OUTDOOR STORIES - CHARLES LOHRMANN: Migration stirs 
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When you love the outdoors ... and make it part of your 
life ... and perhaps even your work ... you may be hard 
pressed to come up with one moment in nature as being 
most memorable for you. Texas Parks and Wildlife 
Associate Publisher Charles Lohrmann took on the 
challenge, and shares his outdoor story.

When you asked me to describe one of my most memorable 
Texas outdoor moments, I thought about a particular amazing 
sunrise over the gulf in Padre Island, and then sort of a 
psychedelic sunset at Big Bend. And then, one afternoon I was 
out birding, and saw a bobcat who seemed to watching me as I 
was birding. But, then I realized that the moments I really find the 
most stirring are the times when I can witness a migration. 
Whether it's ducks or geese flying high overhead, or monarchs 
fluttering past the office building on their trip south. I realized, 
many of these creatures are flying on pure instinct. So when I see 
these birds flying, it's like the perfect embodiment of hope. And I 
feel like I can sense the earth's heartbeat at that time, and that 
I'm connected to something far greater than my imagination. :49

We invite you to share your most memorable Texas 
outdoor moment with us ... visit passporttotexas.org for 
contact information.

That's our show for today ... thank you for joining us ... For 
Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti