Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, TX-East Unit

It's duck and goose hunting season at the refuge.

Northern Shoveler

Blue Wing Teal

Gadwall

Northern Shovelers (top 4) and Blue Wing Teal

 

Anahuac National Wildlife Unit, TX-Skillern Tract

Spotted Sandpiper

A farmer roller blading a rice field on the Skillern Tract.

 

Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, TX - Visitor Center

We arrived at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, southeast of Houston, TX, on October 31. The main Visitor Center (VC) and administrative offices are located about 2 miles south of I10 near Anahuac, TX.  The VC has several displays and a simulated air boat ride through the refuge.  There is also a 1/4 miles boardwalk that takes visitors through a woodlot, swamp and ends at Lake Anahuac.  Red eared slider turtles are abundant.

Bolivar Peninsula, TX Gulf Coast

The Bolivar Peninsula forms a very narrow strip of land in Galveston County, Texas, separating the eastern part of Galveston Bay from the Gulf of Mexico.  The communities of Port Bolivar, Crystal Beach, Caplen, Gilchrist, and High Island are located on the peninsula.

Bolivar Point Lighthouse was built in 1872 and served for 61 years before being retired in 1933, when its function was replaced by a different light.  Today it is privately owned.  The structure is brick covered with white and black cast iron sheets.  After withstanding years of erosion, the lighthouse is now entirely black. This has caused some to call it "The Haunted Lighthouse" of Bolivar.

Fort Travis

 Jane Long Memorial

 

Galveston Bay

 

Ship Anchored

 

Snowy Egret 

 

Heron