Written: 03/27/2009 22:16 by: Texas Outdoors View

Pack the binoculars and wing it to one of these seven perches, from the Big Thicket to Weslaco World travelers migrate to the Texas coast for the astounding variety of birds that congregate here. Yet birding remains a mystery to many Americans. It shouldn’t be. You don’t have to spend a fortun...

Written: 02/24/2009 14:02 by: Texas Outdoors View

Click Here to listed to the Ruddy Duck Latin: Oxyura jamaicensis Average length: M 15.4", F 15" Average weight: M 1.20 lbs., F 1.19 lbs. Description: The conformation of the small ruddy duck is distinctive: a short, thick neck, chunky body, stubby wings, and a fan-shaped tail c...

Written: 02/20/2009 11:51 by: Texas Outdoors View

Click Here to listed to a Ring-necked Duck Latin: Aythya collaris Average length: M 17", F 16.6" Average weight: M 1.6 lbs., F 1.5 lbs. Description: Although male ring-necked ducks superficially resemble their counterparts in greater and lesser scaups, their peaked, angular hea...

Written: 02/20/2009 11:46 by: Texas Outdoors View

Click Here to listed to a Northern Pintail Latin: Anas acuta Average length: M 25", F 21.4" Average weight: M 2.26 lbs., F 1.91 lbs. Description: Pintails are long, slender ducks with long, narrow wings, earning them the nickname "greyhound of the air." Pintails are named for t...

Written: 02/20/2009 11:38 by: Texas Outdoors View

CLICK HERE to hear a Masked Duck Latin: Nomonyx dominica Average length: M 14", F 13" Average weight: M 0.90 lbs, F 0.75 lbs. Description: Masked ducks bear a close resemblance to the closely related ruddy duck; however, they are smaller and in flight display a pronounced whi...

Written: 01/28/2009 14:15 by: treece4 View

Click Here to listed to a Lesser Snow Goose Latin: Anser caerulescens caerulescens Average length: M 29", F 28" Average weight: M 6.1 lbs., F 5.5 lbs. Description: Lesser snow geese have two color phases: a dark (blue) plumage and a white (snow) plumage. The two color pha...

Written: 01/27/2009 15:41 by: treece4 View

CLICK HERE to hear a Hooded Merganser Latin: Lophodytes cucullatus Average length: M 18.1 in, F 17 Average weight: M 1.6 lbs, F 1.5 lbs Description: The smallest of the three mergansers occurring in North America, the hooded merganser is also the only one restricted to North Am...

Written: 01/27/2009 15:29 by: treece4 View

CLICK HERE to listen to a Greater Snow Goose. Latin: Anser caerulescens atlantica Average length: M 31", F 30" Average weight: M 7.4 lbs., F 6.1 lbs. Description: The greater snow goose is a slightly larger edition of the white-phase lesser snow goose. No color dimorphism...