Wild and captive birds at Bear Creek Pioneers Park

A couple of Crested Caracaras 

Don't fee the Birds 

Emu in the company of vultures 

American vulture in the grass 

Fence-sitting black vultures 

Parrot working the wire mesh

Foraging for edibles on the ground 

Bear Creek Pioneers Park under water (May 31, 2015 photos of flooding in Addicks Reservoir)

Bear Creek Pioneers Park is closed because of flooding again, but

this time the water level is considerably higher than on

the last few occasions the park was closed for the same reason.

A pick-up truck did not make it out and was abandoned 

on Patterson Road at the corner with Bear Creek Drive

near Houston Farm & Ranch Club grounds

War Memorial Drive in Addicks Reservoir flooded 

Looking East from Highway 6 at Patterson Road
Houston Farm and Ranch Club gate on the left

Bear Creek Park entrance at Eldridge (Sunday 5/31/2015)
War Memorial Drive and adjoining parking lots and sports fields inundated 

All Souls' Day - Time to Remember the Ancestors

Historic grave sites in Eldridge / Addicks / Bear Creek Area 

Graves of German settler families in Cullen Park

Beeler Family graves on Enclave Pkwy
in what is now a Harris County pocket park

Beeler Pocket Park with historic grave sites 

Koch-Schmidt Cemetery in Addicks Reservoir
near Groeschke Road

Grave markers at Koch-Schmidt Cemetery
alongside hike-bike trial in Cullen Park 

Addicks Methodist Church cemetery on Highway 6 at
Patterson Road / Bear Creek Pioneers Park 

Old Oaks towering over German grave sites of German settlers
 in Bear Creek Area  

Early Voting under way at Bear Creek Community Center for Nov 2014 General Elections

and campaign signs "adorning" the way there 

What else is around that location, besides campaign signs?

Houston Farm & Ranch Club 

Old Fire Engine parked on Longhorn grazing grounds 

Abercrombie Drive at Patterson Rd - Street Name Signs

Grazing Cattle near Houston Farm & Ranch Club 

German cemetery on Highway 6 at Bear Creek Park
Addicks Methodist Church 

Patterson Road at Highway 6 - Turn here to get
Bear Creek Community Center, Houston Farm & Ranch Club,
and Bear Creek Pioneers Park

Houston Farm and Ranch Club at Patterson Road off SH-6

The Houston Farm and Ranch Club participates each year in the Downtown Parade that kicks off Rodeo Season. This photos are from the 2014 parade.

Gate to Houston Farm & Ranch Club grounds and facilities on Patterson Rd
off Highway 

Old fire engine parked in meadow

Abercrombie Drive at Patterson Road - Bear Creek Community Center and Houston Farm and Ranch Club

Flooded Bear Creek Park proves popular with ibises

Sections of Bear Creek Pioneers Park are currently closed because of high water. 

The ibises, which unlike the black vultures are not seen as commonly in the reservoir, seem to like it.

American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)

Two American white ibises foraging for food, which consists
 of small aquatic prey, such as insects, crayfish, and small fishes.

Colony of ibises foraging for food in flooded meadow

Equestrian Trail and Nature Trails in Bear Creek Wilderness Area (Addicks Reservoir)