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Birding with Alligators
I live in the northeast where there are, thankfully, no alligators (NYC sewer gators, notwithstanding) so when I come across them in my travels they always freak me out a little; it’s all that nature programming that shows them running with bur...
Bird Photography Weekly - Sora
It always feels so special to see a rail. But unlike many of them, this Sora was totally brazen; walking across open water in full view to get from grassy clump to grassy clump. When it disappeared into the reeds and did not emerge, I drove on, o...
Bird Photography Weekly - Least Grebe
Meet Life Bird #612. This is one of the Least Grebes that was hanging around the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge. I saw it on the auto loop around Moccasin Pond. Look at that orange eye. ...
Bird Photography Weekly
Look at that tail! Let’s see–at the beach, in Texas, long wonky tail, must be a Boat-tailed Grackle. I can usually tell the difference between the Boat-tailed and Great-tailed Grackle not by size, and the tail of a Great-tailed Grackl...
Birding San Bernard NWR
Do you read Birding on the Net regional lists before you travel? I do. A few weeks before the trip I started to see reports on TexBirds of a Least Grebe at San Bernard NWR. Although I had seen this bird in Costa Rica, I did not have it on my...
Birding Sam Houston National Forest
Years ago I met some birders at King Ranch who were extending their Texas trip to drive north and try to see the endangered Red-cockaded Woodpeckers. Up to that point, I thought they were over in the Carolinas and other southern states; apparently...
Bird Photography Weekly
Since I am heading to Houston for a conference in mid-Feb; I’m thinking of going down a few days early to do a little birding. Do you have a favortite spot on the upper Texas Coast? I have been to Anahuac and plan on going there again. I mi...
Thanksgiving Turkey Special
All Turkeys are not the same. According to Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, there are 6 subspecies of Wild Turkey; 4 of them in the US, the other 2 in Mexico. I have only seen 3 of the US ones. Meleagris gallopavo merriami — the W...
Skywatch
I was with friends the other day and we were talking about if you were a bird which one would you be. There were lots of interesting answers from hawks (of course) to a vulture (you can’t be serious!) to eagles (hmmm, yes but have you hear...
Sabal Palm Sanctuary Needs our Help
Located at the tip of Texas, close to the border with Mexico and south of Brownsville, believe it or not, the Sabal Palm Sanctuary is owned and maintained by the National Audubon Society. It protects a small relict stand of the palms that once lined...
