Photographing shorebirds is fun and challenging as they are almost always in motion. Your leader Tim Timmis has mastered this! We will seek out the birds on East Beach or wherever they may be hiding, to capture the action. We may also head to the boat dock area behind the Strand to get close-up shots of Pelicans and other birds as they wait for the shrimp boats to come into port.

This trip has been so popular in the past that we are bringing it back! Join Chris Rankin at the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge (formerly Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge) near Anahuac, Texas, to explore Wildlife Photography from A Car.

The Texas City Dike is the longest man-made fishing pier in the world.  It stretches 5.3 miles into Galveston Bay.  This means that birds like sandpipers and turnstones can be found on both sides of the dike feeding in shallow water.  In addition, gulls and terns are regularly flying along the dike as they hunt for food. We will slowly drive along the dike and stop for interesting photo opportunities. 

Galveston Island State Park is the site of this delightful, natural experience. Enjoy paddling in a provided kayak while slowly exploring the marshes of Galveston Island State Park, one of the area’s premier ecological jewels. This 2,000-acre public park offers a multitude of habitats that support a wide variety of birds like herons, egrets, Roseate Spoonbill, shorebirds and possible overhead raptors like osprey looking for prey.

This ever-popular photography field trip has become a FeatherFest tradition! Join Sky King Falconry and Ruth Hoyt to photograph captive raptors and other trained birds in natural settings and on perches on a private West End property. This is a great opportunity to see and photograph these birds up close.