We arrived in Rockport on November 27 and had no idea what to expect. We were just targeting somewhere south of I-10 in Texas. The Rockport area seemed to have a plethora of campgrounds and randomly picked one with a good reviews that we could book online. WHAT A GREAT DECISION! Rockport has been an incredible place to spend the winter. We have been overwhelmed by the kindness of the people here (Thank you Hope Church Rockport!) and the natural beauty that surrounds us. Another surprise we found was the number of foggy mornings. Thick, pea soup foggy. It has gotten much better this month, but we still have seen way more fog than back in Indiana.

This photograph was taken shortly after we arrived on the very foggy morning of November 29, 2022 at the Cove Harbor Bird Sanctuary near Rockport, Texas. (Nikon Z5, 1/13 sec at f/2.8, ISO 100, 28mm)

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The Rockport area has many American White Pelicans and Brown Pelicans. We see the White Pelicans much more often. One of the most memorable bird moments in Fort Wayne was when we saw chatter on FaceBook that there were White Pelicans at Eagle Marsh. We drove over and saw them ourselves. Lots of them. Even the WANE news did an article on them. Apparently, they numbers have increased significantly in recent years and can be seen migrating in more and more areas.

This photograph was taken yesterday of the sunrise on Aransas Bay as seen from the southern end of the Lyndon B. Johnson Memorial Bridge near Fulton, TX. (Nikon Z5, 1/8000 sec at f/13, ISO 100, 400mm)

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Moonrise Over Rockport

Welcome to a new series of posts where I share a photo of mine and some thoughts on it. I turned on commenting for the first time, so if you have a question, please ask!

I am currently living as a "Winter Texan" in the Costal Bend of Texas. We will be here until the first of March when we start the slow journey to Montana. Coastal Texas is a beautiful place teeming with wildlife and and I want to start this collection with a set of photographs showing the local beauty.

This picture is a composition of two photographs taken in the Ivy Lane Bird and Nature Site in Rockport, TX on February 3. In one picture the moon was in focus, and in the other, the trees were in focus.

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