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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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It stops those thousands of migrating birds flying across the Gulf of Mexico and directs them right onto the trees, fields, sanctuaries, beaches along the Bolivar Peninsula, where they hopefully find food and fresh water. High Island in April requires Weather, so I was told. It’s located on a five-mile long jetty built by the U.S.

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What’s the Next ABA-Countable Exotic?

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Outside of Florida, there are also growing populations in Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Houston. They were right! This popular cagebird also seems to have a toehold in the Houston area. In 2013, California voted to add this tiny estrildid finch to the California state list, and the ABA Checklist Committee also followed suit.

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Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Empidonax and Pewees–A Field Guide Review

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There are also two pages illustrating the “Holistic Approach,” silhouettes of each species (Western birds on the left, Eastern birds on the right), that allow for comparison of structure, size, and shape. The maps are fairly complex, showing breeding range, winter range, year-round range, migration routes, times, and directions.