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  1. Great Blue Heron

    Great Blue Heron

    Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias subsp. wardi) Sexes similar. West end of Galveston Island, San Luis Pass, Galveston County side, Texas, USA. Barrier Island, a straight connecting West Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Sandy Beach and sand dunes.
  2. Piping Plover

    Piping Plover

    Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Sexes similar. Non-breeding plumage. San Luis Pass, Brazoria County, Texas, USA. Situated on the south-western end of Galveston Island. Gulf of Mexico on the exposed side and West Bay on the sheltered side.
  3. Reddish Egret

    Reddish Egret

    Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens subsp. rufescens) Sexes similar. Reddish morph or normal morph, there is also a white morph which is not as plentiful but shows up throughout its range. Though the white morph is quite common along the coast in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. San Luis Pass...
  4. Ruddy Turnstone (breeding plumage)

    Ruddy Turnstone (breeding plumage)

    Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres subsp. morinella) Adult (breeding plumage). San Luis Pass, Brazoria County, Texas, USA. Situated on the south-western end of Galveston Island, barrier island. Gulf of Mexico on the exposed side and West Bay on the sheltered side.
  5. Herring Gull (juvenile)

    Herring Gull (juvenile)

    Herring Gull (Larus argentatus subsp. smithsonianus) 1st winter bird transitioning into 1st summer. San Luis Pass, Brazoria County, Texas, USA. Situated on the south-western end of Galveston Island, barrier island. Gulf of Mexico on the exposed side and West Bay on the sheltered side.
  6. American Avocet

    American Avocet

    American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) Male. San Luis Pass, Brazoria County, Texas, USA. Situated on the south-western end of Galveston Island, barrier island. Gulf of Mexico on the exposed side and West Bay on the sheltered side.
  7. Sanderlings

    Sanderlings

    Sanderling (Calidris alba) Sexes similar. Sanderlings in various stages of molt from winter plumage to breeding plumage. San Luis Pass, Brazoria County, Texas, USA. Situated on the south-western end of Galveston Island, barrier island. Gulf of Mexico on the exposed side and West Bay on the...
  8. Sanderling

    Sanderling

    Sanderling (Calidris alba) Sexes similar. This one is almost in full breeding plumage. Bathing in fresh rainwater in a depression. San Luis Pass, Brazoria County, Texas, USA. Situated on the south-western end of Galveston Island, a barrier island. Gulf of Mexico on the exposed side and West Bay...
  9. The Royals

    The Royals

    Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus subsp. maximus) Adult breeding, sexes similar. Sandwich Terns in the background. San Luis Pass, Brazoria County, Texas, USA. Situated on the south-western end of Galveston Island. Gulf of Mexico on the exposed side and West Bay on the sheltered side.
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