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Monday, June 17, 2013  With temperatures soaring beyond the century mark in Deep South Texas, a ranch country oasis quickly becomes a magnet for wildlife.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013  Just a few days ago this lesser nighthawk was carefully tucking two eggs beneath her as she incubated them in the arid ranch land of Deep South Texas.

Monday, June 10, 2013  The sun is just peeking over the distant horizon as Captain Terry Neal makes his first wade.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  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.

Monday, June 03, 2013  The Texas Horned Lizard, commonly called the horny toad, thrives on Mary Jo Bogatto's Cactus Creek Ranch east of Rio Hondo where she has marked 23 harvester ant beds, which are the favorite food of Texas's state reptile.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013  The morning seems to begin normally at the Altamira oriole nest in the towering oak, as a parent descends to the opening and feeds the young.

Monday, May 27, 2013  Nestled on the ground amidst the clutter of leaves and sticks is a master of camouflage.  Barely discernible, except for a mere unblinking slit of eye is the pauraque.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013  The National Audubon Society began its conservation work in Texas in 1899, making it the oldest citizen conservation group in the lone star state, and this year marks the 90th year of the organizations coastal conservation program.

Monday, May 20, 2013  The Coastal Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife has a big job, monitoring four million acres of saltwater, including the states bays and estuaries and out to ten nautical miles in the Gulf of Mexico.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  It all starts with a few strands of plant fiber and some string attached to the uppermost branches of a chaparro prieto, but in three weeks of steady work this Altamira oriole will create an intricately woven nest some two feet in length that is constructed securely enough to withstand the gusty winds of Deep South Texas.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Tucked into their tiny cup of a nest four little hooded orioles pop up expectantly with the imminent arrival of a meal delivered by their mother.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Imagine for a moment, the remarkable odyssey of the ruby-throated hummingbird.

Monday, April 29, 2013  Colorful birds are everywhere as the spring migration thru South Padre Island hosts thousands of exhausted songbirds stopping over to rest and feed after winging it some 500 miles across the Gulf of Mexico.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Dr. Bart Ballard, research scientist with Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M Kingsville, enters the University's state of the art avian radar detection system.

Monday, April 22, 2013  It's the peak of spring migration thru America's most critical migratory corridor here in Deep South Texas, and colorful songbirds such as painted buntings and rose-breasted grosbeaks' are briefly stopping over to rest and refuel on their flight to breeding grounds throughout North America.