Sunrise over Aransas Bay

Sonnenaufgang über Aransas Bay

On our boat tour to see the Whooping Cranes in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge we left the marina in Lamar in the dark, before sunrise, and then „parked“ the boat at an artificial island created by the Army Corps of Engineers with stuff they dredged up from the Intracoastal Waterway, to wait for the sun to rise. Next to us was the „Black Jack“ the second boat of the „Aransas Bay Birding Charters„:

Für unsere Bootstour zu den Schreikranichen im Aransas National Wildlife Refuge sind wir schon im Dunkeln, noch vor Sonnenaufgang, in der Marina in Lamar losgefahren und haben dann das Boot an einer künstlichen Insel „geparkt“, die vom Army Corps of Engineers mit Material aufgeschüttet worden ist, das man aus dem Intracoastal Waterway gebaggert hat, und wir haben da auf den Sonnenaufgang gewartet. Ganz in unserer Nähe lag die „Black Jack“, das zweite Boot von „Aransas Bay Birding Charters„.

Morning on Aransas Bay

More Early Morning Whooping Cranes

Mehr Schreikraniche in der Morgenfrühe

Whooping Granes against a Sunrise Sky

Early Morning Whooping Cranes

Schreikraniche in der Morgenfrühe

Aransas Wildlife Refuge: Whooping Cranes over a Tugboat on the Intracoastal Waterway

Sunrise over Matagorda Island

Sonnenaufgang über Matagorda Island

This morning I went on a boat tour [with Aransas Bay Birding Charters] to see Whooping Cranes – and other birds – in the Aransas Wildlife Refuge from the sea side, with the sun in the back. We started in the dark before sunrise and this is what it looked like when we were between Goose Island State Park and Matagorda Island and the sun came up:

Heute morgen war ich auf einer Bootstour [mit Aransas Bay Birding Charters], um Schreikraniche – und andere Vögel – im Aransas Wildlife Refuge von der Seeseite aus zu sehen, mit der Sonne im Rücken. Wir sind noch im Dunkeln vor Sonnenaufgang aufgebrochen und so sah es aus, als wir zwischen Goose Island State Park und Matagorda Island waren und die Sonne aufging:

Sunrise over Matagorda Island

Earth Day 2021

Tomorrow will be Earth Day 20202. Let’s get together and save this our wonderful Earth:

Morgen ist Earth Day 2021: Lasst uns zusammen diese unsere wunderbare Erde retten:

More Early Morning Sky

This is the view I had on Sunday, December 16, from our driveway across Lower Crabapple Road to wards the north:

Mehr Morgenhimmel

Dies hier ist der Ausblick, den ich am Sonntag, dem 16. Dezember, hatte, von unserer Einfahrt aus über die Lower Crabapple Road nach Norden hin:

Early Morning Sky

Back Yard – Early Morning

Yesterday morning, we had a gorgeous sky at sunrise:

Hinterer Garten – früh am Morgen

Gestern Morgen hatten wir einen wunderbaren Himmel kurz nach Sonnenaufgang:

Back Yard Shortly after Sunrise

Before Sunrise in Our Garden

This morning, I happened to be up early and caught a few shots in our garden before sunrise, with the moon and the morning star still up in the sky, while the first pink colours were just showing up. It’s amazing, though, how much detail the camera catches. There’s plenty in this picture – after enhancing it, of course – which I had not been able to see with the naked eye, e.g. the deer in the foreground, to the left, or the hills further up Lower Crabapple Road just showing through the trees on the left.

Early Morning Atmosphere in Our Garden

Sunrise at The LBJ Ranch [5]

Here, now, is the last – and, as I believe – best of the pictures of the sunrise at the LBJ Ranch a few weeks ago:

Sunrise at the LBJ Ranch

Sunrise at The LBJ Ranch [4]

Here’s another one of the series of sunrise pictures I took last at the LBJ Ranch on April 2:

An Early Texas Hill Country Morning