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| Cormorant at Brazos Bend State Park |
As we left Palmetto State Park the sun and
blue skies were out, a most welcome sight.
We drove about two hours east and a little south and arrived at Brazos
Bend State Park, a new park for us.
Brazos Bend State Park includes about 5,000 acres of bottomland and upland
coastal prairie just southwest of Houston. Containing woodland, wetland and prairie
habitats, the park has an amazing diversity of plants and animals. The park is on the Texas Coastal Birding Trail with over 300 species of birds seen regularly
plus 23 species of mammals and 21 species of reptiles including one
of the largest, the American Alligator.
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| Gator with green algae 'beard' Notice the teeth - alligators have an overbite so you see their upper teeth. |
As soon as we got a campsite, we grabbed
the binoculars, the camera and Maya and went out into the sun to try our luck at
spotting some of those many species of animals.
My goodness, there were so many birds!
I don’t think I have seen so many coots in one place in my life (and I’m
not talking about the campers…)
Great Egrets
Also, it was so warm, we put on
shorts! We forgot about rain and winter for 2 beautiful
days and like the alligators, we basked in the warmth. Speaking of alligators we saw dozens of them
and several were so large we did not want to meet them on the trail - but we
did! You want to give them about 30 feet
of space but a few times we did not have that option. The ‘gators’ were so happy and docile basking
in the sun that we were not too worried.
Still we never took our eyes off them as we carefully skirted around them on the trail.
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