Birding

Couple viewing nature through binoculars
January/February 2024 Issue

Try These Phone Apps to Enhance Your Knowledge of Nature

Turn your phone into a botany expert, star chart, bird identifier or nature trail guide.

Story by Ariel Slick
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley park volunteer John Kaye searches the sky for hawks
August/September 2023 Issue

John Kaye Is Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley's Hawk Watcher

Volunteer leads the Hawk Watch community science project at the South Texas state park.

By Jake Herrie
Birds roosting atop a tree at Chester Island bird sanctuary
August/September 2023 Issue

Birds Everywhere: Audubon Marks 100 Years of Coastal Bird Conservation in Texas

Conservation group started by protecting nesting islands along coast.

Story by Lisa Gonzalez and Larry McKinney
A mangrove cuckoo perches on a tree
August/September 2023 Issue

Rarely Seen Cuckoo Spotted in Birding Competition

Birder causes a stir with sighting in Galveston.

Story by Kristen Tibbetts
lesser prairie chicken walking through grassland in the Panhandle Northeast Corner
August/September 2017 Issue

Birding the Corners of Texas

Texas’ eight border-turns offer habitat diversity and birds galore.

Story by Russell Roe
cd case with cover title top ten bird songs in Texas name that tune selected by Cliff Shackleford
August/September 2015 Issue

The Top 10 Bird Songs in Texas

My ears love the sounds of birds; here are some of my favorites.

Story by Cliff Shackelford
scissor tailed flycatcher with peachy sides and flowing tail flying over lavender
May 2015 Issue

The 12 Most Beautiful Birds in Texas

There are plenty of lovely avian contenders for the list.

Story by Cliff Shackelford
Killdeer brown and white with two distinctive black bands across the breast resembling wide necklaces standing in a field of small yellow flowers
August/September 2014 Issue

12 Birds Every Texan Should Know

Here's short starter list for those who long to put a name with a beak.

Story by Cliff Shackelford
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