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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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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. Multitudes, hundreds of Brown Pelicans and Terns–Least, Common, Foster’s, Sandwich, Royal, and Caspian. You just need to know where to look.

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Owning A Fish Farm Does Not Mean You Can Kill Birds

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Both Vu and the company were ordered to pay $40,000 to the Texas Park and Wildlife Foundation and a $5,000 fine and put on eighteen months probation after being found guilty in federal court. Seaside’s employees denied shooting any birds; however, owner Vu admitted to shooting six pelicans to prevent them from eating his fish.

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Birds and Belt-sander Racing

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We are here to film the local HummerBird Celebration for the towns of Rockport and Fulton, Texas. The competition lines up A contestant prepares The finish line Next time you’re birding the Coastal Bend of Texas, be sure to stop in at the Pickled Pelican. But we’re not alone. The loser buys the winner a beer.

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Bird Counts and Cold Fronts in Costa Rica

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At Cano Negro, the stormy weather gave us a few birds rarely if ever seen at this inland freshwater wetland complex; Laughing Gulls , a Sandwich Tern , and two Brown Pelicans ! Spectacled Owl from another day.

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Another Depressing Oil Spill Story!

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With some 400 species estimated to be at risk — from the tiniest oil-eating bacteria to shrimp and crabs, endangered sea turtles, brown pelicans and sperm whales — experts say the impact of oil and chemical dispersants on the food chain has already begun, and could grow exponentially. “A

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Collaborative list – December 2019

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Texas A&M Soltis Center. Texas A&M Soltis Center. Texas A&M Soltis Center. Texas A&M Soltis Center. American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Pink-backed Pelican – Pelecanus rufescens. Texas A&M Soltis Center.

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Evening Grosbeaks Really Do Exist

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Some things still seemed out of reach ( Texas , for instance, seemed about as likely a destination as the moon) but I began to do things with the purpose of “building my list” in earnest around this time, not so much for the sake of the list itself, but to see these birds that I’d always wondered about.

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