The number of active bird watchers is growing by leaps and bounds. There are peak birding seasons in the fall and spring when neo-tropic birds are flying back and forth for the winter. Areas in Kingsville and the Coastal Bend, like Dick Kleberg Park, are listed as birding destinations. South Texas is a great place to watch birds. As the sport of bird watching becomes more popular, the number of birds is actually declining.
Habitat loss is the major reason for the decrease in the bird population.
South Texas birds on the endangered species list include the Aplomado falcon, the piping plover and the whooping crane. Some song bird species are not doing well, he added. He subsequently entered a master of science program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to study snowshoe hare demographics in central Wisconsin. For his dissertation, Kuvlesky studied the interaction of northern bobwhites with their habitat in the Rio Grande Plains of Texas. While at the fish and wildlife service for six years, he was a wildlife biologist and recovery coordinator for the endangered masked bobwhite.