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Birding around the Globe
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
Texas DESTINATION > Aplomado Falcon
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Aplomado Falcon
The Aplomado Falcon, Falco femoralis, is a medium-sized falcon of the Americas. The species' largest contiguous range is in South America.
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Texas DESTINATION > Red-crowned Parrot
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Red-crowned Parrot
Red-crowned Parrots, also called Red-crowned Amazons, are beautiful Amazon parrots that are very threatened in the wild. There are belived to be as few as 1,500 birds surving in the wild in Mexico and the numbers are declining.
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Texas DESTINATION > Green Jay
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Green Jay
The Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas) is a bird species of the New World jays, which exhibits distinct regional variations within its large but discontinuous range.
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Texas DESTINATION > Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
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Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
In this episode of Nikon's BATV we head to the communities of Rockport-Fulton and Corpus Christi on the Texas Gulf Coast to experience the migration of raptors and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.
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