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  • TEXAS CHALLENGE 2011

    We’ve been anticipating this year’s Texas Challenge for a long time now.  Last year was my brother’s first time to participate in this type of format for geocaching, and it fed right into his competitive nature.  His local region did not have a team of their own last year, so he played for our team,…

    March 20, 2011
  • 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…

    February 21, 2011
  • 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…

    January 23, 2011
  • 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…

    January 17, 2011
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