My kids would love this and we have a ton of white wings. Do you have a recommendation on how to go about this? Is there a division within TPWD?

ttha_aggie_09 said:

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My kids would love this and we have a ton of white wings. Do you have a recommendation on how to go about this? Is there a division within TPWD?

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Where are you located? Each district in the wildlife division has a quota they are supposed to meet. You just need to figure out who the biologist for your area is and let them know you are interested in helping. I am working with one of the "urban biologists" assigned to Houston. She sets us up with the bands and traps each year and gives us a data sheet that we send back to her when we finish banding. If you want to IM me your info, I can get her to pass your name along to the area biologist and see if they want help. I am not really sure what is going to happen this year with all the Covid stuff, but we typically get the bands in May and do most of our trapping in June and July.

Gangster Octopus said:

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No pics, but I've seen a carcara on the side of the highway between Chuck Norris's place and Navasota High School over the past week or two. It's usually on the shoulder, feasting on roadkill. I had no idea that they were this far north.

Also, thanks to the OB I actually knew what it was the first time I saw it. It took me a second because I only knew of them in far south Texas, but I was 100% when I saw it the second time.

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Cool birds. They are starting to be a lot more prevalent in Coryell County. Last few times I've dumped a deer or pig carcass in my back pasture, within a few hours there have been 4 caracaras on it.

Gangster Octopus said:

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No pics, but I've seen a carcara on the side of the highway between Chuck Norris's place and Navasota High School over the past week or two. It's usually on the shoulder, feasting on roadkill. I had no idea that they were this far north.

Also, thanks to the OB I actually knew what it was the first time I saw it. It took me a second because I only knew of them in far south Texas, but I was 100% when I saw it the second time.

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They have been rapidly spreading north since I was a kid in Victoria county 20 or so years ago. When I was very young it was unheard of to see one down there, but by the time I was in Junior high they were a fairly common sight.

Before the caracaras all we had were turkey vultures. Now the caracaras almost outnumber the black vultures, (which are also spreading northward even more rapidly.)

Badace52 said:

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Gangster Octopus said:

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No pics, but I've seen a carcara on the side of the highway between Chuck Norris's place and Navasota High School over the past week or two. It's usually on the shoulder, feasting on roadkill. I had no idea that they were this far north.

Also, thanks to the OB I actually knew what it was the first time I saw it. It took me a second because I only knew of them in far south Texas, but I was 100% when I saw it the second time.

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They have been rapidly spreading north since I was a kid in Victoria county 20 or so years ago. When I was very young it was unheard of to see one down there, but by the time I was in Junior high they were a fairly common sight.

Before the caracaras all we had were turkey vultures. Now the caracaras almost outnumber the black vultures, (which are also spreading northward even more rapidly.)

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The first Caracara I ever saw was south of Austin back in the mid-90s. They are now very thick in eastern Travis County.

LEJ said:

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She put on a big show with the broken wing fake out. Really did scare the shs outta me when I stepped out the truck

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That's why they are one of my favorite birds. Love how they try to lure you away from their eggs

I have several types of Hummingbird feeders on my back porch. They seem to like this type of feeder more than any of the others. Perhaps it's because there's a place for them to stand instead of having to fly constantly. Really like the video!

FAT SEXY said:

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First bird is so cool.. Looks like the love child of a roadrunner and a blue jay.

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It is a Steller's Jay

Looks like you have some piggies to shoot and barbque.

Believe me - I would, but we live in the College Station city limits.

Compound bow.

That southern flying squirrel is awesome... Also really great pics of the oriole and red shouldered hawk.

Badace52 said:

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That southern flying squirrel is awesome... Also really great pics of the oriole and red shouldered hawk.

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Thanks! I only found the squirrel by chance. I first thought he was an escaped pet, but I did a little internet research anyway. I had no idea they were native to this area.

We are lucky that we have woods behind our house. All sorts of interesting critters have come out of there.

They are awesome creatures and highly nocturnal. I've only ever seen one. It was gliding between a couple big live oaks in front of the Catholic Church in my hometown of Inez, TX right at the last light of day. I knew at the time they existed but didn't realize they made it that far south.

Baltimore Orioles migrate through for a few weeks in the spring and fall. In addition to the hummingbird nectar and grape jelly, the like orange halves/quarters and black grapes. Beautiful birds.

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OK, I'm kinda bored, so I'm putting up some more animal pics (not taken in our backyard) just to bore you
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Well this one is more fun for sure...

1.Broad billed hummingbird
2.Roseate spoonbills/American alligator/Great white egret/?Florida gar
3. More roseate spoonbills in a rookery
4. Sea otters
5. White breasted nuthatch
6. Scarlet tanager
7. Bottlenose dolphins
8. Whooping cranes, breeding pair with juvenile
9. Fledgling Great horned owlet
10. More sea otter

It just looks so proud with its catch

I can't comment on 1,5 and 6, but the rest look correct. I was having trouble with the gar species in the alligators mouth... it didn't look like anything in Texas but figured it was either spotted or long nose. Your ID makes more sense.

Well then that's not a Florida Gar... probably just a young alligator gar then.