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Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge is a 2,088-acre (8.45 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge situated along the banks of the Rio Grande, south of Alamo in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, in Hidalgo County, South Texas. The wildlife refuge was established for the protection of migratory birds in 1943.
A road sign for the trail system in Newton County [9]. The Texas coast has been popular among bird watchers in the United States for decades. [7] Located where the Central Flyway meets the Gulf Coast and the Mississippi Flyway, the region sees a large number of migrants; in addition, the southern part of the Texas coast is far enough south to host a number of tropical species. [10]
Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge: Fort Worth: Tarrant: North Texas: website, 3,621 acres of forest, wetlands and prairie, operated by the City Fredericksburg Nature Center: Fredericksburg: Gillespie: Texas Hill Country: website, 10 acres, located in Lady Bird Johnson Park Gulf Coast Bird Observatory: Lake Jackson: Brazoria: Texas Coastal Bend
32 best states in the USA for bird watching 1. Texas. ... The Mountain Bluebird is the official state bird, but it's worth looking out for Black-throated Sparrows, Gambel's Quail, and a Sagebrush ...
The ranch's boundaries are Baffin Bay on the north, Laguna Madre on the east, and a division of King Ranch on the south. [ 5 ] Of the 235,000-acre section administered by The John G. and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation, there are several ecosystems, including "120,000 acres of native coastal prairie, 3,000 acres of migrating sand dunes ...
Everglades National Park - Florida. Birds of Everglades National Park: Wood stork, Roseate spoonbill, White ibis, Green-backed heron, Snowy egret, Red-tailed hawks, Anhinga, Indigo bunting and Red ...
The 10,528-acre (43-km 2) refuge, located in eastern Colorado County, about 60 miles (100 km) west of Houston, Texas, was established in 1972, and is one of a handful of national wildlife refuges managed specifically for an endangered species. In 1968, Attwater Prairie Chicken Preserve was designated as a National Natural Landmark by the ...
Area 1: Panhandle/High Plains Wildlife District [1] [2] includes five WMAs; Area 2: Prairies and Lakes [3] Area 3: Pineywoods [4] Area 4: Gulf Coast [5] Area 5: South Texas Plains [6] Area 6: Hill Country [7] Area 7: Big Bend Country [8] There is some confusion as there are also listed eight Wildlife Management Areas [9] that roughly coincide ...