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Monday, April 01, 2013  The reddish egrets have arrived, swooping in by the hundreds on Green Island.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012  The Rio Grande Valley is world renown for its birds and home to a variety of raptors or birds of prey.  Two of the most sought after by birding enthusiasts are the Harris' hawk and cara cara, and as Richard Moore shows us they can be very competitive.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011  Swooping in with wings extending out ward some six feet, the great blue herons are an impressive sight as they soar to their nesting colony on Green Island in the Lower Laguna Madre.

Monday, February 14, 2011  The wildflowers and yuccas are blooming on Green Island, a thirty-five acre site just northeast of the Arroyo Colorado.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010  Harsh economic times and lack of funding forced the Sabal Palms Sanctuary in Brownsville to shut down on May 15, 2009.

Monday, December 06, 2010  A suspected infestation of red imported fire ants on the important nesting site Green Island in the Lower Laguna Madre recently brought a team of scientists from the Texas AgriLife Extension Service to the Audubon Society protected island.

Wednesday, June 09, 2010  Hundreds of noisy terns and gulls fill the air on the Laguna Vista spoil island just north of the causeway.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010  There is a remote island in the Lower Laguna Madre that is a paradise for birds.  Nesting season is just beginning on the Audubon sanctuary Green Island.