ʻO South Texasʻo ia kekahi o nā piko pele o nā hōʻailona o'Amerika a me ka likeʻole i nā wahi'ē aʻe i ka'āinaʻoʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa. Pono e hoʻomākaukau nā Birders no ka ea kūlohelohe e holoholo ai ma South Texas no ka meaʻaʻole lākou e haʻalele i kahi manawa o ka pīhoihoi weliweli o kēia'āpana'āina.
Ka Honua a me Geography o South Texas
ʻO Texas ka lua o ka moku nui loa maʻAmelika Huipūʻia, e waiho wale ana ma hope o Alaska ma kahi.
Ke kū nei i kahi 800 mile mai ke kihi komohana'ākau o Texas panhandle a hiki i ka palena hema loa ma ke kahawaiʻo Mekiko, e hāʻawi ana kēia moku'āina i nāʻano likeʻole me nāʻano'āina honua likeʻole a me nāʻano ākea.
ʻO ka'āpanaʻo Texas Heiauʻo San Antonio a me nā mea a pau ma kaʻaoʻao hema o ke kūlanakauhale, a hiki i Rio Grande ma ka hema a me ka hikina a hiki i ke Kai Kūʻono, e like me ka'āpana o ka moku. ʻO kaʻaoʻao kahakai o kēia'āina ua kapaʻiaʻo ka Coastal Bend, a no muli o ka hoʻohālikelikeʻana i ka hopena o ke kai Caribbean, heʻano kūʻokoʻa konaʻano a me kahi nohona.
Ma ka Pākīpika Hema, kahi mai nā waoakua me nā'ākau pākuʻu a me nā wahi pāpū, nā wahi ākea, ka'ōpala palahalaha a me nā laka hāmama i nā ululāʻau hohonu a me nā marshes me ka wela nui. Holo ka 'āina mai kahi wao nahele i ka'eliʻuʻana i nā pāwaina i nā awāwa haʻahaʻa, pinepine i nā muliwai a me nā loko o ka bipi e hana ana i nā poʻoki kūikawā o kahi noho.
Hiki ke loli iki ke aniau, me ka ua nui, ka kahawai, a me nā lā maloʻo lōʻihi i nā wahi likeʻole,ʻoiai he mea kēia eʻike ai i kēia mau mokupuni he nui nā kapuaʻi kaua ma mua o ka nui o Texas. ʻO nāʻano heiau keʻano haʻahaʻa i kahi kiʻekiʻe, me nā kiʻekiʻe wela i ka hau a me ka makani mālie ma kahakai.
ʻO nā manu o South Texas
Me nāʻano honua likeʻole a me ka hoʻomehana,ʻo South Texas kahi home o nāʻano manu likeʻole. Uaʻoi aku ka nui o nā hanana he 590 i kākauʻia ma Texas i nā manawa likeʻole o ka makahiki, a he nui nāʻano i loaʻa ma nāʻaoʻao hema o Texas - kahi o ka piʻiʻana o nā meaʻenehana he nui -ʻaʻole i loaʻa ma kahi'ē aʻe ma ka United States. He mea nui kēia i nā manu'ōmaʻomaʻo kaulana kaulana o South Texas no nā manu kipa. ʻO kekahi o nā manu i makemake nuiʻia eʻike i kēia wahi, penei:
- ʻO Altamira oriole
- Pākīpikaʻo Aplomado
- ʻO ka'ōniu o Audubon
- ʻO ka'ōmoleʻulaʻula
- Pauraque paukū
- ʻO Kingbirdʻo Couch
- Grey hawk
- Kūlana nui
- Kele'ōleʻa
- ʻO Kingfisher Green
- ʻO Groove-billed ani
- ʻO kaʻike hook-Hook
- ʻO ka hapa nui
- Hoʻopauʻia ka lōʻihi
- ʻO ka manuʻo Olive
- Plain chachalaca
- Pāhili-tailed hawk
- Pākū keʻokeʻo
- Hoʻopili i ka māne
Ma waho aʻe o kēia mau manu kūikawā, he wahi puni hoʻiʻo South Texas no ka hoʻouluʻana i nā kahakai'āina, aʻo ka hapa nui o ia pūnana ma ka'ākau o ke awa'ālika. Ke holo nei kēia mau manu i ko lākou huiʻole ma ke kahawaiʻo Coastal, hiki ke maʻalahi lākou i nā mea manu e hoʻonui i ko lākou papa inoa ola. Eia kekahi,ʻo ka Coastal Bend he kumupūkū nui ia no ka hōʻeaʻana i ka uluʻana o ka punahele, a me nāʻikeʻikeʻole o nā manu manuʻole a me nā manu'ē aʻe mai nā wahi o nā pāpū o kaʻaoʻao hema.
Nā mea hana no ka Birding ma South Texas
Me ka nui o ka popo i loaʻa ma South Texas, he mea nui ka hoʻolako i nā manu. ʻO nā meaʻoi loa e loaʻa no ka papahana hema o South Texas ...
- Nānā: Ma keʻano o nā wahi noho eʻimi ai a me nāʻanoʻoihana pāʻani e ho'āʻo ai, pono e hoʻolakoʻia nā manu manu a me nā mea āpau a me kahi kikowā. Pono pono nā'ōpili i nā pahu waiʻole, a pono e hana i nā kaupae no ka mālamaʻana i nā pilakino a me nā'ōpala mai ka hoʻouluʻana i ka wela kiʻekiʻe o South Texas.
- Kōkua Kūlana : He nui nā manu'ē aʻe i kēia wahi, hiki i ka poʻe manu ke lawe mai i nā alakaʻi āpau. He mea nui ka papa kuhikuhi āpau o ka'ākau oʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa, aʻo kekahi alakaʻi Mexican e pili ana i nā palapala kikowaena o Mexico ma ka'ākauʻo Rio Grande e hiki ke kōkua i nā manu kūikawā a me nā mea hōʻeuʻeu paha.
- ʻO nā meaʻaʻahu o ka lauhuʻu :ʻO ka mama me nā lole'ahuʻula me nā mea e ola ai ka mea eʻoluʻolu loa no ka Southking City. Hiki i nā lōʻihi lōʻihi a me nā lima lima lōʻihi ke hāʻawi i ka pale lā. He mea nui nā kāmaʻa ikaika, a hiki ke hoʻokipaʻia nā pai'ī o nā wāwae i ka wā e lohi ai a paʻa i ka wāwae.
- Ka wai a me nā Snacks :ʻO ka waiʻoluʻolu a me nā'āpana maikaʻi e hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻomau i ka ikehu no nā huakaʻi lōʻihi ma o nā hoʻolaha a me nā mālama o ka'āina. E hoʻomau hou i ka wai a me nā pōpilikia i loko o kahi meaʻai māmā no ka meaʻai maikaʻi.
- NĀ LĀ LALU :ʻO ka palena hema o ka'āina,ʻo ia hoʻi kaʻoi aku o ka pākeke i ka maʻalahi, a me nā mea manu e hoʻohana i ka huahana SPF nui no ka palekana maikaʻi loa, e hoʻopili ana i ka pale kukui i kēlā me kēia mau hola i kahi maikaʻi. Hiki i ka pōpale pālahalaha nui a me nā leka uila nani nā mea hiki ke kōkua i ka mālamaʻana i ka lā.
- Nānā'Ōlelo : Ua nui aku nā mea a pau ma Texas, e like me ka nui o nā poʻe lolo. Hiki i nā meaʻona palekana ikaika ke hoʻonui i nā manu manu, akā e mālama ponoʻole i nā mea'onike i nāʻoihana maikaʻi a iʻole nā memo mākau. Hiki i nā wili lōʻihi a me ka lōʻihi lōʻihi i nā pū'ī i hiki ke hōʻemi i nā pīpī.
- Kīlapola : He mea pono paha ka palapala hōʻaia kūpono aʻike paha e like me ka holoʻana ma ka palena me Mexico me ka noiʻana o nā'elemāmi e noi i nā pepa, i nā wahi i kaʻawale. Hiki paha i nā Birders ke makemake e hoʻohana i nā wahi āpau o ka palena'āina no nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi a iʻole eʻoliʻoli wale i kaʻahaʻaina maikaʻi ma Mexico, a pono e kākau i nā pepa kūpono e hoʻololi ai i waena o nā'āina.
Kahi e hele
He nui nā wahi kūʻai maikaʻi ma South Texas -ʻo ka nui o ka poʻe i koho hoʻokahi wale nō aʻelua paha paha e loli. Hiki i nā pā kula a me nā māla o ke kūlanakauhale nui paha, he mau manu kūikawā paha, aʻo kahi kahi e hele ai nā malihini e hilinaʻi ma luna o nā manu lele e nui lākou i kaʻike. Ua loaʻa nā pāʻani maikaʻi i San Antonio a me Corpus Christi, aʻo ka mākaʻikaʻiʻana i Port Aransas, he mea nui ia e loaʻa ai i nā kuʻi wāwae. Ma kaʻaoʻao hema aku, he nui ka hapanui o nā kaiāulu kokoke i Rio Grande e koho nui aku, e like me McAllen, Weslaco, Harlingen a me Brownsville.
ʻO kahi mākaʻikaʻi ma South Padre Island he mea nui ia no nā'ōpana'āina a me ka hikiʻana i nā manu lele. No nā manu lele e kipa ana i ka hema hema loa o Texas,ʻaʻole e nalowaleʻia ka Sabal Palm Sanctuary, akā ma nā wahi a pau e holo ai nā manu lele i South Texas, hiki iā lākou ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka pana weliweli.
ʻAʻole maopopo i kahi mau pae palaʻa e kipa ai a pehea e hoʻolālā ai i kahi huakaʻiʻo South Texas? E hele i ka Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival no ke kūlana maikaʻi loa o ka'āina!
Kiʻi - Green Kingfisher © Alastair Rae