On Thanksgiving Day in Port Aransas, TX, I found this beautiful brown pelican was hanging around the trail near Charlie's Pasture. The pelican was more annoyed than worried by my presence and actually let me get fairly close before flying a few feet away and giving me the stink-eye.
Vultures are some of my favorite birds to watch. They have so much personality and seem to really know how to have fun. At the Aransas NWR, there was a large group of turkey vultures and black vultures playing in the trees near the marsh by the birding platform.
This particular turkey vulture was playing around on a tree limb and appeared to be annoying the nearby vultures who were roosting.
