Newsletter - Issue 48

Its been a while since our last newsletter and the reason for this is that BATV has been extremely busy! We are nearing completion of filming for the series "The Gulf of Mexico - Today and Tomorrow". In late August BATV spent a wonderful week in the UK at the British BirdFair, the largest birdwatching event on the international birding calendar. We are also finishing up our filming of the Hollywoo

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Birding around the Globe

Learn about BATV's birding destinations, watch the latest Birding Adventures shows and catch our quest for each week's Golden Bird. All BATV shows are available NOW online.

TEXAS

QUICK FACTS: State Bird - Northern Mockingbird; 606 species recorded in 57 families; 94 North American endemics represented; No State endemics; 2 USA endemics

SPECIALITY BIRDS: Green Jay, Aplomado Falcon; Red-crowned Parrot; Mangrove Warbler; Green Parakeet; Buff-bellied Hummingbird; Green Kingfisher; Ringed Kingfisher; Altamira Oriole; Golden-cheeked Warbler; Audubon's Oriole; Long-billed Thrasher; Olive Sparrow; White-tailed Hawk; Harris' Hawk; White-tailed Kite; Plain Chachalaca

TOURS: WINGS offers a variety of tours to Texas: The Edwards Plateau, Big Bend National Park and the Davis Mountains; The Rio Grande Valley in Spring ; The Upper Coast; and Whooping Cranes and the Rio Grande Valley

BATV "IN THE KNOWS": See the dolphins with Scarlet Colley on South Padre Island; visit the incredible World Birding Centers of the Rio Grande Valley; Stay at the birder-friendly Alamo Inn in the Rio Grande Valley