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Stalking the big birds at South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center
I used to chuckle at birders I’d see at parks and preserves, tiptoeing through the brush with a camera in one hand and a pair of binoculars slung around their neck. Now I’m becoming one of them. I find myself pulling my car off the side of the road to admire a...
At Sea Turtle Inc. on South Padre Island, help save an endangered species
When a cold snap hit the East Coast in December, the frigid temperatures stunned dozens of sea turtles along the Eastern seaboard. Some of those turtles were transported all the way to South Padre Island, where they’re currently recovering from the chill by basking in...
On National Cook Your Catch Day at South Padre Island, I pulled in a whopper – and ate it for dinner
When I was 7, I caught a tiny fish at Inks Lake State Park using the corner of a slice of American cheese as a bait. My dad took the fish off the hook, and we tossed it back instead of frying it up for dinner. Until last weekend, when I was invited to South...
A hiking trail – and goats! – at Jester King Brewery
Two known cures - at least in my books - for the Covid blues? Nature walks and goats. Jester King Brewery, located on 165 acres of rolling Hill Country land west of Austin, just announced the opening of a 2-mile nature trail, which loops past the brewery’s goat...
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