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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. They did flush eventually, but not because of humans. High Island in April requires Weather, so I was told.

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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This week marks the 2-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. As you read the below timeline and see the below images, don’t ever forget the perils that walk hand-in-hand with human greed. October 26, 2011 BP is awarded a permit to drill another exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

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His parents moved where opportunity beckoned, taking him from San Angelo, Texas, to Columbus, New Mexico, then to Dallas, and finally on to California. Except for the falconer’s jesses and bell, they were to be allowed freedom to pursue life in the wild, life with minimal human contact. The concern possessed him.

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Bird Butts and Other Matters

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I’ve been down with an odd illness for a few weeks, and then I flew to Mexico and back (boy, are my arms tired!) The local Bald Eagles are getting busy, I suspect there is an egg in the nest. While in Mexico, up on the roof of a casa (where I was cooking something up) I saw a murmeration! But I do have a few items.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

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Contributions this month have come from; Costa Rica, USA, Australia, Mexico, Serbia, South Africa, UK, Botswana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin.

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Combined Beats’ List – July 2016

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Submissions from July were shared from Serbia, UK, Brazil, Mexico, USA and Saudi Arabia, bring the total as at July 31st to 1858. Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. La Paz, Mexico.

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Combined Beats’ List, May 2016

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Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Big Egg Marsh. La Paz, Mexico. La Paz, Mexico. UNAM Botanical Gdns, Mexico. UNAM Botanical Gdns, Mexico. Cartagos 2. 14 May 2016.

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