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Lights from the slow-moving barge traffic on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway streak across the horizon near Mad Island Marsh Preserve.

The marsh, part of the Matagorda Bay estuarine habitat, on the Texas Gulf Coast, lies at the terminus of the Central Flyway, one of four principal North American migratory bird routes. Nearly 250 species of birds--including migrating and resident songbirds, shorebirds, colonial nesting birds, and wading birds--use the area for feeding, resting and roosting. Yet, the preserve's upland prairies represent a part of the remaining 2 percent of the original tallgrass coastal prairies once found across Texas.

Filename: TX-AguaModerna-startrails.tif
Copyright: Chris Case
Image Size: 5272x3436 / 51.8MB; water Colorado River river Texas Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Matagorda Bay estuary Gulf Coast Gulf of Mexico bird migratory bird migration shorebird water bird songbird coastal prairie prairie water rights stars star trails long exposure time elapse light streak barge barges
Contained in galleries: "Agua Moderna | The Colorado River of Texas", Documentary

Lights from the slow-moving barge traffic on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway streak across the horizon near Mad Island Marsh Preserve.<br />
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The marsh, part of the Matagorda Bay estuarine habitat, on the Texas Gulf Coast, lies at the terminus of the Central Flyway, one of four principal North American migratory bird routes. Nearly 250 species of birds--including migrating and resident songbirds, shorebirds, colonial nesting birds, and wading birds--use the area for feeding, resting and roosting. Yet, the preserve's upland prairies represent a part of the remaining 2 percent of the original tallgrass coastal prairies once found across Texas.