2017 slideshow
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Hagerman Wildlife Reserve
Hagerman Wildlife Reserve
Hagerman Wildlife Reserve
Hagerman Wildlife Reserve
Carolina Wren at Carpenters Bluff Bridge
Great White Egret
Carpenters Bluff Bridge
Red-winged Blackbird
Great White Egret
Red-winged Blackbird
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Harrier
Great Blue Heron
Northern Harrier
Northern Harrier
Snowy Egret
Carpenters Bluff Bridge on the Red River
Completed in the late summer of 1910 as a railroad bridge for the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad (MO&G) line, this landmark structure was part of a line through Grayson County to connect with other railways in order to secure better freight rates for their shipments from the Oklahoma coal mines. The bridge was designed to withstand major floods such as the one in 1908 that had destroyed several area bridges. Its design also included a wagon shelf, an extra lane to serve travelers on foot and horseback, as well as horse-drawn vehicles, all of whom had to pay a toll for its use. In 1921, ownership passed to the Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad (KO&G), which maintained the line until 1965, when the company ceased operations in Texas due to declining rail traffic.[8] The Texas and Pacific Railway maintained the bridge for a brief time and then deeded it to the counties of Grayson and Bryan. County commissioners agreed to convert the structure for vehicular traffic, and upon completion of that work, the bridge was opened as a free public thoroughfare.
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
Greater Yellowlegs
Great Blue Herons (fishing buddies)
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron in flight
Great Blue Heron
Buttercups
Hagerman Wildlife Reserve
Roadrunner
Northern Shoveler
Northern Shoveler
Loggerhead Shrike
Neotropical Cormorant
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Hagerman Wildlife Reserve
Hagerman Wildlife Refuge
Hagerman Wildlife Reserve
Blue winged teal
Canada Geese
Northern Harrier
Northern Harrier
Great blue heron
I can't explain a blessed thing
Not a falling star, or a feathered wing
Just one thing is clear to me
There's always more than what appears to be
And when the light's just right
I swear I see
Poetry