadows, but I was able to achieve some nice eye contact. Before leaving the area, I went by this ranch where I had seen these sandhill cranes the previous day in low light. ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#463681895_zSL7A" title="Harsh light and shadows, but I was able to achieve some nice eye contact. Before leaving the area, I went by this ranch where I had seen these sandhill cranes the previous day in low light. ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Crane-5/463681895_zSL7A-Th.jpg" width="150" height="117" alt="Harsh light and shadows, but I was able to achieve some nice eye contact. Before leaving the area, I went by this ranch where I had seen these sandhill cranes the previous day in low light. ..." title="Harsh light and shadows, but I was able to achieve some nice eye contact. Before leaving the area, I went by this ranch where I had seen these sandhill cranes the previous day in low light. ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals sandhill crane, crane, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#458054636_fsKg3 <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Just west of Rockport and heading toward Bayside, Texas, the lands turns into thorny tamaulipan scrub brush. In one of the ranches outside of Rockport I found a small flock of Sandhill Cran ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#458054636_fsKg3" title="Just west of Rockport and heading toward Bayside, Texas, the lands turns into thorny tamaulipan scrub brush. In one of the ranches outside of Rockport I found a small flock of Sandhill Cran ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Crane-4/458054636_fsKg3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="125" alt="Just west of Rockport and heading toward Bayside, Texas, the lands turns into thorny tamaulipan scrub brush. In one of the ranches outside of Rockport I found a small flock of Sandhill Cran ..." title="Just west of Rockport and heading toward Bayside, Texas, the lands turns into thorny tamaulipan scrub brush. In one of the ranches outside of Rockport I found a small flock of Sandhill Cran ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:35:03 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Crane-4/458054636_fsKg3-Th.jpg 2009-01-18 16:06:58 a47ab305ef2a4b36a5f0d1f68d5a9767 8b457be283930f0ddd638d3b57b168d4 2d00e6a0e3071137f7559e0c1d8318a6 56e7aa22dc9cf2e3637745737e62fab7 b072762cc42793ebaf28d699acc34452 37417e181570cd27033999d8c19faac0 76f8ac1819a91cba816dedbf10317af7 Just west of Rockport and heading toward Bayside, Texas, the lands turns into thorny tamaulipan scrub brush. In one of the ranches outside of Rockport I found a small flock of Sandhill Cran ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Just west of Rockport and heading toward Bayside, Texas, the lands turns into thorny tamaulipan scrub brush. In one of the ranches outside of Rockport I found a small flock of Sandhill Cran ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#458054636_fsKg3" title="Just west of Rockport and heading toward Bayside, Texas, the lands turns into thorny tamaulipan scrub brush. In one of the ranches outside of Rockport I found a small flock of Sandhill Cran ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Crane-4/458054636_fsKg3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="125" alt="Just west of Rockport and heading toward Bayside, Texas, the lands turns into thorny tamaulipan scrub brush. In one of the ranches outside of Rockport I found a small flock of Sandhill Cran ..." title="Just west of Rockport and heading toward Bayside, Texas, the lands turns into thorny tamaulipan scrub brush. In one of the ranches outside of Rockport I found a small flock of Sandhill Cran ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals sandhill crane, crane, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#505274168_eMTnt <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is another image of the sandhill cranes I found foraging in the scrub brush land that surrounds the Rockport, Texas area. The sandies winter in the area. Rockport, Texas, January 2009 ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#505274168_eMTnt" title="This is another image of the sandhill cranes I found foraging in the scrub brush land that surrounds the Rockport, Texas area. The sandies winter in the area. Rockport, Texas, January 2009 ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Crane-3/505274168_eMTnt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="125" alt="This is another image of the sandhill cranes I found foraging in the scrub brush land that surrounds the Rockport, Texas area. The sandies winter in the area. Rockport, Texas, January 2009 ..." title="This is another image of the sandhill cranes I found foraging in the scrub brush land that surrounds the Rockport, Texas area. The sandies winter in the area. Rockport, Texas, January 2009 ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:58:13 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Crane-3/505274168_eMTnt-Th.jpg 2009-01-18 15:39:44 4ff7e174528c9ce2cadad38348e60c75 351f8ca6e58ed9b2a78f65f65c2ccd1b c6f037eaab8fb8197b382a202a88bb4a 17fb06e54e0e0d10d017fa5a6c754c97 4b7ead6a222ad19d06f55d139046c264 020d2491a9794c7f266e9c10c497c4bc 16d7828b4ca44471a59ddb33993df4c3 This is another image of the sandhill cranes I found foraging in the scrub brush land that surrounds the Rockport, Texas area. The sandies winter in the area. Rockport, Texas, January 2009 ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is another image of the sandhill cranes I found foraging in the scrub brush land that surrounds the Rockport, Texas area. The sandies winter in the area. Rockport, Texas, January 2009 ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#505274168_eMTnt" title="This is another image of the sandhill cranes I found foraging in the scrub brush land that surrounds the Rockport, Texas area. The sandies winter in the area. Rockport, Texas, January 2009 ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Crane-3/505274168_eMTnt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="125" alt="This is another image of the sandhill cranes I found foraging in the scrub brush land that surrounds the Rockport, Texas area. The sandies winter in the area. Rockport, Texas, January 2009 ..." title="This is another image of the sandhill cranes I found foraging in the scrub brush land that surrounds the Rockport, Texas area. The sandies winter in the area. Rockport, Texas, January 2009 ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals sandhill crane, crane, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#457689459_gbawe <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This image is from the Rockport area of the Texas Central Coast. These sandhill cranes were found on some ranch land just outside of Rockport in the last light of the day. It had been over ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#457689459_gbawe" title="This image is from the Rockport area of the Texas Central Coast. These sandhill cranes were found on some ranch land just outside of Rockport in the last light of the day. It had been over ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-crane-1/457689459_gbawe-Th.jpg" width="150" height="125" alt="This image is from the Rockport area of the Texas Central Coast. These sandhill cranes were found on some ranch land just outside of Rockport in the last light of the day. It had been over ..." title="This image is from the Rockport area of the Texas Central Coast. These sandhill cranes were found on some ranch land just outside of Rockport in the last light of the day. It had been over ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:39:15 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-crane-1/457689459_gbawe-Th.jpg 2009-01-17 18:24:11 d10bf9688e92a5893e47a4fc4d1a781c 74d1109d2d282389cfbe37fa4c8fa95a ee7a61f8a6634260ee5473791b746ae5 11e473b426410d22a82f76538934045d 8507eeeeba0015105993e6aa3fc8ee09 ceb6fc5e88e842e8ee4cea62e28ad3da 50ca51502e2290b47a329f49a5de2706 This image is from the Rockport area of the Texas Central Coast. These sandhill cranes were found on some ranch land just outside of Rockport in the last light of the day. It had been over ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This image is from the Rockport area of the Texas Central Coast. These sandhill cranes were found on some ranch land just outside of Rockport in the last light of the day. It had been over ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#457689459_gbawe" title="This image is from the Rockport area of the Texas Central Coast. These sandhill cranes were found on some ranch land just outside of Rockport in the last light of the day. It had been over ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-crane-1/457689459_gbawe-Th.jpg" width="150" height="125" alt="This image is from the Rockport area of the Texas Central Coast. These sandhill cranes were found on some ranch land just outside of Rockport in the last light of the day. It had been over ..." title="This image is from the Rockport area of the Texas Central Coast. These sandhill cranes were found on some ranch land just outside of Rockport in the last light of the day. It had been over ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals sandhill crane, crane, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#506085280_CQrBk <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Low light image of two sandhill cranes foraging in scrub brush at sundown. Rockport, Texas, January 2009</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#506085280_CQrBk" title="Low light image of two sandhill cranes foraging in scrub brush at sundown. Rockport, Texas, January 2009"><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Crane-9/506085280_CQrBk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Low light image of two sandhill cranes foraging in scrub brush at sundown. Rockport, Texas, January 2009" title="Low light image of two sandhill cranes foraging in scrub brush at sundown. Rockport, Texas, January 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:11:53 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Crane-9/506085280_CQrBk-Th.jpg 2009-01-17 18:29:57 a655fea5a6f07d9ba2651bfc02dcfff5 25b18242c8aee9df811b9174952c09a1 66f9349c28ab433eda60f60abb5d3aa6 5b792a3d8ee5201f894b8cd2b14b3ead dfa9bbe7df05d6d9a47a595ebcbddb63 b69725d221de701e2e1ed91e7752468c 1b01441a155f35659108455291497e1a Low light image of two sandhill cranes foraging in scrub brush at sundown. Rockport, Texas, January 2009 <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Low light image of two sandhill cranes foraging in scrub brush at sundown. Rockport, Texas, January 2009</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#506085280_CQrBk" title="Low light image of two sandhill cranes foraging in scrub brush at sundown. Rockport, Texas, January 2009"><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Crane-9/506085280_CQrBk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Low light image of two sandhill cranes foraging in scrub brush at sundown. Rockport, Texas, January 2009" title="Low light image of two sandhill cranes foraging in scrub brush at sundown. Rockport, Texas, January 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals sandhill crane, crane, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#506214502_tHNNd <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Another low light image of a sandhill crane foraging in the scrub brush surrounding Rockport, Texas. January, 2009</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#506214502_tHNNd" title="Another low light image of a sandhill crane foraging in the scrub brush surrounding Rockport, Texas. January, 2009"><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Crane-2/506214502_tHNNd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Another low light image of a sandhill crane foraging in the scrub brush surrounding Rockport, Texas. January, 2009" title="Another low light image of a sandhill crane foraging in the scrub brush surrounding Rockport, Texas. January, 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:41:47 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Crane-2/506214502_tHNNd-Th.jpg 2009-01-17 18:31:40 46fe6257629d86b8f61ec12c5cd1bd78 d78ec971093d7d5521e10226a05b9477 6d54fe3416a2498e69f45ec2a948676d f0da233323fa7a339a04f9f7be303154 6797e9e513d7016dc045eb2fe20a8762 ba5ae874eafa8e0a39f54ab6cbfe104b 4ba2f14a2ea5bcb1f0e0d294240975fc Another low light image of a sandhill crane foraging in the scrub brush surrounding Rockport, Texas. January, 2009 <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Another low light image of a sandhill crane foraging in the scrub brush surrounding Rockport, Texas. January, 2009</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#506214502_tHNNd" title="Another low light image of a sandhill crane foraging in the scrub brush surrounding Rockport, Texas. January, 2009"><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Crane-2/506214502_tHNNd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Another low light image of a sandhill crane foraging in the scrub brush surrounding Rockport, Texas. January, 2009" title="Another low light image of a sandhill crane foraging in the scrub brush surrounding Rockport, Texas. January, 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals sandhill crane, crane, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#461804494_5uMEz <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />One could not wait any longer to take this picture as the sun was practically down when I took this picture, but I like how the head plumage and eye stand out even in the last rays of the da ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#461804494_5uMEz" title="One could not wait any longer to take this picture as the sun was practically down when I took this picture, but I like how the head plumage and eye stand out even in the last rays of the da ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Crane-6/461804494_5uMEz-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="131" alt="One could not wait any longer to take this picture as the sun was practically down when I took this picture, but I like how the head plumage and eye stand out even in the last rays of the da ..." title="One could not wait any longer to take this picture as the sun was practically down when I took this picture, but I like how the head plumage and eye stand out even in the last rays of the da ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:48:48 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Crane-6/461804494_5uMEz-Th-1.jpg 2009-01-17 18:25:54 a9cce765575438b79d5853cb242bd088 b5afa9b1d9b52abaf6d7c35c0f557360 4a7c48c36a6dbf4c1e27e9594baea74f cba6047c2c773e5226fc3c990b8836b7 0f063654255397b6f86912c64d3e2f97 b3d794461900d612468e34d8f16e7813 03a7e7c7e467c57c90d43e601c44bb47 One could not wait any longer to take this picture as the sun was practically down when I took this picture, but I like how the head plumage and eye stand out even in the last rays of the da ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />One could not wait any longer to take this picture as the sun was practically down when I took this picture, but I like how the head plumage and eye stand out even in the last rays of the da ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#461804494_5uMEz" title="One could not wait any longer to take this picture as the sun was practically down when I took this picture, but I like how the head plumage and eye stand out even in the last rays of the da ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Crane-6/461804494_5uMEz-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="131" alt="One could not wait any longer to take this picture as the sun was practically down when I took this picture, but I like how the head plumage and eye stand out even in the last rays of the da ..." title="One could not wait any longer to take this picture as the sun was practically down when I took this picture, but I like how the head plumage and eye stand out even in the last rays of the da ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals sandhill crane, crane, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#447540980_DNNjx <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />While driving just outside of Rockport, Texas, I caught a glimpse of a small flock of sandhill cranes foraging in the south Texas brush. The day was extremely overcast and there was a sligh ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#447540980_DNNjx" title="While driving just outside of Rockport, Texas, I caught a glimpse of a small flock of sandhill cranes foraging in the south Texas brush. The day was extremely overcast and there was a sligh ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Cranes-3/447540980_DNNjx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="130" alt="While driving just outside of Rockport, Texas, I caught a glimpse of a small flock of sandhill cranes foraging in the south Texas brush. The day was extremely overcast and there was a sligh ..." title="While driving just outside of Rockport, Texas, I caught a glimpse of a small flock of sandhill cranes foraging in the south Texas brush. The day was extremely overcast and there was a sligh ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:39:38 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Cranes-3/447540980_DNNjx-Th.jpg 2008-12-23 11:10:19 3d2d59c429f0f76255c09accbded68f4 55360e42a5b09cce48eff31dde27c7f0 6b2a4e2f8f41e48b2b6d1e331662e611 3e623f379e2468ced9dc25e25c37522e e21662d02071d1ea9408177bb4cfd5ca 9559cbcba1b7590e2fc4b6d87e9c7917 16251eda6f6ffc5708d6da30ef211910 While driving just outside of Rockport, Texas, I caught a glimpse of a small flock of sandhill cranes foraging in the south Texas brush. The day was extremely overcast and there was a sligh ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />While driving just outside of Rockport, Texas, I caught a glimpse of a small flock of sandhill cranes foraging in the south Texas brush. The day was extremely overcast and there was a sligh ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#447540980_DNNjx" title="While driving just outside of Rockport, Texas, I caught a glimpse of a small flock of sandhill cranes foraging in the south Texas brush. The day was extremely overcast and there was a sligh ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Cranes-3/447540980_DNNjx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="130" alt="While driving just outside of Rockport, Texas, I caught a glimpse of a small flock of sandhill cranes foraging in the south Texas brush. The day was extremely overcast and there was a sligh ..." title="While driving just outside of Rockport, Texas, I caught a glimpse of a small flock of sandhill cranes foraging in the south Texas brush. The day was extremely overcast and there was a sligh ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals sandhill crane, crane, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#453326194_6uuUZ <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is another photo of the sandhill cranes I found foraging in this land just outside Rockport, Texas in December of 2008.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#453326194_6uuUZ" title="This is another photo of the sandhill cranes I found foraging in this land just outside Rockport, Texas in December of 2008."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Cranes-2/453326194_6uuUZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="132" alt="This is another photo of the sandhill cranes I found foraging in this land just outside Rockport, Texas in December of 2008." title="This is another photo of the sandhill cranes I found foraging in this land just outside Rockport, Texas in December of 2008." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:03:28 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Cranes-2/453326194_6uuUZ-Th.jpg 2008-12-23 11:10:07 c56eb7f1a0fca72600ec66919741ceab bab4f05fc2d9b49d0c016a530c774534 06f136ff0e7356ea466f5d37ff4e26b6 96bf9e3b8c513a859894ea2e41650c72 daf4df0d0c6d97f1f75f1fdd3f812716 cbf7a092f32e7d453e461d5452507a19 1ad5003871fe48975abb8cff02229a8c This is another photo of the sandhill cranes I found foraging in this land just outside Rockport, Texas in December of 2008. <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is another photo of the sandhill cranes I found foraging in this land just outside Rockport, Texas in December of 2008.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#453326194_6uuUZ" title="This is another photo of the sandhill cranes I found foraging in this land just outside Rockport, Texas in December of 2008."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Sandhill-Cranes-2/453326194_6uuUZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="132" alt="This is another photo of the sandhill cranes I found foraging in this land just outside Rockport, Texas in December of 2008." title="This is another photo of the sandhill cranes I found foraging in this land just outside Rockport, Texas in December of 2008." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals sandhill crane, crane, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#239549327_E77GV <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie side, January 2008.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#239549327_E77GV" title="This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie side, January 2008."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Coot-2/239549327_E77GV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie side, January 2008." title="This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie side, January 2008." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:15:28 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Coot-2/239549327_E77GV-Th.jpg 2008-01-01 15:29:28 32.63040310660000 -97.04015493390000 0 2eaaa20ff64212716c38c8a9d316e3d1 597c4f332c1dafe15bec1e82d5f3060c a275ea04e21718161fb478c26b33402e 8878294e72d7fa5af81dced8907fcbc5 22fa936243566470a5641a4cab7fcd3c 4785e46eecfe5049c51049aabf6ccf8f 72679632aab08fe30ee19ead6e26c96b This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie side, January 2008. <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie side, January 2008.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#239549327_E77GV" title="This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie side, January 2008."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Coot-2/239549327_E77GV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie side, January 2008." title="This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie side, January 2008." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals american coot, bird, coot Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#242636107_pbdp2 <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie,Texas side, January 2008.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#242636107_pbdp2" title="This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie,Texas side, January 2008."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/American-Coot-Lake-Joe-Pool1a/242636107_pbdp2-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie,Texas side, January 2008." title="This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie,Texas side, January 2008." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:16:00 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/American-Coot-Lake-Joe-Pool1a/242636107_pbdp2-Th.jpg 2008-01-01 15:30:38 e23ae6cb7f6641d7a5dd742d09e7af62 bb74434aa4bd7d331bb722a214598e2c ea17db17afe7094c88183e0468891356 6055488376a5735d47c1e7562e435a8a 1b4bf5be6cf2a45ec3997e73f7321bcf 60af2cc5badbf89248d4e28c461ebb7f 39f2970eed6bb2a94cf2b954a40b8e2c This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie,Texas side, January 2008. <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie,Texas side, January 2008.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#242636107_pbdp2" title="This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie,Texas side, January 2008."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/American-Coot-Lake-Joe-Pool1a/242636107_pbdp2-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie,Texas side, January 2008." title="This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie,Texas side, January 2008." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals american coot, coot, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#242846806_JDzGP <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie side, January 2008.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#242846806_JDzGP" title="This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie side, January 2008."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/American-Coot-Lake-Joe-Pool-2/242846806_JDzGP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie side, January 2008." title="This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie side, January 2008." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:39:19 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/American-Coot-Lake-Joe-Pool-2/242846806_JDzGP-Th.jpg 2008-01-01 15:29:30 94ebc06355c540323e841b952cd3d1ea 668c0f0fb5762006bdbf7446b45d5640 33dc62027de9fa07d310d4a023c9e531 db09a328f7f0399dd887d74001383c04 2131e510ac00db231ef65553d48e10a2 94fbfa74c4535ae8e24f8184bdf58f1d d970bbf8e15109680e6be49125f122ee This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie side, January 2008. <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie side, January 2008.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#242846806_JDzGP" title="This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie side, January 2008."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/American-Coot-Lake-Joe-Pool-2/242846806_JDzGP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie side, January 2008." title="This is an American Coot photographed at Lynn Creek Marina on Lake Joe Pool on the Grand Prairie side, January 2008." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals american coot, coot, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#258910500_qtBWa <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This particular American Coot was slapping the water with one foot and making all sorts of calls to it friends. I am not sure if it ever got what it wanted. Lynn Creek Marina, Grand Prairi ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#258910500_qtBWa" title="This particular American Coot was slapping the water with one foot and making all sorts of calls to it friends. I am not sure if it ever got what it wanted. Lynn Creek Marina, Grand Prairi ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Coot/258910500_qtBWa-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This particular American Coot was slapping the water with one foot and making all sorts of calls to it friends. I am not sure if it ever got what it wanted. Lynn Creek Marina, Grand Prairi ..." title="This particular American Coot was slapping the water with one foot and making all sorts of calls to it friends. I am not sure if it ever got what it wanted. Lynn Creek Marina, Grand Prairi ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:00:28 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Coot/258910500_qtBWa-Th-1.jpg 2008-01-01 15:27:28 9d534b4b68b460546d10f656c586e0f5 126aba206b177c24fc3bfe2caa280f35 51a8772cfe09bb05b10d67546df9a4ba 9c5ed4665866215ab585cd7f66641842 29769441c0c2f9679828b5ee5b4fc256 e00358d29a6caa80221109e13133287a 5fa77214d89c1f2357dbdc08e4b3e03a This particular American Coot was slapping the water with one foot and making all sorts of calls to it friends. I am not sure if it ever got what it wanted. Lynn Creek Marina, Grand Prairi ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This particular American Coot was slapping the water with one foot and making all sorts of calls to it friends. I am not sure if it ever got what it wanted. Lynn Creek Marina, Grand Prairi ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#258910500_qtBWa" title="This particular American Coot was slapping the water with one foot and making all sorts of calls to it friends. I am not sure if it ever got what it wanted. Lynn Creek Marina, Grand Prairi ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Coot/258910500_qtBWa-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This particular American Coot was slapping the water with one foot and making all sorts of calls to it friends. I am not sure if it ever got what it wanted. Lynn Creek Marina, Grand Prairi ..." title="This particular American Coot was slapping the water with one foot and making all sorts of calls to it friends. I am not sure if it ever got what it wanted. Lynn Creek Marina, Grand Prairi ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals coot, american coot, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#268878524_kQzwe <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This was one of the few grebes that I found this day that was just calmly floating in the water. All the others were busy foraging swimming along. White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, March 200 ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#268878524_kQzwe" title="This was one of the few grebes that I found this day that was just calmly floating in the water. All the others were busy foraging swimming along. White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, March 200 ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/pied-billed-grebe-4/268878524_kQzwe-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This was one of the few grebes that I found this day that was just calmly floating in the water. All the others were busy foraging swimming along. White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, March 200 ..." title="This was one of the few grebes that I found this day that was just calmly floating in the water. All the others were busy foraging swimming along. White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, March 200 ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:48:18 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/pied-billed-grebe-4/268878524_kQzwe-Th-1.jpg 2008-03-20 15:18:27 375ed637bd7cae32a636b46d857e6894 07b9bea5e93173915ae3edae8cdad48d e96c24feb5fbd12b918f4337f55060e5 91be86bf784df50d687014c823b3c6b6 24145b8d870b08adb08180c560ce98a9 e2d45c52fcfb346db4812954d8009fef 00e6e755d563689f35e795b61974eb1b This was one of the few grebes that I found this day that was just calmly floating in the water. All the others were busy foraging swimming along. White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, March 200 ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This was one of the few grebes that I found this day that was just calmly floating in the water. All the others were busy foraging swimming along. White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, March 200 ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#268878524_kQzwe" title="This was one of the few grebes that I found this day that was just calmly floating in the water. All the others were busy foraging swimming along. White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, March 200 ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/pied-billed-grebe-4/268878524_kQzwe-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This was one of the few grebes that I found this day that was just calmly floating in the water. All the others were busy foraging swimming along. White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, March 200 ..." title="This was one of the few grebes that I found this day that was just calmly floating in the water. All the others were busy foraging swimming along. White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, March 200 ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals pied billed grebe, grebe, bird, white rock lake Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#268489526_aHhK2 <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This was one of three pied billed grebes that I notice feeding with the coots and other northern shovelers near the White Rock Lake Boathouse. Dallas, Texas, March 2008.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#268489526_aHhK2" title="This was one of three pied billed grebes that I notice feeding with the coots and other northern shovelers near the White Rock Lake Boathouse. Dallas, Texas, March 2008."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/pied-billed-grebe-1/268489526_aHhK2-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This was one of three pied billed grebes that I notice feeding with the coots and other northern shovelers near the White Rock Lake Boathouse. Dallas, Texas, March 2008." title="This was one of three pied billed grebes that I notice feeding with the coots and other northern shovelers near the White Rock Lake Boathouse. Dallas, Texas, March 2008." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:12:43 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/pied-billed-grebe-1/268489526_aHhK2-Th-1.jpg 2008-03-20 15:12:36 a06c431aeb5efa068fe1506bde5c73d0 8c923afa60da07e5dbf5eea7fe6d9e6d e8433844e8a9b6952b5cab56bd1d3aec fa405684458914d2ca646f4c78fb3c61 11a717158231b01ae1946a7786f105c9 a6a8e9300edff2ea8a36ccd831a4da8c 24ed2f1f287bb41aa173ac38e6c1920a This was one of three pied billed grebes that I notice feeding with the coots and other northern shovelers near the White Rock Lake Boathouse. Dallas, Texas, March 2008. <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This was one of three pied billed grebes that I notice feeding with the coots and other northern shovelers near the White Rock Lake Boathouse. Dallas, Texas, March 2008.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#268489526_aHhK2" title="This was one of three pied billed grebes that I notice feeding with the coots and other northern shovelers near the White Rock Lake Boathouse. Dallas, Texas, March 2008."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/pied-billed-grebe-1/268489526_aHhK2-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This was one of three pied billed grebes that I notice feeding with the coots and other northern shovelers near the White Rock Lake Boathouse. Dallas, Texas, March 2008." title="This was one of three pied billed grebes that I notice feeding with the coots and other northern shovelers near the White Rock Lake Boathouse. Dallas, Texas, March 2008." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals pied billed grebe, grebe, bird, white rock lake Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#268489553_sMogb <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />The light was getting rather harsh, but of course the grebes did not mind. This pied billed grebe stopped foraging momentarily so I took advantage of the little movement and took this pictu ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#268489553_sMogb" title="The light was getting rather harsh, but of course the grebes did not mind. This pied billed grebe stopped foraging momentarily so I took advantage of the little movement and took this pictu ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/pied-billed-grebe-3/268489553_sMogb-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The light was getting rather harsh, but of course the grebes did not mind. This pied billed grebe stopped foraging momentarily so I took advantage of the little movement and took this pictu ..." title="The light was getting rather harsh, but of course the grebes did not mind. This pied billed grebe stopped foraging momentarily so I took advantage of the little movement and took this pictu ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:12:48 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/pied-billed-grebe-3/268489553_sMogb-Th-1.jpg 2008-03-20 15:13:00 db4f1e3e6ec63ac7ff433033437edec7 4c14df11e6631a462b36941a830b3c47 b3a2a5f2c72e88dc62769524a0c46480 45d75e72808c42c010020d797b2cc03f 016f6efc63b5fe340f49fcc3191d4b86 ab9937f689e60663e780dd49ebe4c974 a64c80e09da9ac32f52bd700df67afff The light was getting rather harsh, but of course the grebes did not mind. This pied billed grebe stopped foraging momentarily so I took advantage of the little movement and took this pictu ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />The light was getting rather harsh, but of course the grebes did not mind. This pied billed grebe stopped foraging momentarily so I took advantage of the little movement and took this pictu ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#268489553_sMogb" title="The light was getting rather harsh, but of course the grebes did not mind. This pied billed grebe stopped foraging momentarily so I took advantage of the little movement and took this pictu ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/pied-billed-grebe-3/268489553_sMogb-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The light was getting rather harsh, but of course the grebes did not mind. This pied billed grebe stopped foraging momentarily so I took advantage of the little movement and took this pictu ..." title="The light was getting rather harsh, but of course the grebes did not mind. This pied billed grebe stopped foraging momentarily so I took advantage of the little movement and took this pictu ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals pied billed grebe, grebe, bird, white rock lake Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#268689872_k2Qze <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />I caught this pied billed grebe yawning a bit in the late afternoon. Do birds even yawn? :-) White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, March 2008.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#268689872_k2Qze" title="I caught this pied billed grebe yawning a bit in the late afternoon. Do birds even yawn? :-) White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, March 2008."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Pied-Billed-Grebe-5/268689872_k2Qze-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="I caught this pied billed grebe yawning a bit in the late afternoon. Do birds even yawn? :-) White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, March 2008." title="I caught this pied billed grebe yawning a bit in the late afternoon. Do birds even yawn? :-) White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, March 2008." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:29:05 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Pied-Billed-Grebe-5/268689872_k2Qze-Th.jpg 2008-03-20 15:12:40 f69d026220c152bd5ac8f46736babf77 5122759d0f30e503f2df843f4c16df4d 9bbbdf4ac0a1314df356fb24acbb43ae ffbc92767999ee63cf92908238241fca c3cc8606f7825c88fdc4f83d1b8f122c 996179dedb5b40227a984295b5252805 8719668c6494e90cece91f19c61d2735 I caught this pied billed grebe yawning a bit in the late afternoon. Do birds even yawn? :-) White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, March 2008. <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />I caught this pied billed grebe yawning a bit in the late afternoon. Do birds even yawn? :-) White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, March 2008.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#268689872_k2Qze" title="I caught this pied billed grebe yawning a bit in the late afternoon. Do birds even yawn? :-) White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, March 2008."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Pied-Billed-Grebe-5/268689872_k2Qze-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="I caught this pied billed grebe yawning a bit in the late afternoon. Do birds even yawn? :-) White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, March 2008." title="I caught this pied billed grebe yawning a bit in the late afternoon. Do birds even yawn? :-) White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, March 2008." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals pied billed grebe, grebe, bird, white rock lake Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#722226228_3sgN7 <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is an eared grebe, first fall adult. I found it hanging around the ponds in the Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas. November 2009</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#722226228_3sgN7" title="This is an eared grebe, first fall adult. I found it hanging around the ponds in the Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas. November 2009"><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Eared-Grebe-1/722226228_3sgN7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is an eared grebe, first fall adult. I found it hanging around the ponds in the Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas. November 2009" title="This is an eared grebe, first fall adult. I found it hanging around the ponds in the Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas. November 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:37:06 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Eared-Grebe-1/722226228_3sgN7-Th.jpg 2009-11-22 13:32:54 187ed3c4a234c6e9e77cdc4ec07d3c52 73a94b4f8fd34c77c6c80c2cc448c392 301273c09c1482ca171130229ba6ae92 e7020927c4a85bc0388a3fd85fbd7fc2 6a249c293bec0a5f7773a4c0bb638e87 74298b3e4197c2ba2ca6e57f9d6bd448 5752c73630ea17206b3ebc3bd3d99cca This is an eared grebe, first fall adult. I found it hanging around the ponds in the Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas. November 2009 <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is an eared grebe, first fall adult. I found it hanging around the ponds in the Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas. November 2009</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#722226228_3sgN7" title="This is an eared grebe, first fall adult. I found it hanging around the ponds in the Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas. November 2009"><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Eared-Grebe-1/722226228_3sgN7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is an eared grebe, first fall adult. I found it hanging around the ponds in the Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas. November 2009" title="This is an eared grebe, first fall adult. I found it hanging around the ponds in the Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas. November 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals eared grebe, grebe, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#172824695_RDHPu <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is a heavily cropped shot that I took at quite a distance. It is a clapper rail that was running for the shade and protection of the marshy reeds at the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on So ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#172824695_RDHPu" title="This is a heavily cropped shot that I took at quite a distance. It is a clapper rail that was running for the shade and protection of the marshy reeds at the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on So ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Clapper/172824695_RDHPu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is a heavily cropped shot that I took at quite a distance. It is a clapper rail that was running for the shade and protection of the marshy reeds at the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on So ..." title="This is a heavily cropped shot that I took at quite a distance. It is a clapper rail that was running for the shade and protection of the marshy reeds at the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on So ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:42:12 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Clapper/172824695_RDHPu-Th.jpg 2007-06-11 21:06:02 26.13938328910000 -97.17588543890000 0 2ca90f0d06585adf51f1590b0d6d4dba 448d6df4790b62b8b6c8a849386ba235 e00b43deb0ccb58a7742c05397e71b16 0f0d911fe9f8b061fafde132fba21173 bdd08a4fdb8f9229ae9010c845f6977b 28afef8350c048122f2489630495e959 This is a heavily cropped shot that I took at quite a distance. It is a clapper rail that was running for the shade and protection of the marshy reeds at the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on So ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />This is a heavily cropped shot that I took at quite a distance. It is a clapper rail that was running for the shade and protection of the marshy reeds at the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on So ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#172824695_RDHPu" title="This is a heavily cropped shot that I took at quite a distance. It is a clapper rail that was running for the shade and protection of the marshy reeds at the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on So ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Clapper/172824695_RDHPu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is a heavily cropped shot that I took at quite a distance. It is a clapper rail that was running for the shade and protection of the marshy reeds at the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on So ..." title="This is a heavily cropped shot that I took at quite a distance. It is a clapper rail that was running for the shade and protection of the marshy reeds at the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on So ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals clapper, rail, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#168249259_ARFZE <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />The same clapper rail is about to make it back into the reeds and tall grasses of the marshy area that makes up most of the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on South Padre Island, Texas, June 2007.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#168249259_ARFZE" title="The same clapper rail is about to make it back into the reeds and tall grasses of the marshy area that makes up most of the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on South Padre Island, Texas, June 2007."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Rail/168249259_ARFZE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The same clapper rail is about to make it back into the reeds and tall grasses of the marshy area that makes up most of the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on South Padre Island, Texas, June 2007." title="The same clapper rail is about to make it back into the reeds and tall grasses of the marshy area that makes up most of the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on South Padre Island, Texas, June 2007." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:11:43 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Rail/168249259_ARFZE-Th.jpg 2007-06-11 21:06:02 26.13927734210000 -97.17586934570000 0 ff35eb6c21887b35153e84dcc0a91a8c 6a4e88904f66a361763e0b007a00a21c 664921ead10beb5a42a25fd89638b769 d55e0b34bcd5b775987714f0e819248e 4efae6afd60cc5828d34da49a44c5dc4 6d4555165faf23b2ea033938e00dd2fb The same clapper rail is about to make it back into the reeds and tall grasses of the marshy area that makes up most of the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on South Padre Island, Texas, June 2007. <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />The same clapper rail is about to make it back into the reeds and tall grasses of the marshy area that makes up most of the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on South Padre Island, Texas, June 2007.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#168249259_ARFZE" title="The same clapper rail is about to make it back into the reeds and tall grasses of the marshy area that makes up most of the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on South Padre Island, Texas, June 2007."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Rail/168249259_ARFZE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The same clapper rail is about to make it back into the reeds and tall grasses of the marshy area that makes up most of the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on South Padre Island, Texas, June 2007." title="The same clapper rail is about to make it back into the reeds and tall grasses of the marshy area that makes up most of the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on South Padre Island, Texas, June 2007." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals clapper, rail, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#168247791_xatvv <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />A very shy clapper rail that I caught scurrying across the wetlands area of the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on South Padre Island, Texas, June 2007.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#168247791_xatvv" title="A very shy clapper rail that I caught scurrying across the wetlands area of the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on South Padre Island, Texas, June 2007."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Rail2/168247791_xatvv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="A very shy clapper rail that I caught scurrying across the wetlands area of the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on South Padre Island, Texas, June 2007." title="A very shy clapper rail that I caught scurrying across the wetlands area of the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on South Padre Island, Texas, June 2007." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:05:34 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Rail2/168247791_xatvv-Th.jpg 2007-06-11 21:05:51 26.13925807900000 -97.17591762540000 0 1453d4bc9253d6659027e830d57a1e7b 8773d54caf3b855d5cc89fbb8b7abe80 024704a4cdecbb1dd7e7d2f1ddb0f1a3 5d0ce24ea3796bcd1a05d84fdcc4ad20 5dee6e3b1ceae5cf2721c70315e9628d A very shy clapper rail that I caught scurrying across the wetlands area of the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on South Padre Island, Texas, June 2007. <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />A very shy clapper rail that I caught scurrying across the wetlands area of the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on South Padre Island, Texas, June 2007.</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#168247791_xatvv" title="A very shy clapper rail that I caught scurrying across the wetlands area of the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on South Padre Island, Texas, June 2007."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Rail2/168247791_xatvv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="A very shy clapper rail that I caught scurrying across the wetlands area of the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on South Padre Island, Texas, June 2007." title="A very shy clapper rail that I caught scurrying across the wetlands area of the Laguna Madre Nature Trail on South Padre Island, Texas, June 2007." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals clapper rail, rail, bird Stephen Stephen http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#464066221_EET5u <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Clapper rails are very shy birds so any time I can find one I consider myself lucky. Getting a good shot is just gravy. This isn't a spectacular image, but it is relatively unobstructed. ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#464066221_EET5u" title="Clapper rails are very shy birds so any time I can find one I consider myself lucky. Getting a good shot is just gravy. This isn't a spectacular image, but it is relatively unobstructed. ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Clapper-Rail-1/464066221_EET5u-Th.jpg" width="150" height="117" alt="Clapper rails are very shy birds so any time I can find one I consider myself lucky. Getting a good shot is just gravy. This isn't a spectacular image, but it is relatively unobstructed. ..." title="Clapper rails are very shy birds so any time I can find one I consider myself lucky. Getting a good shot is just gravy. This isn't a spectacular image, but it is relatively unobstructed. ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:43:00 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Stephen) http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Clapper-Rail-1/464066221_EET5u-Th.jpg 2008-06-20 19:01:17 358d87342eaf1383c9d2ed0c440c052d 5240ddb2d066d68a5f524a86442e27f6 7e152a78cc0b7d5bb99d40ad41af0cb4 7c8c81bc2231e262df22606d4fc0436b 6aefe5df1415df9be89138b78c365bb0 2b08af13df40ed4dcb06d7f6b07dcc02 5f0aa9075dc50f2a188488ce09a6d62c Clapper rails are very shy birds so any time I can find one I consider myself lucky. Getting a good shot is just gravy. This isn't a spectacular image, but it is relatively unobstructed. ... <p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com">Stephen</a><br />Clapper rails are very shy birds so any time I can find one I consider myself lucky. Getting a good shot is just gravy. This isn't a spectacular image, but it is relatively unobstructed. ...</p><p><a href="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/3895123_E85uo#464066221_EET5u" title="Clapper rails are very shy birds so any time I can find one I consider myself lucky. Getting a good shot is just gravy. This isn't a spectacular image, but it is relatively unobstructed. ..."><img src="http://maestros.smugmug.com/Animals/Rails-Grebes-Cranes-and-Coots/Clapper-Rail-1/464066221_EET5u-Th.jpg" width="150" height="117" alt="Clapper rails are very shy birds so any time I can find one I consider myself lucky. Getting a good shot is just gravy. This isn't a spectacular image, but it is relatively unobstructed. ..." title="Clapper rails are very shy birds so any time I can find one I consider myself lucky. Getting a good shot is just gravy. This isn't a spectacular image, but it is relatively unobstructed. ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals clapper rail, rail, bird, laguna madre nature trail, south padre convention center Stephen Stephen