article thumbnail

The Golden-cheeked Warbler and Conservation Banks

10,000 Birds

The endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler breeds only in Texas Hill Country near Austin and San Antonio, but much of its nesting grounds have cleared in favor of subdivisions. Funding typically consists of an interest-bearing account that generates enough income to manage the property.

article thumbnail

Pat’s Year List, it’s 2016!

10,000 Birds

Coming from Niagara Falls, New York, it also means freezing, bitter cold, watching for imaginary Polar Bears while pretending to walk through an Arctic landscape, and looking for owls. Piratic Flycatcher – Legatus leucophaius; San Antonio, 17-Jan. White-eyed Vireo – Vireo griseus; San Antonio, 17-Jan.

article thumbnail

Our Best Birds of 2020

10,000 Birds

It bears an iconic name associated with insanity and betrayal, but also with time and seasonality. Carrie, on-the-other-hand, got a bird precisely where it belonged, even if she didn’t get a photo, as she tends not to: In the first week of March, I was in San Antonio. I saw the Cuckoo the second day of its visit.

2020 256