Critters
April 15, 2021
Chasing Down Birds of Prey With Ornithologist and Musician Jonathan Meiburg
His new book traces the evolution of caracaras—a strange and beautiful type of falcon.
Birding
Critters
November 20, 2020
Meet the Carrion-Craving Falcon That’s Taking Over Texas
Crested caracaras used to range no farther north than Texas’s southern tip, but now they’re expanding across the state—perhaps because of climate change and habitat loss.
The Texanist
July 20, 2019
The Texanist: Why Do We Share a State Bird With Five Other States?
A pair of Austin birders think it’s time to replace the Northern mockingbird with something more . . . Texas-y.
Critters
August 9, 2017
Beware the Grackle
The fierce black birds have been terrorizing the UT campus. But that’s nothing new.
Critters
April 19, 2017
Why Victor Emanuel Weekends on the Bolivar Peninsula
The Bolivar Peninsula is for the birds. Literally.
Travel & Outdoors
August 13, 2015
Bird’s-eye View
The Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is a world-class site for birding and . . . ocelotting?
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
Don’t Eat the Birds that Fly into Your Window
A Pflugerville man learns you that if it dies on your property it isn't free to eat.
Feature
January 21, 2013
The Birdman of Texas
Victor Emanuel can find you a hooded warbler, a horned guan, or maybe even an Eskimo curlew. But his real genius is that he can get you to really look at a grackle.
Web Exclusive
January 21, 2013
A Q&A With Katy Vine
The senior editor on embracing enthusiasm, going birding with Victor Emanuel, and wading through tall grass.
The Wanderer
August 27, 2012
Marathon: Get Outta Town
For many travelers, this far West Texas town is a last-chance pit stop before heading south to brave the wilds of Big Bend National Park. But, this past spring, after driving 407 miles (that’s roughly 7 hours and 143 country songs) from Austin to
Feature
May 31, 2011
Bentsen–Rio Grande
Where it is: 2800 S. Bentsen Palm Dr., MissionWhat you’ll do: Look at birds. Eat. Look at birds. Sleep. Look at birdsWhere you’ll sleep: Book a spot at a local RV parkWhat you’ll learn: Chachalacas are named for their call, a rowdy cha-cha-lac We imagine that a lot of people
Web Exclusive
April 30, 2011
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
Victor Emanuel describes what he likes about these beautiful birds that can be found in Texas.
Travel & Outdoors
February 1, 2011
For the Birds
Birds resemble art in more ways than one, especially when they force us to address questions of ineffable provenance.