I’ve had some great days of photography, mostly of fall migrants passing through our yard on their way south or fall arrivals which will stay for the winter.  Because I’ve been spending so much time on photography and processing I haven’t kept up with posting photos to my blog.  I have a large backlog of photos to post, and normally I would post them in chronological order.  But I’m going to make an exception and post some photos here that will alert you to an unusual visitor in our area… a Great egret.

I viewed the visitor on two different days… the afternoons of Thursday, September 20 and Monday September 24.  The bird was in the same location both days… along (West) March Point Road just north of South Texas Road, opposite a large retention pond on fenced refinery property.  There’s no place to pull off the road there so you need to either do a drive-by or find a safe place to park.  Traffic at times (especially around 4-6pm) can be frequent and it’s a route used by tanker trucks, so exercise caution in the area.