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Yesterday at 8:19 AM  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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  A phantom cat secretively stalks the remnants of thick thorny brush in southernmost Texas.

Monday, April 08, 2013  In western Starr County there are two species of quail and their territories overlap.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  Despite the drought, South Texas birds... are sporting their colorful spring plumage... and in this music video, composer Mario Aleaman of Weslaco accompanies Richard Moore's video as the bird's beauty speaks for itself.

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

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.