Nature

Caption: Campers painting their pollinator watering stations. Photo credit: Ana Jaramillo  Last week at Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, I hosted a week-long day camp for children focused on nature and …

By Rebecca Bracken I recently traveled down to Port Aransas in search of a rare and uniquely pink bird, the American Flamingo. If you’re a bird nerd like me, you …

By Celeste Silling One of my favorite birds here on the Texas coast is the Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger). These charismatic birds live on the beach and can often be …

By Taylor Bennett Beach nesting bird season officially began last month, and the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory research crew has been diligently monitoring the upper Texas Coast for our target …

By Caleb Clarkson The stars have always been important for both humans and animals. For humans, we are able to see shapes in the millions of stars and pick out …

By Brandon C. Williams The Post Newspaper Managing Editor  One of Galveston’s green geckos along with Mardi Gras Beads leaped across the ocean and won an honorable mention along with …

by Julia Juarez One of the challenges that birders, naturalists, and animal enthusiasts face is identifying species. It can be difficult to do in the wild, especially if the species …

By Martin Hagne During late March through early May, birders flock to the Texas coast in hopes of seeing the many neotropical migrant birds heading back north to their summer …

By Rebecca Bracken Here at Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, one of our main focuses is the conservation of shorebirds and their nesting habitat. Some of the most pressing threats to …