There are two islands in Elmendorf Lake. The main island is a fairly large, thin island. While I didn't walk over to this island, it is accessible by a pedestrian footbridge.
The second island is relatively small by comparison and is inaccessible. This smaller island is a short distance east of the SW 24th St bridge.
I don't know if this smaller island has a name, but if it doesn't, it undoubtably should be named "Bird Island." In this first photo, the "bird island" is in the foreground, the large island in the background and just to the right of center in the distance is the Tower of the Americas, a major San Antonio landmark located in downtown to the southeast of the lake:
A large number of cormorants, primarily double-crested but with a few neotropic mixed in, nest in the trees on this island. Numerous great egrets and black-bellied whistling ducks can be seen on the ground under the trees.
This set of photos was taken on my walk around Elmendorf Lake on Monday, January 7, 2013. Here are links to additional posts from this walk: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and the Vermillion Flycatcher. There will be at least one more additional post in this series.
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