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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 7:38 AM
With temperatures soaring beyond the century mark in Deep South Texas, a ranch country oasis quickly becomes a magnet for wildlife.
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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.
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Monday, June 10, 2013
The sun is just peeking over the distant horizon as Captain Terry Neal makes his first wade.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Monday, May 13, 2013
Perched on a weathered cottonwood snag, a pair of red-crowned parrots affectionately grooms one another in the early morning.
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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.
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Monday, May 06, 2013
Imagine for a moment, the remarkable odyssey of the ruby-throated hummingbird.
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Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Carefully removing a Lincoln sparrow that has just flown into his mist net, Mark Conway of Harlingen will next band the bird and record a series of measurements before releasing it.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Once upon a time, not so very long ago, trout and redfish were not protected game fish with limits and gill nets covered the Lower Laguna Madre.
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Monday, April 15, 2013
The yellow gold eyes of a bobcat reflect the late afternoon light as the thirsty cat laps up the tepid water.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
A phantom cat secretively stalks the remnants of thick thorny brush in southernmost Texas.
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Monday, April 08, 2013
In western Starr County there are two species of quail and their territories overlap.
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Monday, April 01, 2013
The reddish egrets have arrived, swooping in by the hundreds on Green Island.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Easter sunrise is fast approaching, and while it is early in the South Texas outdoors for most birds to be laying eggs some like the great blue heron are already incubating.
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Monday, March 25, 2013
If you want to see an alligator at Alligator Pond on Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge east of Rio Hondo, then you are out of luck.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Well, it's officially the first day of spring, but if you are a Texas tortoise emerging from your brief winter rest, then there sure isn't much to eat out there in the South Texas wildlands.
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Monday, March 18, 2013
The Rio Grande Valley is home to the only population of wild ocelots in the United States
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
A black-throated sparrow proclaims his territory from atop a spiny yucca, while nearby a cactus wren sings from a thorny branch.
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Monday, March 11, 2013
The largest tidal wetland restoration project in the state of Texas is getting closer to completion.
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Wednesday, March 06, 2013
It may be an exceptionally dry spring in the South Texas wildlands, but that does not preclude this curve-billed thrasher from spirited morning song.
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Monday, March 04, 2013
Extreme drought conditions continue to plague southernmost Texas.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The prolonged drought plaguing southernmost Texas is taking its toll on wildlife.
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Much of Texas continues to suffer from extreme drought, and in deep South Texas the dry conditions persist at historic levels.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
And these first signs of spring herald the arrival of scores of great blue herons.
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Monday, February 18, 2013
The sun is just beginning to peek over the big lake at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Winter Texans and other folks donate thousands of hours of time and volunteer work for local wildlife refuges. Richard Moore introduces us to some dedicated volunteers at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge.
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Monday, February 11, 2013
Sometimes you are just in the right place at the right time… join Richard Moore for a spectacular sunrise as the morning sky fills with geese and sandhill cranes.
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Wednesday, February 06, 2013
An unseasonably warm day brings the creatures to water, and as Richard Moore shows us… a ranch country pond is the perfect place to enjoy some quality time with wildlife.
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Monday, February 04, 2013
Predators are on the prowl in the south Texas wildlands.
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Today, in the final part of Richard Moore's series on the status of the Valley's endangered ocelots, he brings us the exclusive story of this years first capture of a rare ocelot and the cooperative effort to save the critically endangered species.
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Monday, January 28, 2013
Today, in Part Two of Richard Moore’s series on the endangered ocelot, we focus on an international effort to improve the chances for the rare cat’s survival in Texas.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
One of the most critically endangered species in the United States is the South Texas ocelot, and biologists are working to find ways to save the Valleys population of secretive cats. Richard Moore has the first in a series of stories highlighting different measures being implemented to save the rare ocelot.
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Monday, January 21, 2013
Have you ever attended a birthday party for a wildlife refuge? Well, now is your chance to start planning for this weekend's party at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge. Richard Moore has the story.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Whitetail deer season winding down and gun-hunting season is ending, but you can still hunt with a camera. Richard Moore has the story.
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Monday, January 14, 2013
The fragile ecosystem of the Arroyo Colorado is facing a new threat from a proposed industrial waste facility on its banks, but as Richard Moore explains concerned citizens have an opportunity this week to voice their concerns.
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Wednesday, January 09, 2013
The main attraction in the South Texas outdoors this time of year are whitetail deer, but as Richard Moore shows us, you never know what you may encounter in the wildlands.
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Monday, January 07, 2013
If you are want to enjoy the sights and sounds of wild geese, then Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is the place to go. Richard Moore takes us out where the call of the wild resounds.
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Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Early January in the South Texas ranch country is breeding season for whitetail deer, and as Richard Moore shows us bucks are quite willing to fight for does and dominance.
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Monday, December 31, 2012
Huge rattlesnakes, majestic bucks, colorful birds and trophy trout…yes, it has been a spectacular year in the South Texas wildlands. Richard Moore looks back at 2012 in the outdoors.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Some of the finest Christmas gifts available come naturally and all you have to do to enjoy them is head outdoors. Richard Moore takes us out where nature's bounty abounds.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
It is an exciting time of the year to be in the South Texas wildlands, and as Richard Moore shows us there is plenty of unexpected action in the great outdoors.
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Monday, December 17, 2012
Researchers in the South Texas brush country are discovering that approximately one out of every ten bobcats has a striking resemblance to the endangered ocelot. Richard Moore has the story.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The endangered ocelot is one of the rarest cats in the United States, and its existence in the Rio Grande Valley was unknown until an intrepid researcher decided to try and find one three decades ago… Richard Moore has the exclusive story of the re-discovery of the ocelot.
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