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Found across the world, birds range from small and difficult-to-spot songbirds to the majestic bald eagle. The Central Flyway—one of four major North American bird migration routes—carries millions of birds across Texas and the Gulf of Mexico and then back again every year.
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Golden-Cheeked WarblerBreeding only in a small area in the Texas Hill Country, these birds nest in mature junipers usually found in limestone canyons. |
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Attwater's Prairie ChickenHabitat for this critically imperiled species is protected at the Attwater’s Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge and at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve. |
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Black-Capped VireoBreeding in Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and northeast Mexico, the birds nest in dense low thickets and oak scrub, usually on rocky hillsides. |
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Lesser Prairie ChickenInhabiting a small, fragmented range in the southern Great Plains, the lesser prairie chicken is a chunky chicken-like bird. |
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Peregrine FalconThe Texas coast is one of the most important staging areas in the world for migrating peregrine falcons. |
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Red-Cockaded WoodpeckerThis woodpecker is named for the red “cockade” that exists behind the eye only on males of the species. |
Nature picture credits (top to bottom): Rich Kostecke, Lynn McBride, Mike Gray, Gerard Bertrand, Janet Haas, Malcolm Swan.
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