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Texas Oil Spill Threatens Migrating Birds

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As the guys on SportsCenter say, it’s not good , according to conservationists and wildlife officials, since spring migration is just heating up. Oiled Laughing Gull photograph above by Melissa Phillip/ Houston Chronicle ). Here’s the outlook from the folks on the ground , namely Houston Audubon.

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Don’t Mess with the Great Texas Birding Classic

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Can you get your head around a bird race that gives you free run of National Wildlife Refuges like Aransas, Brazoria, Attwater, Anahuac, Santa Ana, and Laguna Atascosa as well as jewels such as Big Thicket, Bentsen-Rio Grande, Bolivar Flats, High Island, South Padre Island, and Zapata at the height of spring migration?

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Birds Worth The Trip

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Best of all, you can fly here direct from Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. “Respect this area; it is the home of wildlife. Entry with your pet is forbidden: no dogs; they scare wildlife. We’ve got a huge selection of local handicrafts, hotels, restaurants, night life.