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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

10,000 Birds

Sure, there were Summer and Scarlet Tanagers and a few “good” warblers, but most of the migrants were sailing on those south winds over our heads to other parts of Texas. The sanctuary is of global importance, a complex of mudflats, salt marsh, coastal prairie uplands and open beach owned and managed by Houston Audubon Society.

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Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Kingbirds and Myiarchus: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

The Habitat, Distribution, and Seasonal Status section gives essential information on habitat preferences, nest description (for species that breed in North America), breeding range, migration patterns and when migration takes place, tendency for vagrancy and where vagrancy usually occurs.

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

10,000 Birds

The maps are fairly complex, showing breeding range, winter range, year-round range, migration routes, times, and directions. They have co-authored a number of articles, including several on field identification for Birding and Texas Birds Annual. This is followed by a page or four of Andy Birch’s lovely, detailed illustrations.