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Naturalist Educator, Javier Gonzalez

Aug 6
3 min

Shorebirds Coming Through!

Shorebird migration has started down the Texas coastline and are coming through our wetlands!

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Naturalist Educator, Javier Gonzalez

Jun 2, 2017
3 min

Troop #59 Monarch Waystation

The South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center is thrilled to announce that we now have a certified Monarch Waystation on our grounds tha...

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Naturalist Educator, Javier Gonzalez

Mar 27, 2017
3 min

Spring Planting

Early Spring is a great time for planting habitat! It’s not too hot and the seasonal rains help to establish the plants. On March 5th, wi...

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Winter Birding at the SPI Birding & Nature Center

Naturalist Educator, Javier Gonzalez

Dec 22, 2016
3 min

Winter Birding at the SPI Birding & Nature Center

Winter has officially arrived to the LRGV and so have wintering birds and our “Winter Texan” birding guides to the SPI BNC. Winter is a f...

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Naturalist Educator, Javier Gonzalez

Nov 21, 2016
3 min

Cattail Awareness

Cattails, also known as bulrushes, “Tule” in Spanish, or “Corndog Grass” to some (I like to call them that once in a while), are importan...

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SPI BNC Naturalist, Javier Gonzalez

Oct 14, 2016
3 min

Monarch Migration Superhighway

Monarch on Seaside Goldenrod By late September migrating Monarch butterflies east of the Rocky Mountains coming from as far north as Cana...

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Javier Gonzalez

Jul 26, 2016
3 min

Birding the Tides

The tides have a profound effect on Coastal habitats. The force of the water as it rises into (flood tide) and falls out of (ebb tide) th...

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Shorebirds Coming Through!

Troop #59 Monarch Waystation

Spring Planting

Winter Birding at the SPI Birding & Nature Center

Cattail Awareness

Monarch Migration Superhighway

Birding the Tides