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Vicki Wilmarth

Buffalo Lake's Boisterous Northern Shrike

A beautiful, buff-colored bird has sparked birdwatcher's interest in Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge this winter. The juvenile...

Vicki Wilmarth

Christmas Bird Count 2019--Amarillo

For 120 years, birders have been trudging out into fields, lakesides, mountains and beaches as citizen scientists to record the types and...

Vicki Wilmarth

Yellow-Headed Blackbirds By the 100's

While huge flocks of blackbirds are not uncommon, particularly in agricultural settings, I was startled in early October 2019 by more...

Vicki Wilmarth

Playa Lakes are the Lifeblood of the Texas Panhandle

Playa lakes provide water, food and shelter to migratory and local birds and have become one of this bird nerd's favorite destinations....

Vicki Wilmarth

Aoudad Sheep in Palo Duro Canyon

A herd of fascinating non-native North African barbary sheep roam the canyon, but they are seldom seen in the state park. The sheep (who,...

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Vicki Wilmarth

Palo Duro Canyon Beauty

The Texas Panhandle is just a blank canvas on which God paints a new masterpiece every day. Growing up in Arlington, Texas, I thought...

Vicki Wilmarth

Palo Duro Canyon Bird Blind

The bird blind at Palo Duro Canyon State Park yields a treasure trove of interesting local birds.

Vicki Wilmarth

Northern Parula in Palo Duro Canyon

Someone needed to tell this bird it was the middle of November and he wasn't supposed to be here. I was birding at Palo Duro Canyon State...

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