Richard Moore is back on KGBT-TV with his locally-produced nature series.
The popular segment features wild places and animals from the Rio Grande Valley.
The Nature Report airs on Mondays and Wednesdays during Action 4 News Sunrise and at 6 p.m.
If you missed an episode, they'll be posted on this page.
Past Episodes of The Nature Report
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Yesterday at 7:17 AM
White-winged doves are exceptionally beautiful birds. Their soft gray feathering is accented by a distinctive swath of white in the wing, but it is the shimmering iridescence just behind the neck and the brilliant blue around the eye that really sets them off. And of course, they are very tasty table fare.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
It is a time of abundance in the South Texas ranch country. Ample rains throughout the year have helped produce lush habitat for deer and other wildlife.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
At twilight the jack rabbits become active. Emerging from the shadows of the chaparral where they have spent the hot afternoon, the rabbits begin to forage on grass and fresh leaves of mesquite and huiasche.
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Monday, August 23, 2010
Thunder rumbles threateningly, as dark clouds mass on the horizon. Between thunder claps, an occasional bird song fills the air as pre storm stillness settles over the tranquil pond.
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Sunrise over the Gulf of Mexico is a perfect way to start the day. Brown pelicans are soaring by in the rosy glow, and a great blue heron stalks the shoreline at first light.
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Monday, August 16, 2010
There's a new law enforcement boat on the water, and not much is going to outrun the Texas Parks and Wildlife SAFE BOAT, which is built to handle the rough waters of the Gulf.
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Isla Verde or Green Island as it is known in English is an oasis of lush and thorny habitat in the Lower Laguna Madre.
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Monday, August 09, 2010
Eventually, all the floodwater draining into the Rio Grande flows into the Lower Laguna Madre and Gulf of Mexico.
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Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Just a week ago, Falcon Dam was releasing water over the spillway into the Rio Grande at a record rate, 1700 cubic meters per second.
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Monday, August 02, 2010
The 71st Texas International Fishing Tournament is in the record books, and it was a spectacular event. One thousand two hundred and twenty-two anglers competed in the bay and offshore divisions.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
The largest saltwater fishing tournament on the Texas coast is set for this weekend, and the 71st Texas International Fishing Tournament or TIFT is expecting to host more than 1200 anglers.
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Monday, July 26, 2010
Record flooding has persisted for more than a week throughout much of the Rio Grande Valley as a result of torrential rains in northern Mexico following the landfall of hurricane Alex.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
If you like to hunt and fish or just enjoy the outdoors then the 20th annual Texas Hunters/Sportsman's Expo is the place to be.
This year's Expo is being held at the new McAllen Civic Center Friday, July 23 thru Sunday July 25th.
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Monday, July 19, 2010
This morning Port mansfield is preparing for their annual fishing tournament.
Nature reporter Richard Moore explains why officials expect a big turnout!
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
The tropical altamira oriole doesn’t nest any farther north than the tip of southernmost Texas.
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Fawns are playful creatures, and in the early morning this pair frolics before the day heats up. Nearby, in the tall grass, a doe gently licks her youngster.
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Monday, July 05, 2010
Hurricane Alex skirted the Valley, making landfall some 100 miles south, but the exceptionally high tides associated with the storm caused considerable loss of life to shorebirds nesting on spoil islands in the Lower Laguna Madre.
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tucked beneath a swaying palm frond is the well concealed nest of the hooded oriole.
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Monday, June 28, 2010
Thrusting its bloom spike some 30 feet up into the South Texas sky, the century plant will bloom once and then die.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
A Rio Grande Valley has a native plant may help ease a stomach ache.
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Monday, June 21, 2010
A bright red cardinal greets the dawn from a lofty perch in the ranch country of Deep South Texas.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
It is first light and the wading pool is already teeming with waterbirds.
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Monday, June 14, 2010
Several times a week, Audubon Warden Leroy Overstreet glides up to the rickety old pier on Green Island in the Lower Laguna Madre and makes his rounds.
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Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Hundreds of noisy terns and gulls fill the air on the Laguna Vista spoil island just north of the causeway.
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Monday, June 07, 2010
Perched above its bulky nest of sticks on Green Island, a great egret pauses before descending. As the adult gracefully touches down on the edge of the nest, it vocalizes to the young.
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Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Captain Todd Casey of South Padre Island is one of the best at catching redfish, and he is about to reveal his secret bait.
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Monday, May 31, 2010
Imagine the thrill of catching a tagged redfish and winning a $70,000 prize.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
There are some 1200 native plants in deep South Texas, and one of the most important to people and wildlife is the prickly pear cactus or nopal as it is known in Spanish.
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Monday, May 24, 2010
Just a few short weeks ago, the golden fronted woodpeckers were securing a meal amidst the flowering chaparo prieto, or perhaps perched on a yucca seeking a snack from the blooming pita.
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Perched atop the thorny brush on Green Island, a great blue heron surveys the surroundings before dropping down to feed its pair of hungry offspring.
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Monday, May 17, 2010
Slipping beneath a mesquite branch in the brush country of deep South Texas, a Mexican milk snake glides past a patch of blooming pitaya cactus.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Looking for a weekend outing with the family? How about a dragonfly adventure at Estero Llano Grande State Park this weekend?
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Monday, May 10, 2010
James Dunkin of Harlingen is barely 10 years-old, but he is already an accomplished dog trainer.
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010
It is peak nesting season for shorebirds in the Lower Laguna Madre, and while Green Island is of paramount importance, there are several other smaller islands under Audubon's protection that provide valuable nesting sites.
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Monday, May 03, 2010
Twenty professional wildlife photographers from around the world have just finished shooting in a competition held in the South Texas ranchland.
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
South Texas is home to an amazing array of native birds and there is a fascinating variety of nesting activity taking place right now.
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Monday, April 26, 2010
The armadillos are stirring.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
In honor of Earth Day, Richard Moore displays the natural beauty of the Rio Grande Valley.
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Monday, April 19, 2010
Just below Falcon Dam is one of the most extraordinary sites in the Rio Grande Valley.
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Sooner or later everybody comes to water.
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Monday, April 12, 2010
Tucked in the crook of an old mesquite limb is a barely discernible sign of life.
A pair of newly hatched ground doves squirms down in the woody depression, trying to keep as low a profile as possible to avoid detection by any sharp-eyed predator.
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Wednesday, April 07, 2010
As the sun slips beyond the distant horizon, a pale moon starts its ascent into the evening sky over Green Island.
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Monday, April 05, 2010
Chances are if the Easter bunny visited your home recently, then it was in the form of the desert cottontail or the black-tailed jack rabbit.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Revered in ancient Chinese literature and coveted by fashionable American ladies of the early 1900s, the beautifully-plumed great egrets have arrived on Green Island in the Lower Laguna Madre.
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Some still refer to the Rio Grande Valley “Magic Valley" because of the incredibly diverse wildlands of southernmost Texas.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Nesting season is about to enter full swing for roseate spoonbills on Laguna Madre's Green Island.
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Monday, March 22, 2010
The Nature Report takes us on a tour of La Parra, the magnificent headquarters of the Kenedy Ranch.
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
One of the rarest and most beautiful egrets in the United States is beginning its annual nesting season in the Rio Grande Valley.
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Monday, March 15, 2010
It is wildflower season in deep South Texas, and if you drive north up Highway 77 you will enjoy the spectacular blooms at Sarita.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
If you are willing to get up a little early and stay out a little late, your reward is sometimes a magnificent display of color.
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Monday, March 08, 2010
It's the little things in life that bring a smile to your face, for Richard Moore its tiny Carolina Wrens making their home in his backyard.
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Friday, March 05, 2010
With warmer weather, the Valley’s largest venomous snake is becoming active. The Nature Report has some vital tips if you encounter one.
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