Mark & Teri's Travels

One of the most common animals in this area is a tiny little crab called the Fiddler Crab.  They are only about  1"-2" across and ...

The American Bittern is one of my favorite birds.  I can't really say why, but the fact that they are challenging to find and interestin...

I am still working on taking pictures of Birds in Flight (BIF) whenever the opportunity presents itself. The South Padre Island World Birdin...

We headed out to the Gladys Porter Zoo. It’s just down the road a little ways in Harlingen. We’ve been to this zoo before but it was many,...

One of our readers (Sharon Wallace, of "The Odd Essay") asked if we'd seen the other blue butterfly in this region, the Mexica...

Teri and I headed over to Sabal Palms Sanctuary to look for birds, but they were few and far between.  However the sanctuary has a small but...

We see lots of Roseate Spoonbills out at the South Padre Island Birding Center, but they are usually out in the water.  This week we had an ...