By Kayla Pringle If you’ve ever looked up on a summer evening and noticed a flurry of tiny, boomerang-shaped birds swirling high in the sky, chances are you’ve spotted chimney …
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By Hannah Beckett I’m sure most people have heard the terms “native” and “nonnative” when referring to the plants and animals that inhabit the area. But, what exactly do those …
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By Rebecca Bracken As the song goes, somewhere over the rainbow…bluebirds fly. Well, bluebirds don’t really fly over the rainbow, but there are birds that are rainbow colored. There are …
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Kayla Pringle As someone who considers themselves a bird person, I’m aware of the many different examples of courtship displays between male and female birds. Courtship displays can include special …
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Megan Hobratschk Have you ever wondered why some birds are so colorful compared to others? The color of a bird’s feathers is determined by structural elements and/or pigmentation, which are …
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By Caleb Clarkson Around this time of year, when high Texas temperatures finally break into pleasant breezes of somewhat autumnal air, large, ominous flocks of black birds descend on the …
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By Kayla Pringle Every autumn, the skies above Galveston Bay transform into a highway for migrating raptors, and one of the best places to witness this spectacle is the Smith …
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By Celeste Silling If you have never seen a Purple Gallinule, now is the perfect time to visit Brazos Bend State Park to see one. The boardwalk at the State …
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By Kayla PringleThe history of duck hunting in North America is a reminder of how human activity can both endanger wildlife and protect it. What began as unregulated hunting nearly …
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By Hannah Beckett There is a singer everyone has heard,Loud, a mid-summer and a mid-wood bird,Who makes the solid tree trunks sound again… “The Oven Bird”, a 1916 poem by …
