South Texas Finale--a Refugio bonanza
Flame-colored Tanager was an awesome surprise at Shelly/Lyons Park in Refugio. I got up early--maybe too early--to start my last birding...
Salineno: the place for three lifers for US birders
A male Audubon's Oriole at the feeding station at Salineno, within 500 meters of Mexico. You can only see this species in the ABA area...
Blue Bunting and Crimson-collared Grosbeak part II
I went back to Laguna Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge at dawn on the second day of my March 2016 spring break trip to Texas and...
A Screech-Owl Hail Mary
I had about one hour of light left on Sunday March 13 when I pulled into Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco. It was a specatular...
Birding The Rio Grande Valley
The Green Jay is one of about 20 breeding birds that are easy to find in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas but impossible anywhere...
Miami Exotics
Miami Exotics Western Spindalis was the star birding attraction in Miami during the 2015 holiday season. For most people, Miami conjures...
Auburn Christmas Bird Count
Auburn Christmas Bird Count On Saturday, Dec 19, 2015, I participated in my 22 consecutive Auburn CBC. I’m now the compiler for the...
Chicago Birding
I was invited to give a presentation to a national cage bird convention: the National Finch and Softbill Society last weekend (3 Dec...
Schoolhouse Prairie
Breeding Marbled Godwits were one of the treats that awaited me on the Schoolhouse Prairie near Tuttle. I got up early on May 21 and was...
Lost chances at Lostwood
Lostwood NWR held the promise of a prairie bird bonanza with life birds included but I found it to be disappointing in terms of the...
