As daily life becomes anything but normal, I’m comforted by the changes happening in the natural world around us. The annual spring migration is underway with many of our winter visitors heading north to begin their 2020 families. …
As daily life becomes anything but normal, I’m comforted by the changes happening in the natural world around us. The annual spring migration is underway with many of our winter visitors heading north to begin their 2020 families. …
If you’ve been out birding in the last week or so, you’ve probably noticed that many species have already begun molting into breeding plumage – a sure sign that spring migration is on its way! Hormonal changes are triggered by the increase in the hours of sunlight per day, as well as the shift in wind direction in the spring to being predominantly south to north.
The Galveston County Audubon Group kicked off our 2019/2020 season with a migration celebration. Following Jim Stevenson’s presentation on the circum-Gulf migration …
With fall migration fast approaching, thousands of birds of many different species will soon be descending upon Galveston Island as they reach their ..