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Lake Jackson: Gulf Coast Bird Observatory and Wilderness Park
This past weekend, we attended a bird banding workshop at the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory location in Lake Jackson. These bird bandings are held every third Saturday from 8 am to noon and are open to the public. I personally was interested in being able to identify more birds. We were also interested in using…
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Katy Prairie Conservancy
On an unusually cold Saturday morning, we went out for a drive along Katy’s back roads to explore the Katy Prairie Conservancy sites. Our primary mission was birding related. He had just gotten a new pair of nice binoculars for his birthday, and lately we’ve become more interested in the birds. Well, he’s always been…
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KICKING IT WITH THE KAKAPO PT 2
So, as I mentioned in the previous story, the kakapo parrot of New Zealand got into a little trouble as as species when predators were introduced to its formerly pristine environment. The kakapo had more than just the loss of ability to fly working against them, they also had three critical evolutionary habits that did…
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KICKING IT WITH THE KAKAPO
I first heard about the plight of the kakapo parrot just recently, during a long winded but extremely interesting video segment of Douglas Adams. There are several interesting aspects about this bird, but the one that is intriguing me the most right now is the evolutionary biology angle. Basically, the kakapo is a bird that…