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Masked
Tityra - Female
Image
by Lee Zieger
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All
these birds and more are found in the Gomez Farias area of Tamaulipas
with good guides on a two and one half day bird tour from Brownsville,
Texas April 29 - May 1, 2007.
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Rio
Grande Delta Audubon
Rio
Grande Valley, Texas
E-Newsletter
Vol.13 No.10
May 2007
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Bare-throated
Tiger Heron -
Image by Lee Zieger
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Masked
Tityra - Male
Image
by Lee Zieger
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Notice how the
female Masked Tityra holds herself up right with her tail like
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Nature
Websites
Gladys
Porter Zoo
Sabal
Palm Preserve
Frontera
Audubon
Valley
Nature Center
Los
Ebanos Preserve
Laguna
Atascosa
NWLR
Santa Ana NWLR
SPI
Nature Center
Birds
of RGV
Bird
Guiding - and linked trip reports
with species and photos |
About
Us..
Rio
Grande Delta Audubon is dedicated to conservation of our native
habitat for the protection of birds, other wildlife, and for
the enhancement and appreciation of our environment.
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Officers & Board
Lee Zieger, President
Greg Vail, Vice President
Mary Jean Garcia, Secretary
Hugo & Magda Rodriguez, Treasurer
Dorothy Greaney
George Garcia
Margaret Etchinson
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Grande Delta Chapter, Brownsville Texas
All rights reserved (but feel free to copy
the newsletter, post it, quote it, think about it and forward
on to others).
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Newsletter
Editor:
Lee Zieger
956-831-4653
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Contact Information:
Lee Zieger:
8801 Boca Chica Brownsville,Texas 878521
Office:(956)831-4653 or 1-866-279-1775
Fax: (956) 831-0147 |
Upcoming
Events |
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Event:
The Rio Grande Delta Audubon Chapter will
hold their monthly meeting
on Monday, May 7, 2007, 6:30 p.m. at the Historic Brownsville
Museum at 7th and Madison Streets in Brownsville, Texas. A locator
map is on this web site.
Speaker:Ms Diana Arredondo from the Center of Civic Engagement
at UTB and Texas Southmost College.
Ms Arredondon
will be speaking about the Center for Civic Engagement's mission
to create an "engaged campus" that
connects faculty, staff, students, and external partners in
ways that help revitalize our community.
Ms Diana Arredondo has beeen employed by the
University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
for over
13 years. During the last 3 years, she has been the Office
Manager for the Center for Civic Enagagement.
The Center accomplishes its mission by engaging the UTB/TSC
campus through service learning, volunteering, and community
based scholarship in teaching and research which adds new knowledge
to our community.
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Also,
some discussion on fast tracking 82 miles of border fence by
the DHS.
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Barn
Swallows died on the road. They
landed from migration on roads to tired
to move away
from on coming cars near Boca Chica Beach,
Brownsville, Texas.
The dead birds were on the road to the South
side of plants seeking shelter from the
cold North winds. Click
to enlarge and see the eyes closed.
Greg
Vail was alerted by a call from a friend. Fish and
Wildlife confirmed this did happen and not just at
Boca Chica. Greg tried to come from behind to move
it off the road and to his surprise it flew at the
last second. |
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Barn Swallow Image by Lee Zieger |
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| Swallow-tailed
Kite on top of Yuca plant near
Boca Chica Beach during Spring Fall Out 2007. Image
by Lee Zieger |
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Three Swallow-tailed Kites landed during
migration at Boca Chica Beach and nine at South Padre
Island in some palms near the Convention Center. This
image is from Boca Chica beach at the same time as
the Barn
Swallow image.
Many other birds make the same migration. See the
next newsletter for more pictures. |
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