
Synchronized preening; wild Muscovy ducks on the Left Bank of White Oak Bayou Channel near Houston Avenue, below the I-10 expansion construction, Woodland Heights

Synchronized preening; wild Muscovy ducks on the Left Bank of White Oak Bayou Channel near Houston Avenue, below the I-10 expansion construction, Woodland Heights

Jerusalem Thorn (Parkinsonia aculeata); also known as Mexican Palo Verde; on the Levee Trail above the marsh at The Heights Reservoir behind White Oak Station

“Gular fluttering” is how herons regulate their internal body temperature; Right Bank of White Oak Bayou Channel in Woodland Heights near downtown Houston

A feather floats by, a duck preens, a duckling quacks (Right Bank of White Oak Bayou Channel)

A feather, two bills, and a duckling – White Oak Bayou Channel, Woodland Heights