First Day of Spring in Galveston and Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge


March 20th, 2010: First Day of Spring. We drove down to Galveston Island and Watched the sun rise, then we took the ferry across the Bay, and spent the afternoon in Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.
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Seagulls, Sunrise, Stewart Beach Park, Galveston Island, TX Sunrise over the Gulf of Mexico, Steward Beach Park, Galveston Island, TX One footed seagull, Sunrise, Stewart Beach Park, Galveston Island, TX Sunrise of over the Gulf of Mexico, Steward Beach Park, Galveston Island, TX (HDR) Seagulls, Sunrise, Stewart Beach Park, Galveston Island, TX
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Laughing Gull in flight, Sunrise, Stewart Beach Park, Galveston Island, TX Seagulls, Sunrise, Stewart Beach Park, Galveston Island, TX Seagulls, Sunrise, Stewart Beach Park, Galveston Island, TX Bird footprints, East Beach, Galveston, TX Laughing Gull, East Beach, Galveston, TX
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flight of cormorants, East Beach, Galveston, TX Laughing Gull, East Beach, Galveston, TX Ruddy Turnstone, East Beach, Galveston, TX Terns and Gulls, East Beach, Galveston, TX East Beach, Galveston, TX
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Donut in the sand, East Beach, Galveston Island, TX shorebirds with waves breaking over the jetty, East Beach, Galveston, TX flock of seabirds, East Beach, Galveston, TX Ruddy Turnstones, Sanderlings and a gull, East Beach, Galveston, TX waves crashing against the jetty, East Beach, Galveston Island, TX
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Waves crashing against the jetty, East Beach, Galveston Island, TX Plover, East Beach, Galveston, TX Sanderling, East Beach, Galveston, TX Sanderling, East Beach, Galveston, TX sun rising into overcast skies, East Beach, Galveston Island, TX
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flocks of seabirds over the Gulf of Mexico, East Beach, Galveston, TX sun rising into overcast skies, East Beach, Galveston Island, TX (HDR) East Beach, Galveston Island, TX Willet and Laughing gulls, East Beach, Galveston, TX Dowitchers, East End Lagoon, Galveston Island, TX
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Megan wearing Mom's Jacket, East Bay Lagoon Park, Galveston, TX Megan wearing Mom's Jacket, East Bay Lagoon Park, Galveston, TX Dowitcher, East End Lagoon, Galveston Island, TX Dowitcher, East End Lagoon, Galveston Island, TX Long billed Curlew, dowitcher, East End Lagoon, Galveston Island, TX
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Long billed Curlew, East End Lagoon, Galveston Island, TX Long billed Curlew, East End Lagoon, Galveston Island, TX Long billed Curlew, East End Lagoon, Galveston Island, TX Dowitcher, East End Lagoon, Galveston Island, TX Long billed Curlews and Dowitchers, East End Lagoon, Galveston Island, TX
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Long billed Curlews, East End Lagoon, Galveston Island, TX Great Blue Heron, East End Lagoon, Galveston Island, TX Great Blue Heron, East End Lagoon, Galveston Island, TX Great Blue Heron, East End Lagoon, Galveston Island, TX Megan in her new sweatshirt with a lizard print, Galveston, TX
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Cormorant, Bolivar Ferry, TX Cormorant, Bolivar Ferry, TX Panoramic View, Bolivar Ferry, TX Seagulls, Bolivar Ferry, TX Laughing Gull, Bolivar Ferry, TX
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Cormorant, Bolivar Ferry, TX Cormorant, Bolivar Ferry, TX Laughing Gull in Flight, Bolivar Ferry, TX Cars on board Bolivar Ferry Cargo Ship, Bolivar Ferry, TX
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Bolivar Lighthouse Container Ship, Bolivar Ferry, TX Pelicans, Bolivar Ferry, TX Pelican in Flight, Bolivar Ferry American Coots, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
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Purple Gallinule, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Purple Gallinule, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Purple Gallinule, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge American Coots, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge American Coots, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
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Alligator, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Alligator, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Black Neck Stilt, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge American Coot, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Black Necked Stilt, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
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Black Necked Stilts, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Black Necked Stilts, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Black Necked Stilts, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Black Necked Stilts, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Black Necked Stilts, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
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Black Necked Stilts mating, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Black Necked Stilts mating, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Black Necked Stilts, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Cattle grazing nean Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Megan in her new sweatshirt, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
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Cold front over Galveston Bay, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Cold front over Galveston Bay, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge (HDR) Cold front over Galveston Bay, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge (HDR) Shoveler Pond, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge (HDR) Cold front over Galveston Bay, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge (HDR)
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Mom and Megan on the Boardwalk with the Cold Front coming, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge (HDR) Mom and Megan on the Boardwalk with the Cold Front coming, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Mom and Megan on the Boardwalk with the Cold Front coming, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Megan holding binoculars, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Julie, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
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Megan on the Boardwalk, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Pied-Billed Grebe, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Pied-Billed Grebe, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Pied-Billed Grebe, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Great Egret, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
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Great Egret, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Alligators, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Vultures, Shoveler Pond Loop, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge dead calf in Galveston Bay, Frozen Point, Pied-Billed Grebe, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Megan on the Willows trail, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
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Red-winged Blackbirds, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge The Willows Pond, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Mom and Megan look for life in the Willows Pond, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Megan on the Boardwalk, The Willows trail, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Megan on the Boardwalk, The Willows trail, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
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Megan making faces, The Willows trail, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Megan making faces, The Willows trail, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Megan making faces, The Willows trail, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Megan making faces, The Willows trail, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Megan making faces, The Willows trail, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
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red winged blackbird (?), Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge American Coots, Oyster Bayou, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Oyster Bayou Panoramic View, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge

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Last updated: 3/28/10