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Breeding Bird Surveys are underway

  • Breeding Bird Survey
  • May 26, 2012
Volunteers across the United States and Canada are currently participating in Breeding Bird Surveys (BBS). The purpose of the surveys is to assess...
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Annie visits the Mosquito Cafe in Galveston

  • Mosquito Cafe
  • April 16, 2012
With the nice spring weather, we decided to drive the twenty five miles to Galveston for lunch. We wanted to include our goldendoodle, Annie, on...
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Monarch Butterflies in Peril ?

Much has been published about the fascinating and hazardous flight made by monarch butterflies each fall to their wintering grounds in central...
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Get houses ready for purple martins

If you plan to attract purple martins to a martin house this year, it is time to get ready. These South American migrants are moving north to once...
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Robins and waxwings are gorging on local berries

  • Wintering Birds Eating Berries
  • January 28, 2012
Winter berries such as yaupon are ripe this time of year. American robins and cedar waxwings know. They can be seen and heard in the hundreds...
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Headwick's snowy owl friends head south

It looks like a scene from Harry Potter in some parts of the country as snowy owls are paying visits. Could one be Headwick?This is an exciting...
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Wintering Geese Return To Texas

Wintering geese can currently be seen and heard over the skies of southeast Texas. On these foggy nights they sound close enough to land on...
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Reindeer Soon To Be Heading South

The North Pole receives lots of attention this time of year as the place where the magic of Christmas begins. How do we find this land of ice and...
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Fall Colors Have Arrived

The changing color of leaves announce that fall is in the air. Around the country roadsides are painted with various shades of red, orange, yellow,...
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Time for Christmas Bird Counts

December brings excitement to bird watchers everywhere. It marks the three week time period that Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) will occur. This year&...
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