A rare sand bottom river, longleaf pines, and red-cockaded woodpeckers. Located within the premier state forest of Florida with the same name, Blackwater River State Park is one of the nation’s richest biological areas. There are 300 bird species throughout the year, 2,500 species of plants in residence, and a rare sand bottom river flowing […]
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Twenty-nine million birds across one million acres. Everything really is bigger in Texas. Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, is approximately 5,000 acres of pure nature located 28 miles south of Houston. It sits among the one million acres of Columbia Bottomlands IBA, where an estimated 29 million birds either live or visit each year. There
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“Kingfisher,” two women shout simultaneously pointing skyward. They’re referring to a solitary bird flying directly overhead. How they can determine a bird’s species from such an overhead distance while peddling in a pack of a dozen or so bicycles is beyond me. Not that I would recognize a kingfisher, but I look up just the
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Fall Birds of North Carolina (September, October, November) Everyone welcomes the first cool breezes of September, especially after a hot southern summer, but few do so with more exuberance than birders. They know what those refreshing winds mean—birds, birds, birds—neotropical migrants heading south for the winter and bringing with them some of the biggest identification
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