Ibises with their long curved bills can be seen at West Houston detention ponds at lakes in the reservoirs and flooded fields after heavy rains

All pink: Spring is also the apple snail mating and egg-laying season

The egg clusters are more visible

than the snails themselves 

Apple snail as food for water fowl 

Below: Apple snails (archival pics)

Cute Squirrels on the Buffalo Bayou trails

Squirrel perching in a tree 

Squirrel under park bench along the trail 

Bayou ecosystem poster with squirrel in underneath 

Squirrel in the grass on its two hind legs 

Squirrel upside down on a tree trunk 

Squirrel burying an acorn 

Butterfly spotting in Spring - Houston-area parks and wildlife areas

Spring-time wildflowers in Houston's Energy Corridor and lush green fields

Indian Paintbrush (macro view) with blue sky with white clouds
at Texas wildflower patch near Kendall Library 

A bee visiting a blackberry flower in the woods

Texas Dandelion (Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus) 

Evening Primrose flower in profile

Mexican Hat flower in profile in green field alongside
Terry Hershey Park at Eldridge Pkwy 

Blooming tree against deep blue sky 

Orange-colored butterfly on bloom among trees
on lower bayou bank 

Indian Paintbrush at Addicks Reservoir with overcast sky 

Wood Sorrel (Oxalis Acetosella)

Flowering thistle 

Bayou wetlands and wildlife in the Spring

Buffalo Bayou ecosystem explained on
trail-side educational poster - squirrel sitting in the grass underneath 

Confluence of Langham Creek and Buffalo Bayou 

Terry Hershey Park in the Spring

Pavilion at Terry Hershey Park near Playground
(North of Memorial Drive at Langham Creek) 

A pair of black-bellied whistling ducks on the adjoining pond 

A turtle on the edge of the water 

The sundial at Terry Hershey Park with cyclists passing
on paved trail 

Cardinal Trail Marker at Terry Hershey Park 

Molly Pryor Memorial Orchard on Memorial Drive at Langham Creek in the Spring

A small enclosed green space along the Terry Hershey Trail (Memorial Drive at Langham Creek)

with gazebo and walking trails. The flowers and fruits vary with the seasons 

Molly Pryor Memorial Orchard 

15200 Memorial Dr, Houston, TX 77079

Commemorative Tablet for Molly Pryor