Category Archives: Houston

Don’t you want to participate in a spring birdathon?

Posted on May 11, 2022 by Joan E. Strassmann

In April and May we can witness a great migration as songbirds stream north in rivers of life, so numerous weather radar sees clouds that are not storms but birds. These birds feather their way north to thawing breeding grounds … Continue reading →

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The stop and go life of the killdeer, America’s shoreless shorebird

Posted on March 28, 2011 by tisbeara

I usually hear them on my way back from work at night. With a high-pitched keen, a small dark shape would dart through the black of the unlit IM (intramural) fields in the corner of my eye. “Are those bats?” … Continue reading →