2008-03-11
Here an Armadillo, There an Armadillo, Everywhere an Armadillo
The Aransas National Wildlife Refuge is the winter home to the Whooping Crane and is one of the reasons we stopped in this area. We had a pretty good day at the refuge sighting a family of Wooping Cranes, about 15 alligators, a bunch of javelinas, three wild boar, a white-tailed deer, many Armadillo and of course a number of different birds. We were told several times that alligators like to eat dogs, and suggested one should carry their dog .... NO...... try option 2, Zaph was kept on very short lead making him an extension of me. It must have worked as I don't think the Alligators even noticed us.
There were lots of alligators in lots of sizes.
A posing armadillo --- it was kinda of weird but most of the armadillos we saw were on Ed's side of the truck --- do you think they were wanting their photos taken?
A flowering yucca
Besides being totally different species you can easily tell a boar from a javelina as boars have tails and large ears.
A Great Egret
The Whooping Crane family flew from the water where they were very visible (though far away) to the tall grass where they were not.
Butterflies hard at work making more butterflies.
Common Moorhen
This White-tailed deer obviously lives in a protected area as he stood there for a long time while we took his photo.
Zaph reluctantly hanging out by one of the "big trees" in the refuge.
Zaph wanted to go see his new friend. This little girl had no trouble with Zaph's size as she has a Great Dane and a Chihuahua at home.
Lots of drift wood on this beach.
There were lots of alligators in lots of sizes.
A posing armadillo --- it was kinda of weird but most of the armadillos we saw were on Ed's side of the truck --- do you think they were wanting their photos taken?
A flowering yucca
Besides being totally different species you can easily tell a boar from a javelina as boars have tails and large ears.
A Great Egret
The Whooping Crane family flew from the water where they were very visible (though far away) to the tall grass where they were not.
Butterflies hard at work making more butterflies.
Common Moorhen
This White-tailed deer obviously lives in a protected area as he stood there for a long time while we took his photo.
Zaph reluctantly hanging out by one of the "big trees" in the refuge.
Zaph wanted to go see his new friend. This little girl had no trouble with Zaph's size as she has a Great Dane and a Chihuahua at home.
Lots of drift wood on this beach.
# posted by The Agnew Family @ 10:34 PM 
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