An unusual bird known to find temporary comfort in the gardens and trees of Houston-area neighborhoods is announcing itself with a distinctive call. The black-bellied whistling duck is typically about ...

in North and Middle America; birds north of Mexico are cactophilus ... Vagrant: casual east to vicinity of Houston, Texas, and on the Pacific coast near San Diego, California.

“We’ve got the fuel, We’ve got the stopover…Like Texas, the bird habitat’s importance is outsized.” The Houston region hosts 23 surveys, spanning from Galveston to Humble and beyon ...