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  • The Chachalaca: June 2021

    The Chachalaca: June 2021

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    Diane Hall, editor Read the articles below. Leave the author a comment. Or click here to download the pdf file: The 2021 Summer Chachalaca Newsletter. Vol. 18 No. 2. June 2021 – In this issue: All photos were taken by the author unless otherwise noted. The Chachalaca: Archives

  • Migration Surprise

    Migration Surprise

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    Caroline Cardile Since we moved to South Padre Island 15 years ago, spring migration seems to be lasting longer and longer each spring. A few years ago, it was typical for volunteers to stop putting out food at the convention center and the lots on Sheepshead Street on May 1, because migration was over. In recent years, the end…

  • Contributors to the June 2021 Chachalaca

    Contributors to the June 2021 Chachalaca

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    Pat Avery (RGVC) Tamie Bulow (RGVC) Janis Silveri (RGVC) Carolyn Cardile (RGVC) Dr. Tim & Ki Brush (STBC) Norma Friedrich (RGVC) Susan Upton (RGVC) Joni Gillis (RGVC) Mario Fierro (STBC) Linda Butcher (RGVC) M. Kathy Raines (RGVC) Anita Westervelt (RGVC) Frank Wiseman (RGVC) Drew Bennie (RGVC)

  • Surprises along the edge of the road

    Surprises along the edge of the road

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    The City Nature Challenge 2021 has come and gone. More than 1,270,000 observations were uploaded to the www.iNaturalist.org database from individuals in 419 cities from 44 countries worldwide. The challenge is in its sixth year and the fourth year that the Lower Rio Grande Valley participated. This year, 146 local participants logged 7,966 observations of…

  • The Green Heron

    The Green Heron

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    by Pat Avery Have you fallen in love yet with the Green Heron? I’ve always searched for the Great Blue Heron for photographic opportunities rather than what I thought was the less spectacular bird. Earlier this year, fellow TMN Diana Lehmann and I visited the South Padre Island Birding Center in search of the Mangrove Warbler (which…

  • The Company Car

    The Company Car

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    by Susan Upton Photos by Alicia Cavazos, Rio Grande Valley Chapter After recently completing the 2021 Texas Master Naturalist class, my mentor Alicia Cavazos and I headed over to Resaca de la Palma State Park to do a little birding. Before leaving, we made it a point to visit with the park Superintendent, Kelly Cummings-Malkowski. Since we…