No nā hanauna he nui, ua hōʻea nā malihini ki ke Texas Gulf Coast no ka lawaiʻa,ʻauʻau, kahi heʻenalu, hoʻomoana, a me ka hoʻokele. Akā, i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hōʻea mai ka nui o nā malihini kipa i ke kai eʻike i nā haneli o nā manu i loaʻa ma laila. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe iʻike mua i ka'ōpili rose rose, ka paconrine falcon a iʻole ka pupuhi lele, ponoʻoe e hoʻoholo i ka manawa e hele ai i ka Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail.
Nā Regions o ke Ala
Mai ka palena palenaʻo Texas / Mexico i ka palena hema o Texas a hiki i ka palenaʻo Texas / Louisiana ma kaʻaoʻao'ākau o Texas, ua māheleʻia ka Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail iʻekolu mau'āpana a puni 308 mau mākaʻikaʻi eʻike ai nā pāka, mai nā papa pāʻani pākī a me nā ala alaʻole. ʻO kēlā me kēia wahi - Upper, Central a me ke Kai Waiʻaleʻa - he mauʻano likeʻole a hoʻolālā i nāʻano manu likeʻole.
ʻO ka mea eʻike ai ma ka moku o ka 'Ākau
ʻO kaʻaoʻao'Āpana'Āpana o ka Trailʻo ia ka 'ʻoihana nui'. Loaʻa i kaʻaoʻao hema o Texas, ke kahakaiʻo Lower Coast ke hāʻawi i 16 mau puka lou. ʻO ka Arroyo Colorado Loop e hele ana mai ke kūlanakauhale o Harlingen a hiki i ke kahakaiʻo Laguna Madre Bay. Aia ma loko o kēia āpanaʻo Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, kahi home o nāʻano e like me nā jays'ōmaʻomaʻo a me nā hoʻolāʻau i ka makahiki a puni a lilo hoʻi i wahi kuʻikuʻi no nā mea migratory e like me nā mea i penaʻia a me nā hana hoʻomaha.
Hāʻawi ka LANWR i nāʻano'āina likeʻole, mai ke kahakai a me nā wahi kai o ka wai paʻakai i ka cactus i uhiʻia i ka'āina.
ʻO kekahi mahele'ē aʻe i loko o kaʻaoʻao'Ākau o South Padre Island Loop. Ma waho aʻe o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻiʻelima iʻikeʻia, e pili ana i ka Laguna Madre Nature Trail, he mau alakaʻi kaiauluʻo George lāuaʻo Scarlet Colley e holo hele a me nā holo moku ma nā huakaʻiʻo Fins 2.
ʻO nā'ōpili Roseate,ʻano likeʻole me ka ulaʻulaʻulaʻula me nā pili kālā'ōpuni, a aia ma waena o nā mea e hiki iāʻoe ke manaʻo eʻike i ka wā e hele ai i ka South Padre Island Loop. ʻO nā manu hao, e like me ospreys, he mau maka makawā wale nō. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona nui loa no kekahi mea hoihoi o waho e nānā nei i ka holoʻana o ka holoʻana o ka wai a me ka hukiʻana i ka iʻa mai kahi o ke kai a me kona mau kolo ikaika.
ʻO ka mea eʻike ai ma ka mokuʻo Central Coast
ʻOiaiʻo ka nui o nā iʻa i loaʻa ma ka GTCBT he mea pōuliu ia i nā manu manu hoʻokipa,ʻo nā manu manu'āhewa paha e hiki ke mahalo i nā kuʻi lima - aʻo ia wale nō ka mea eʻike ai ināʻoe e hele aku i ka La Bahia Loop ma kaʻaoʻao Central Coast o ka Ke ala. ʻO ka Areasas National Wildlife Refuge, kahi heleuma o ka La Bahia Loop, he wahi pōkole loa mai Corpus Christi aʻo ia ka hale hoʻoilo no nā haneli haneli he nui. I ka wā e hoʻopauʻia ana e ka hopena, ua nui ka hoihoiʻana mai o nā kui kuhu. A, ke hāʻawi nei ka ANWR i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūpono o ka lāhui migration wale nō o nāʻanaka hulu o ka honua.
Ma waho aʻe o kaʻimiʻana i kahi 'do-it-yourself' e hoʻoukaʻia ai ka ANWR, hiki i nā malihini ke makemake e noʻonoʻo i ka holoʻana me ka Rockport Birding a me Kayak Adventures. ʻOiaiʻo ka nānāʻana i ka nānāʻana i ka mānele i ka palena o nā mahina hoʻoilo, ua nui aku i ka 400 mau manu i kākauʻia ma ia wahi, e hōʻoia ana i nā malihini i kēlā manawa kēia manawa e nānā i nāʻanoʻano likeʻole i ka manawa.
ʻO ka mea e manaʻo ai ma ka moku o kaʻaoʻao kiʻekiʻe
Ināʻikeʻoe iāʻoe iho ma Houston, ponoʻoleʻoe makemake eʻae i ka laweʻana ma Clear Lake Loop,ʻo ia kekahi o nā kūikawā ma kahiʻaoʻao o Upper Coast o ke alahele. Hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻia e ka 2000 acreʻo Armand Bayou Nature Center,ʻo Clear Lake Loop ka mea i hiki ai i nā manu manu ke nānā i nāʻano ma kahiʻano likeʻole, mai nā kahawai āpau i nā ululāʻau ulu lāʻau - nā mea a pau ma lalo o ke aka o ke kūlanakauhale nuiʻehā ma ka'āina.
E Huli Ana i Nā Alaloa'Auʻeu ma Texas
Mai kekahiʻaoʻao o ka mokuʻo Texas a hiki i kekahi, e loaʻa nā manu he nui i nā mea maikaʻi loa a me nā mea hoʻokipa maikaʻi ma muli o ka hahaiʻana i ka Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail. Aia ma kaʻaoʻao o ke kahakai kahakai, Texas Parks & Wildlife he nui o nā "Alanui Hoʻokiʻekiʻe Loa Loa" ma ka moku'āina.
ʻO ka mea nui, aia kahi māla hihiu ma nā wahi a pau o ka moku'āina. A i ka noʻonoʻoʻana i keʻano o ka nui o ka'āina a me ka'āina o Texas, hiki i nā malihini keʻike i nāʻano holoholona likeʻole ma ka heleʻana i nā alahele āpau. Ma muli o ka'āpana, hiki i ka poʻe malihini ke hele i ka Great Texas Wildlife Trails e hiki ke hoʻokūkū i nā mea a pau mai ka alligator a hiki i nā liona o ka mauna, nā mea hana i nā hoʻoholo a me nā mea a pau i waena.