I Really Like to be in Southern Texas
By Dave Hanks
I REALLY LIKE TO BE IN SOUTHERN TEXAS!
It’s pleasant in winter time,
when temperatures are low.
This is the time of year
when it’s best to go
To the Rio Grande Valley
to enjoy the birdie show.
I REALLY LIKE TO BE IN SOUTHERN TEXAS!
All sorts of perchers
like these conditions too
Just put out some feed
and they soon come into view.
They are there in abundance,
and I will name a few:
I REALLY LIKE TO BE IN SOUTHERN TEXAS!
To see Woodpeckers, Jays,
Thrashers, and the Kiskadee;
Cardinals and Titmice,
and an Oriole in a tree
And so many, many others,
are there for you to see.
One gulf coast denizen is the Tri-Colored Heron.
It is also known as the Louisiana Heron. They
will be there stalking the shallows to catch and
ingest almost anything that they can get down their
gullet. This 26 inch tall bird inhabits the saline
waters of the gulf’s marshes and mangrove swamps.
Audubon Oriole is another southern Texas joy to find,
with its yellow body and black head and neck. Texas
has more bird species than any other state in the
union, and when we can take a trip there, it is
always rewarding.
(Excitement equals finding both the heron and the oriole)
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