Songbirds, those cute little birds- that are sometimes so small you might not see them hidden in the vegetation are commonly found along Avenue A and River Road along the San Antonio River located in Brackenridge Park next to a quaint little neighborhood of Historic homes. Passerines: Songbirds represent a group of birds known for […]
Author: Alesia Garlock
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Bird City San Antonio goes Postal on Migratory Birds
Boom, Boom, Boom, explosives sounding all too much like gunshots heard in city park. It was violent, savage, cruel, disturbing, and wicked to those of us who care about our migratory Birds. The big question is why? Why when the birds were in a forest away from the public? @1agbirdladysa #gone #postal #bird #city #sanantonio […]
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Journey of the Migratory Birds in San Antonio – a Journey Cut Short Part 2
January 2020 – Elmendorf Lake Park – Bird Island: The USDA’s Wildlife Service continues their assault on the Egrets and Herons on Bird Island. Volunteers bang two by four boards at the birds while a USDA employee shoots EPCD’s or Explosive Pest Control Devices out of blank 22 handguns at the birds. The explosives are […]
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Journey of the Migratory Birds in San Antonio – A Journey Cut Short – Part 1
Brackenridge Park: As I held a rescued newly hatched Egret chick in my hand back in 2021, I should have known what lie ahead for the migratory birds-a future of harassment, destruction of habitat, and most likely death. Years ago, I overheard someone with the City of San Antonio (COSA) say “they had an Egret […]
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Should we give a Hoot about the mass killing of Barred Owls?
The Barred Owl’s hooting call, “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you all?” is a classic sound of old forests and treed swamps according to online source allaboutbirds.org. Read More: Barred Owl Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology All about birds is managed by Cornell lab of Ornithology, whose mission is to […]
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Traversing a Continent to Keep their Species Alive – the Importance of Migratory Birds
I met Dr. Eduardo Corona at a recent University of Texas Urban Bird Project presentation in San Antonio, Texas. Corona shared his work on “Birds and their biocultural role in Mesoamerica.” Dr. Corona is an archeologist and researcher at the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH) in Mexico and a distinguished member of Mexico’s […]
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Clipping the Wings Off Migratory Birds – The Collapse of Natural Heritage
Clipping a bird’s wings can cause physical and psychological damage to the bird, depriving it of flying, which is what birds are born to do. Migratory birds may have felt this as they were not allowed to land in the San Antonio River this year to eat or drink, or even to land in a […]
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Endangered Species – Cover Your Ears or Hide from the USDA’s Noise Harassment!
As if Endangered Species or any species for that matter could cover their ears, hiding. But after twenty months of “Bangs” and “Booms,” within hearing range of Endangered species, it appears there will be no relief anytime soon! With several Threatened species that have been observed in the area also facing the same assault. Many of […]