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TEXAS HILL COUNTRY HEAVEN part 1
Now time for a more recent adventure… We had one weekend left until the children came back from vacation with their father, and we had opted to sneak out of town for one last romantic adventure until we were a family of four, and not just the two of us. The weekend was wide open…
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FOR THE BIRDS
In honor of James Aubudon‘s birthday, I wanted to tell readers about exciting birdingevents that have been going on around town the past month. April is the month that sees the most birding traffic here in South Texas. This is when migratory birds are at their peak. To showcase this, several events go on at…
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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…