SE Texas Birding & Wildlife Watching

Our backyard is very busy at the moment. Birds and butterflies visit regularly, and squirrels pop in regularly, too. Hornets are building a ...

Yesterday morning I drove down to Bear Creek Park. After all the rain of the past week, I expected much of the park to be flooded and so was...

I've been thinking about it for a long time but I could never quite bring myself to take the plunge. Going vegetarian, I mean. But now I...

This past week, we've been too busy painting and getting floors tiled to fit in any birding trips. However, I have had time to look out ...

We spent yesterday morning at Attwater Prairie Chicken Refuge with Carlos and Macarena Aguilar. It was generally quiet for birds but certain...

Warblers are exceptionally beautiful birds but they cause birders a lot of trouble. First, warblers are small birds, typically around 5...

I went into work early this morning, hoping that a cold front might have brought some migrating birds to the CyFair college campus. My hunch...

I finally have time today to finish editing and posting photos of last weekend's trip. On the way from High Island to Bolivar beach, we ...

There are few places more beautiful than Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in the spring. The reeds and grasses provide a constantly moving b...

T he main attraction at Smith Oaks are the rookeries. These are on small islands in the lake but many are close enough to the path that you ...

At 9:30 a.m. I got an email from a colleague, saying he could see some interesting birds out of his office window. I rushed down. Sure enoug...

We arrived at Boy Scout Woods at 3:30 p.m. and the sanctuary was hopping with birds and birders. Before we reached the sign-in desk, I'd...

As planned, we drove down to Winnie on Saturday to spend the weekend birding High Island, Anahuac and Bolivar. And what a weekend it was! We...

We had a very good day's outing yesterday: Good company, mild weather, excellent birding, beautiful landscapes and no mosquitoes. What m...