There is a small wooded area, really just a patch of Live Oaks, that grows between the main highway out of Rockport, Texas and the waterfront. We’d passed it many times, and hadn’t noticed, until friends pointed it out.
It’s a rookery: the place herons and egrets come to build nests and nurse their young. I’ve never seen anything like it.
A viewing area allows us to watch the comings and goings of Great Blue Heron, Great Egrets, and others, all sporting their full breeding regalia.
We observe birds collecting twigs for nests, and pairs working together to arrange them.
Some birds, no doubt due to the close proximity of their neighbours, protest loudly, and we witness a few scuffles, but the birds soon settle down to the task at hand.
We will return here often in our last days, honoured to share in such a miracle, our cameras loaded with images to process for sometime to come.
One Woman's Quest II 
Thank you for sharing your fantastic photos of these amazing birds.
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So welcome!
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We must be diligent so as not to miss those tucked away places.
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Bless you for directing us there – amazing.
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Such wonderments.
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They sure are.
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Wow, that would leave me hushed, to observe.
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So amazing.
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Yes.
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Amazing detail. I’m enjoying your trip š
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I’m glad you are. The birds are all made up in their breeding colours and look almost doll-like I thought.
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How lucky to observe and photograph!
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I know. So cool
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Loving all these posts and pics…
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Glad you are.
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