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Hagerman NWR: Birding Amidst Oil Wells

10,000 Birds

I recently traveled to Texas and made a trip to Hagerman NWR (an “Honorable Mention”), which is north of Dallas. In some instances, the birding is incongruously right next to oil rigs or pads. When the Corps of Engineers purchased the land that would later become Lake Texoma, it did not purchase the mineral rights under the land.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

10,000 Birds

His parents moved where opportunity beckoned, taking him from San Angelo, Texas, to Columbus, New Mexico, then to Dallas, and finally on to California. He had stalked the nest for days, waiting for just the right time when she would be on the verge of fledging, then took her into his care. Tom Cade and Gyr by Kate Davis.

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