After a while, one learns what to expect with each month and each season. July is going to be hot and humid. October will be colorful and somewhat melancholy. January will be cold and sleepy. And then ...

Some of the more common birds we see here in Texas are the grackles. You can hardly walk through a supermarket parking lot without seeing one of these brown or black birds peering out at you from ...

Kong didn’t know it yet, but on the morning of May 15, as she sat demurely on the damp back lawn of a home in North Austin’s Wooten neighborhood, true love was on the way. Her orblike body was pocked ...

Winter is a slower time for birding. There isn't as much to see. So, when rare birds pay a visit, they get a royal welcome. Thankfully, birders with cabin fever had some interesting options as we ...

Toward the end of May I received an e-mail from a lady in Colstrip. She castigated me for feeding grackles. She contended the grackles would eventually drive away all other birds, and I would be left ...

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – It’s that time of year in the Key City when we see a lot of birds in the skies, especially near the southside Walmart. These birds are called grackles, and local experts ...

The first warm days of early spring have arrived. With the clear skies and mild temperatures, we see plenty of response. Pussy willow and quaking aspen buds are opening their fuzzy growths, while the ...

Workers passing at their own peril through an avian war zone outside the Harris County Administration Building this week undoubtedly came away with a new appreciation for poet Ogden Nash's take on the ...

The first half of October is filled with autumnal happenings. Even with the warm weather, as we experienced this year, these changes still continue. In many ways, nature is preparing for the coming ...

This Halloween, you do not need a big budget horror film to get your fear fix in North Texas. The sound of thousands of birds massed together in a grocery store parking lot — perched on cars, hopping ...

If you're in the vicinity of the Walmart on Central Freeway next week and think you're in a war zone -- you are. But don't worry. Sheppard Air Force Base will again be doing battle only with the ...