Wood Sprite Photo3d ago

An American Alligator using a Red-eared Slider as a reptile raft is the kind of wildlife moment that makes me stop and stare.

📍 Smith Oaks Rookery, High Island, TX
📸 Canon EOS R50 + RF 100-400

#Alligator #Turtle #herpers #ReptilePhotography #WildlifePhotography #TexasWildlife

Wood Sprite PhotoMay 19

Basking out in the afternoon sun! Spotting the electric blue tail of this juvenile common five-lined skink was a fun surprise 🦎

📍 Houston, TX
📸 Canon R50 + RF 100-400 + 1.4x

#FiveLinedSkink #Lizard #WildlifePhotography #CanonR50 #NatureLovers #Herpetology #MastodonNature #herpers

Wood Sprite PhotoMay 18
Up close and personal with a red-eared slider turtle resting along the trail 🐢
📍 Houston Audubon Smith Oaks Rookery, High Island, TX
📸 Canon R50 + RF 100-400 + 1.4x
#RedEaredSlider #Turtle #WildlifePhotography #CanonR50 #NatureLovers #Herpetology #MastodonNature #herpers
Wood Sprite PhotoMay 17

The high stakes of life at the rookery. While roseate spoonbill 🪶 and snowy egret chicks grow up in their treetop nests, an alligator patrols the waters directly below.

📍 Houston Audubon Smith Oaks Rookery, High Island, TX
🗓️ May 10, 2026 | 🕒 8:26 AM
📸 Canon EOS R50 + RF 100-400 + 1.4x
⚙️ 140mm | f/8.0

#NatureIsMetal #WildlifePhotography #CanonR50 #Alligator #Spoonbill #MastodonBirds #herpers

Wood Sprite PhotoApr 29
An unlikely neighbor! 🪶 This American White Ibis is calmly foraging just inches away from a Diamondback Water Snake basking on the branch. It is always fascinating to see these quiet moments of coexistence in the marsh. Nature’s quiet tension! ✨
#Wildlife #Birds #Ibis #Snake #Herpers
Wood Sprite PhotoApr 17
A quiet morning on the water. Watching this Plain-bellied Water Snake glide through the green reeds. These non-venomous swimmers are often found near slow-moving ponds and are such a vital part of our local ecosystem. 🐍✨
#Wildlife #Nature #Snake #Herpers
Ross GradyNov 9, 2025
On the one hand, my walk along the #Eno River this morning was about as low-critter as they have all been this fall.

(I'm curious if any #naturalists or river #ecologists or #herpers on here have thoughts about the impact of the massive flooding caused by TS Chantal on the reptiles of the Eno River basin.

I just literally haven't seen a single Nerodia species along the Eno or New Hope Creek since Chantal.)

OTOH, I saw a gorgeous Kingfisher rocketing along the river, so that was awesome.
Ashwini V Mohan ಅಶ್ವಿನಿNov 7, 2022
It’s taken years to build a #twitter ⭕️ containing not only scientists, but scicomm folks, 🇮🇳 science & 🇮🇳 diaspora worldwide, #WomenInSTEM #HERpers , journalists, students, ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು, mentors & so much more! I’m on #mastodon now (see bio), but this won’t end my Twitter journey.