SE Texas Birding & Wildlife Watching

One of the things I love about living and working in Cypress is that birds are so abundant here that I see a lot without actually going bird...

On Monday I mentioned that I there were more Snowy Egrets on our campus than I'd ever seen before. Well, even more turned up yesterday: ...

As I’ve been neglecting the birds at CyFair College lately, I decided to start today with a half-hour birding tour of the campus. The tour s...

The college campus where I work has a Great Egret that often fishes from the bank of the artificial river near our cafeteria. I’m always ple...

I can see why American birdwatchers hate the House Sparrow. For one thing, it doesn't belong here, having been introduced into the USA f...

Early Sunday morning I drove an hour through drizzling rain to Brazos Bend State Park, where there have recently been many reports of uncomm...

On the way from the Botanical Gradens to the airport, we stopped in at Papago Park to check out the large pond at the entrance to Phoenix Zo...

The gardens are an excellent place for seeing a range of desert - and more common - birds. Although we didn't see any on our visit, seve...

As our flight back to Houston wasn't until 4:00 pm, we had made reservations for the Desert Botanical Gardens for Thursday morning. The...

After lunch on Wednesday, I walked up from the house to the back section of Thunderbird, hoping to see Gila Woodpeckers. The trail is lined ...