Roseate Spoonbill passing by

Tri Color Heron , they scare real easy and they bitch as they fly

Our resident Vermillion Fly Catcher

Some Coots, they are every where right now

A Glossy Ibis

Finally the weather is warm enough for the Gators to come out

Too Cold

        Woke up today to 20 knot winds and it's a cold mother , 28 degrees with a wind chill in the low teens. Though we were done with the cold but the weather man tells us one more night in the 20's and then we go back to 60' and 70's by weeks end and then good ridden to the really cold stuff. We are back into the swing of things here, almost like we never left. Most of the Refuge staff has the Flu but it seems like the Volunteers were spared the out break. We don't spend much time in the Main office were all the staff came down with it and the staff that was on vacation for the Holidays were also spared. We still have a couple more training days to come but now it's all little stuff so it will be easy.
           The Song bird migration will coming soon and we are looking forward to seeing them in the thousands. Right now the Duck and Goose hunting season is going on here and it's a little disturbing to hear gun shots at day light 3 days a week until the end of January. Poor birds really don't stand a chance but it is necessary they say to keep the flocks down? Oh well who's to say what is the best for Water Fowl Management . This should be and easy stay here this Season as the Refuge has a full staff of Volunteers and they only have two holes in the Refuge Staff line up so every thing should flow nicely. Looking forward to Bird Banding beginning at the end of the month and some other warm weather programs coming soon.                                                                            G

Vermillion Fly Catcher on fence of new VIS



Flying Away

Wood Pecker picking up nesting material

Some Hawks enjoying the thermals 

Ibis hunting for dinner

What Kitty's do

A few words

 We are on a short break and had time to post some pictures and we are doing some training today.   G

Last night

Last nights Sunset

Just Awesome

And gone

Flowers in January

Every body is a little cold today, only 45 degrees

I'm to cold to fish

Some snow Geese on the moist soil unit

A few more Geese on the wet land

There were thousands of Geese

Just Beautiful

To many to count

Another view at a distance

It was our own personal wild life program

A shot on East Galveston Bay

To cold to fly or dive

     We are finally all settled in at Anahuac and yesterday was a little overcast here but it did get up to 61 so that allowed us to air our with door and windows open . There wasn't any wind yesterday but today there is a 15 mph wind and it's only 44 outside right now but it should end up in the low 50's. Lauren has been feeling a little ill the last few days with a bit of a cold and a slight fever. We hope to do a little site seeing today as we start some of our training tomorrow with the rest next week if all involved are off the sick list. The new Visitor Information Station they started last year is still not complete here and the new RV pads that were supposed to be done here are also not complete yet. While we were gone from here the Refuge lost some staff so once again things that should have been completed are not. Still can't complain as the old RV sites are OK and the old VIS is still functioning. We will miss the Ranger who was here but she has moved on to a better job ad we wish her good luck. Hope to get some pictures today . Hope you all in the North East get a break from all the bad weather predicted there in the next few days.                                                    G