March 1, 2022Common House Sparrows. Angry, Angry Birds!Common House Sparrows. Angry, Angry Birds! “Without question the most deplorable event in the history of American ornithology was the introduction […]
January 1, 2022Wintertime Bird FeedingWintertime Bird Feeding The infamous February 2021 freeze, Storm Uri, left an enormous percentage of East Texans without power and […]
October 1, 2021The Meaning of PreeningIf you watch birds for just a short time, you will see them tend to their feathers – fluffing them […]
August 1, 2021Butterflies- The Flowers that Fly!Robert Frost called them…”flowers that fly and all but sing”…. For many people butterflies symbolize the free spirits of […]
June 4, 2021Our Nonvenomous Diamondback Water SnakeWhat? No birds this time? Nope! We are switching to a creature that strikes fear in many people. Some won’t […]
April 1, 2021Where Happy Little Bluebirds FlyIt’s a famous song from a famous movie, the Wizard of Oz. But we don’t have to go “over the […]
March 30, 2021American White Pelicans“A wonderful bird is the pelican His bill can hold more than his belican. He can take in his beak […]
January 27, 2021Cormorants – The Boys Are Back In Town!Where there are fish, there are cormorants. Cormorants are here all year long, but thousands more migrate down and gather […]
November 2, 2020Osprey – The Elegant RaptorAlso known as a Sea Hawk or a River Hawk, the osprey is a very successful raptor, and the species […]