Peculiar Texas
April 01, 2016
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Great place to bird, but otherwise, a windy and drab. Beaches are considered highways, suprisingly, even in Padre Island National Seashore. Sport fishing is extremely popular as is wind surfing.
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Industrious Woodpecker
March 22, 2016
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Sapsuckers drill holes in trees in order to trap insects in the sap their work produces. Other species of woodpeckers glean bugs from trees or, in case of the Northern Flicker, from the ground. Fact is, woodpeckers are industrious birds who will acquire food depending on seasonal need. Our suet feeder regularly attract Down Woodpeckers, but leave t...
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Alta Birding: Texas Style
March 20, 2016
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We made the trip up to Alta on a warm first day of spring and we were rewarded with a new lifer, multiple Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches as well as previously seen Black Rosy Finches. They were easy to find because they were attracted to feeders at the Alta Town Hall.
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Spring? Not Quite.
February 22, 2016
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Warm weather, melting snow and ice and now the singing of the winter-resident birds, is must mean spring is just around the corner. A Horned-Lark gave a beautiful recitail at the Salt Creek WMA while Tundra Swans and various other waterfowl honked, quacked hissed in the background. While these sounds can be heard throughout winter, why is the Lark...
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