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Outdoors & Enviroment
Wilson’s Phalaropes are passing through Texas during fall migration, using an unusual spinning behavior to stir up aquatic invertebrates for food. The Gulf Coast Bird Observatory explains what makes these shorebirds so unique.
Each fall, thousands of hawks, falcons, kites, eagles and vultures funnel along the Texas coast during migration. The Gulf Coast Bird Observatory is marking 30 years of raptor counting at its Smith Point Hawk Watch station.
Millions of birds may be passing over the Gulf Coast this fall as migration reaches full swing. The Gulf Coast Bird Observatory explains why artificial light can disrupt nighttime migration and what residents can do to help protect traveling birds.
Spring and fall bird migrations may look similar from the ground, but the journeys are very different. From risky nonstop flights across the Gulf to slower fall routes, migrating birds face very different challenges depending on the season.
Caribbean Monk Seals once ranged through the Gulf of Mexico and were even documented along the Texas coast before hunting and human pressure drove the species to extinction.
North America has lost nearly 3 billion birds since 1970, a dramatic decline researchers say reflects broader threats to biodiversity, habitat and ecosystem health.
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory is celebrating 30 years of its Smith Point Hawk Watch, where observers track thousands of migrating raptors each fall from the Candy Abshier Wildlife Management Area in Anahuac.
Texas once supported wolves, grizzly bears, jaguars and other large predators that have since disappeared from the state. GCBO Nature Notes explores what happened to them and the conservation work still underway.