If you’ve visited this blog more than once, you probably know that I love Brazos Bend State Park.  And I LOVE alligators.  Strange, I know.

But an interesting new development from this last trip to the park uncovered a love for birds that I never knew I had.

Thanks to my amazing wife, this interest has been unlocked and given new life to the park I’ve been visiting for a decade.

I actually spent more time on this trip looking for different species of birds than with my alligator friends.  Go figure!

Don’t get me wrong though, I still love my gators.  But my appreciation and knowledge for the feathered fauna is growing.

I can’t wait to share this park with students and teach them the amazing nuances of nature/ wildlife photography at such a phenomenally bountiful and biologically diverse place.

We will also spend some time on time lapse and video… If you’re interested in learning more, visit my Brazos Bend workshops page.

Also, all images and video will be available for purchase as stock via Tandem Stills + Motion.

american alligator

white ibis

white ibis

white ibis

white ibis

white ibis

white ibis

tree lined trail with spanish moss

american alligator

male cardinal

yellow-crowned night heron

black-bellied whistling-duck

american alligator

american alligator

american alligator

american alligator

american alligator

great egret

juvenile yellow-crowned night heron

live oak landscape

butterfly in showy primrose

eastern bluebird

yellow-crowned night heron

wild blackberries

herbertia

texas dandelion

anhinga

white ibis

cattle egret

ellie and hunter bird watching

white-marked tussock moth (orgyia leucostigma) caterpillar

red tailed hawk flying

red-tailed hawk

male cardinal

male cardinal

yellow-crowned night heron

yellow-crowned night heron

american alligator

alligator time-lapse… watch in HD!

american alligator

elm lake time-lapse… watch in HD!

elm lake

elm lake time-lapse… watch in HD!

elm lake

elm lake time-lapse… watch in HD!

elm lake

40 acre lake

yellow-crowned night heron

white ibis during it’s first spring

white ibis during it’s first spring

american alligator

swampy landscape

white ibis during it’s first spring

white ibis during it’s first spring

white ibis during it’s first spring

northern rough-winged swallows

northern rough-winged swallows

northern rough-winged swallows

snowy egret

white ibis flying

pilant lake, swamp

pilant lake, swamp

pilant lake, swamp

swampy forest

black-bellied whistling-duck

black-bellied whistling-duck

40 acre lake

american alligator

white tailed deer fawn

red shouldered hawk

live oak and spanish moss time lapse… watch in HD!

live oak and spanish moss

live oak and spanish moss time lapse… watch in HD!

american alligator

barred owl footage… watch in HD!

barred owl

barred owl

yellow-crowned night heron

pilant slough

ellie stoking fire at dusk

ellie stoking fire at dusk

full moon

full moon time lapse… watch in HD!

full moon

full moon

horseshoe lake time lapse… watch in HD!

horseshoe lake

large black wild pig

live oak with spanish moss time lapse… watch in HD!

male cardinal

tri color heron flying

juvenile yellow-crowned night heron

juvenile yellow-crowned night heron

black-bellied whistling-ducks

american alligator

black-crowned night heron stalking it’s prey

yellow-crowned night heron

common moorhen

yellow-crowned night heron

water hyacinth

male alligator during breeding season

anhinga swimming

yellow-crowned night heron

red-bellied woodpecker

red-bellied woodpecker

anhinga sunning

red tailed hawk

snowy egret

snowy egret

red slider turtle crossing the road

violet wood sorrel

red-bellied woodpecker

great blue heron

great blue heron

american alligators

american alligator

snowy egret

red slider turtle on a log

snowy egret

texas rat snake

all images and content © andrew r. slaton | photographer 2013