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Bird of the Week: Golden-Crowned Kinglet
Golden-Crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa By James Giroux Most Texas birders are familiar with our winter resident, the Ruby-crowned Kinglet. But, there is another Kinglet that winters in Texas that is less-often seen:…
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Bird of the Week: Black-crowned Night Heron
By Lindsey Hernandez Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Among the many egrets and herons spotted around Lady Bird Lake (or any body of water) this time of year, the squatty Black-crowned Night…
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Bird of the Week – Bufflehead
A males and two female Buffleheads. Photo by Mick Thompson, downloaded from audubon.netx.net Bufflehead Bucephala albeola By Rajiv Jauhari Among the duck species that spend winters in Central Texas, one of my favorites…
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Bird of the Week – Least Grebe
By Eliana Patt Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus A flash of movement, and the little bird is bobbing at the surface again. Unlike the last few times it has done this, the bird does…
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Bird of the Week: American Woodcock
Photo by James Giroux – Austin, TX – August, 2019 Bird of the Week: American Woodcock By James Giroux One of the strangest…
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Bird of the Week – Barred Owl
Image courtesy of Alabama Ag Extension By Abby West Owls have captured the imagination of humans for thousands of years, apparently striking fear, or at…
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Bird of the Week: Loggerhead Shrike
Written and composed by Lindsey Hernandez Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus Walking through a forest alone, you might see a clump of fur or feathers on a branch. Upon closer inspection, you identify…
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Bird of the Week: Spotted Towhee
Photo by Gregory Vinyard Written by Abby West Hiking around with my family at Enchanted Rock last January, we were all startled by a sudden flurry of leaf litter that…
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Bird of the Week: Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Crowned moth-eater Winter weather here in Central Texas brings unpredictable weather, predictable allergies and splashes of yellow in the trees. The Yellow-rumped Warblers, still known to some by…
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Bird of the Week – Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Photo by Kenneth Cole Schneider By Abby West We’ve camped at Enchanted Rock at least once every year for the past ten years. Except this time, I’d been paying attention…
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Bird of the Week: European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Every European Starling in North America is descended from one of 100 birds released in Central Park in the early 1890s. Shakespearian enthusiasts of the day also released House…
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Bird of the Week: House Wren
House Wren Troglodytes aedon The tiny brown bird, with its checkered brown and…
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Bird of the Week: Downy Woodpecker
Photo by Evan Lipton Downy woodpeckers can be found here in Central Texas year-round. Downy woodpeckers are common in any woods, especially…
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Bird of the Week: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Written and compiled by Lindsey Hernandez Sources: Texas Parks and Wildlife, All About Birds, Travis Audubon Society, American Bird Conservancy, Ovid’s Metamorphoses A common woodpecker on the smaller side,…
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Bird of the Week: Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Painting 1916 Robert Bruce Horsfall. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) The Yellow-billed Cuckoo arrives in the Texas hill country in late spring and leaves in mid-September when they migrate to…
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