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Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake

10,000 Birds

Positive reinforcement tells me that I should be finding snakes in Houston, TX. The first one was found simply by accident, but consistent herpetological luck at Houston’s Arboretum makes me look harder and longer until I find one. This is the Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake Thamnophis proximus orarius.

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Big Year Birding Update

10,000 Birds

Not only that, but they are doing their big year to raise money for the Houston Audubon Society and the Katy Prairie Conservancy. At 56 mammals and 381 birds it seems that they will easily reach the original goal but the more ambitious idea of reaching 500 might be tough.

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Wrap-Up of 2012 Big Year Birding

10,000 Birds

Not only that, but they raised money for the Houston Audubon Society and the Katy Prairie Conservancy. At 76 mammals and 431 birds they reached every single one of their goals! Blake and Holly Wright hoped to photograph 400 species in the lower 48 this year and easily made it, photographing 432!

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