SE Texas Birding & Wildlife Watching

On Monday, we had a new species show up in our backyard. It was a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Unfortunately, it was just passing through and hasn...

On Wednesday, we had to evacuate Surfside because of Hurricane Ike, and so we drove home via Galveston, with a side trip over to the Audubon...

On Monday we went down to Surfside, where we had rented a beach house for four days. It was perfect weather and the location was great for f...

Yesterday morning, we took my daughter, her partner and our grandson to Brazos Bend State Park for a picnic. . The park seemed unusually qui...

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 ...