TPW MAGAZINE -- AUGUST PREVIEW: Two Texas cities named 
the birdiest of them all ... details on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

Ask any birder what they like better -- Christmas or fall 
migration -- and there's no contest. Sorry Santa. The August 
issue of Texas Parks and wildlife magazine offers readers 
a bird's eye view of Texas cities at the center of two 
migration superhighways. Editor Louie Bond has details.

50 -- And they're both, officially, nationally -- birdiest cities. Corpus 
Christi is the national birdiest city, and Port Aransas is the national 
small coastal birdiest city. Both have really just been in the nature 
tourism business in the last decade or two. They're lucky enough to 
have this wonderful parade of birds. And so now birdwatchers are 
flocking there to see 50 to 100 birds in a day. And the towns have 
benefitted from this; there's increased jobs and just a general 
happiness amongst these folks who are now getting outside and 
enjoying nature. And along with that great article, we'll have a 
birding calendar, so no matter what part of the state you live in, you 
can go out and see birds yourself. And we'll take a birding trip 
down to the valley and seeing what's going on with birding down 
there. Whether you're interest is birding in the panhandle or birding 
in the Valley, check out what's happening across Texas this month 
at Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine. 
 
Thanks, Louie.

That's our show for today. The Wildlife and Sport Fish 
Restoration program supports our series, and is 
celebrating 75 years of funding diverse conservation 
projects in Texas.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti









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