The Brownsville Birder

01/21/2022

What do you think would be a more unique, and appropriate, State Bird of Texas?

There are worthier contenders that could represent the vastness and variety of the Lone Star State

01/11/2022

A quick recap of the past week in birding for the Rio Grande Valley.

This is a quick recap of the birds that are showing up in the Rio Grande Valley, for the week of January 10, 2022.I am getting a lot of my information from M...

01/10/2022

Quite a ways up the Valley, but still great news.

Effective Monday, January 10, Anzalduas Park will be open for the general public. Visitors must respect park guidelines and stay away from restricted areas.

The boat ramp area will follow normal operations. If you have any questions, please call (956)585-4509.

01/04/2022

The Week in Review of birds seen in the Rio Grande Valley, for January 3, 2022.

This is a quick review of the birds we have seen this week in the Rio Grande Valley.Mary Gustafson's birding blog: http://marybirds.blogspot.com/Rio Grande V...

12/15/2021

In the Valley we don't use all of these terms, or at least I haven't heard them, but we do use some of them.

Like most hobbies, birding has a number of terms that are not in general use in our society or that are used in ways not commonly used. Although I have

11/07/2021

It is a good time to be outside.

MIGRATION ALERT! The cold front isn't just bringing cooler temps, wind, and lower humidity...it's also bringing in migrating birds, many passing right through Central Texas. HIGH migration activity expected tonight. The forecast for tonight is 192 million migrating birds! The live map shows 50 million in the air right now!

https://birdcast.info/migration-tools/live-migration-maps/

10/29/2021

This is pretty amazing.

‘Virgin birth’ might be more common in animals than we thought.

10/12/2021

I get calls and messages quite often about "Flamingo" sightings.

Most of the time it is a Roseate Spoonbill, but sometimes, like once in a lifetime, it actually is a Greater Flamingo.

Picture taken today.

09/11/2021

I would like to thank the County Extension Agents-Horticulture Master Gardener Coordinators for joining me on a tour of the Sabal Palms Sanctuary.

It was great meeting you all, and sharing one of our gems in the Rio Grande Valley with each of you.

02/19/2021

This is interesting. I would expect it is a Leucistic bird.

A wildlife photographer has shared a once-in-a-lifetime photo of what he believes is a "never before seen" yellow penguin. Belgian landscape and wildlife

10/25/2019

Gave a tour of the Sable Palms Sanctuary to the Cameron County Master Gardeners.

10/17/2018

I was lucky enough to see this bird last week.

I am not sure if it is still there, but it would be a great opportunity to see a rare bird. This is only the second record of this White-Crowned Dove seen in Texas.

A bird rarely seen in the Valley lands in South Padre Island.