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1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (866+ words) It’s the season in Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma when kings and lords return. These little rulers are welcomed within woodlands, riparian areas, pastures, yards, parks, gardens and other rural and urban locations. Although their common and scientific names allude to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1024+ words) Hawks and kites comprise a cosmopolitan avian group on all continents except Antarctica. These birds-of-prey are also collectively called raptors. The name raptor is based upon the Latin word, rapere, meaning “to seize” and the birds’ family name, Accipitridae, derives…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1037+ words) Let us discuss two shorebirds that are not always seen along shorelines. Both birds are fall and spring migrants through the Rolling Plains although one was reported as a nesting, summer resident of northcentral Texas and southwestern Oklahoma in the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (907+ words) Let’s discuss an area bird that has large populations in many areas and is usually either overlooked, ignored or sometimes considered a nuisance. These European birds accompanied settlers to Nova Scotia during the 1600s. After that, escapees and intentionally released individuals…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (866+ words) Editor's note: his is the first of a two-part series on the state of quail in the Rolling Plains. The area encompasses much of the Big Country, goes down to about San Angelo in the Concho Valley and also includes…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (227+ words) Quail hunters and conservationists will be interested to join landowners for the Abilene return of the Statewide Quail Symposium Sept. 17. The three-day conference at the Abilene Convention Center will feature state officials, seminars and a tour of a local ranch....