10,000 Birds
MARCH 12, 2019
The striking Golden-cheeked Warbler nests only in the hills of central Texas near Austin but a substantial part of those breeding grounds have leveled in favor of development. One of the fastest growing cities in America, Austin is the capital of Texas and home of the University of Texas. On December 27, 1990 , the U.S.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2019
Critically, NWRs preserve habitat and wildlife, often for endangered species. For example, even if nobody visited Aransas NWR in Texas, it would still provide virtually all of the wintering habitat for the endangered Whooping Crane. Laguna Atascosa NWR (Texas): 485,000; $12.1 Santa Ana NWR (Texas): 195,000; $3.4
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 5, 2024
Several endangered species are (or have been) highly dependent on specific tracts of federal land. For example, Whooping Cranes winter almost exclusively at Aransas NWR in Texas. Thus, legal protections for endangered species and conservation generally are at their zenith on federal lands.
10,000 Birds
MAY 14, 2019
The endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler breeds only in Texas Hill Country near Austin and San Antonio, but much of its nesting grounds have cleared in favor of subdivisions. One way developers are navigating the warbler’s endangered status is by utilizing conservation banks. What is a conservation bank? # # #. In 1990, the U.S.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2016
For example, essentially the entire population of the endangered Whooping Crane winters at Aransas NWR in Texas. The System also helps implement the Endangered Species Act and other federal conservation laws. Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. It’s not just for the birds.
10,000 Birds
JULY 28, 2011
Ferruginous Hawks are, at the moment, fairly common amidst their habitat of the short-grass prairies that stretch across the entire western Great Plains from southern Alberta through parts of west Texas and California. The large range they occupy is what is keeping their population afloat, however, declining.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 27, 2013
We’ll just have to take Jochen’s word that there had been swiftlets in this sky… Donna sure had a good time on her visit to Texas in November! It was my last day in Texas, still many birds and butterflies to see. I write about this and more of my Texas birding experiences in my blog, Queensgirl.
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