June 28

I'm trying to catch up on posting the numerous photos from my recent birding/photography/canoeing trips. In my journal I'd like to highlight some really nice places I discovered recently. I'm also including links to Google maps of the different places. I don't have a GPS to the get the lat/long so the pin in the map isn't exactly in the right spot. I had to search for a nearby street.

This first trip was on April 25th. I went exploring a nearby (to my parents' place) section of The Big Thicket in east Texas with my mom to try to find a spot I could put in my new canoe. We never found a spot for the canoe that day (too many fallen trees or too steep of a shore); however, we discovered some gorgeous spots for photography and flora/fauna observing. The birds were staying too far away for my camera, but I got some nice photos of the wildflowers and insects and a couple herps. This is the complete collection of photos from this trip.