Carol Conkey, a member of the Texas Ornithological Society, uses binoculars to get a closer look at a blue-faced honey-eater during a birding field trip in the Rainforest Pyramid at Moody Gardens in Galveston. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Armand Bayou Nature Center is the largest urban wilderness preserve in the United States with 2,500 acres of natural wetlands, forest and prairies. It is home to more than 370 species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. Photo by Gary Seloff
A flock of gulls and black skimmers take flight as a fisherman uses a casting net near a sandbar in the East End Lagoon off Boddeker Road in Galveston. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Zane Seigel paddles in his kayak with his dog, Bodhi, at the Galveston Island State Park. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Austen Anderson, left, picks up plastic bottles during a beach clean-up by members of the Mountain Ocean Project at a beach near Seawolf Park in Galveston. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Woody, one of Alice Anne O’Donell’s two dogs, pauses on the pier of her 10-acre natural habitat surrounding her home on the West End of Galveston. She has provided habitat for marsh grasses and oyster beds along the shoreline. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Donovan Jones and Rebecca Peache have been married for 21 years but have performed as a duo for only 10 years. They are world-renowned performers of adagio, striking gravity- and human anatomy-defying poses with and without vocals. They have a studio in downtown Galveston where they train, teach and perform. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Insect damage gives an old chestnut beam a distressed look. It’s one of several reclaimed beams at The Woodshop of Texas in Texas City that will find new life as a mantel. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds