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Richard Moore Outdoor Report: Legendary Outdoorsman
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Flip Pallot is perhaps the most famous angler in the history of saltwater fly-fishing, but every opening day of White-tailed Deer season you will find him hunting in deep South Texas. His ESPN show, The Walker’s Cay Chronicles, began in 1992, and during its 15-year run was the highest-rated […] → Read More
Richard Moore Outdoor Report: Seasonal Shift
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It may not feel like it, but the seasons are shifting in South Texas. As daylight decreases, primordial urges prevail, and the world’s smallest migratory bird is one of the first to divulge that fall is in the air. Ruby-throated hummingbirds are some of the earliest to migrate southward, and their […] → Read More
Weekend front brings hope for rain in drought-stricken RGV
HARLINGEN, Texas (KVEO) – The next cold front to impact the Valley this weekend brings the best chance for rain in recent weeks. The latest drought monitor released Thursday shows virtually no change in the extreme drought areas in Starr and Zapata counties. The entire Valley is still in some stage of drought, and any […] → Read More
TRAFFIC ADVISORY NOTICE: Nightly closure of I-2 westbound frontage road
PHARR, Texas — The city of Pharr announced staring Monday, Oct. 12 through Wednesday, Oct. 14, the I-2 westbound frontage road will be fully closed between Cage Boulevard and the Sugar Road exit ramp in Pharr. The city’s news release said the closure will take place nightly from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Detour signs […] → Read More
Nature Report: Antler Hound
There's nothing like spending a spring morning out in the South Texas ranch country, and Parker can't wait to find a place to get out and look for shed antlers.So much country and so little time!Once we find a likely looking spot, my Labrador retriever lea → Read More
Nature Report: Water to Wildlife Premiere
The Rio Grande Valley is one of the most unique regions in the nation. Nestled along the banks of the Rio Grande, with the Gulf of Mexico to the east and vast swaths of ranch country to the north and west, the southernmost tip of Texas is home to an asto → Read More
Nature Report: Refuge Celebrates 70th Anniversary
The largest protected area of natural habitat open to the public in the Rio Grande Valley is celebrating its 70th anniversary.Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge east of Rio Hondo was established in 1946, and the refuge now encompasses approximately 1 → Read More
Nature Report: Marvel of Migration
It is never too early to savor with mounting anticipation the spectacular spring migration of colorful songbirds like the scarlet tanager thru deep South Texas. It wont be that long before millions of Neotropical migrants pass thru the Rio Grande Valley → Read More
Nature Report: Turkey Time
The spirited gobbling of wild turkeys echoes thru the oak mottes and mesquite thickets of deep South Texas.Spreading their magnificent tail feathers, Rio Grande gobblers are flamboyantly pursuing hens in the ranch country of southernmost Texas.The official → Read More
Nature Report: Bonded Birds
It is an extraordinary time of year in deep South Texas, and the birds are busily forming pair bonds as they prepare to raise their young.In the brush country a male cardinal dutifully shares a tidbit with his mate, while along the coast a pair of spoonbil → Read More
Nature Report: Rattlesnake Reminder
Nothing rivets your attention in the South Texas wildlands quite like the threatening rattle of an agitated diamondback rattlesnake.When a rattler buzzes you it is a serious warning Dont tread on me. Failure to heed the ominous sound could result in death → Read More
Nature Report: White-tailed Hawk
Perched high atop a thorny ebony in the coastal ranch lands of deep South Texas, this white-tailed hawk has just arrived with prey for two offspring in the nest below.Dropping down into the large bundle of sticks lined with grass, the hawk scans the horizo → Read More
Nature Report: Amazing Yuccas
While much of the nation is still shivering with wintry weather, spring is already arriving in the Rio Grande Valley. Each year, the blooming yuccas or pitas, as they are called in Spanish, herald in the spring in Deep South Texas. Some are just startin → Read More
Nature Report: Call of the Wild
Hundreds of sandhill cranes greet the crimson dawn with their primordial call of the wild as they lift off from their roosting grounds at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge in deep South Texas.Soon they will be departing their winter sanctuary in sou → Read More
Nature Report: Coastal Birds
From the brush country to the bay, the birds of Deep South Texas offer unsurpassed avian diversity, and some 30 species of colonial waterbirds make their home along the lower Texas coast.Green Island, a thickly wooded 35-acre site in the Laguna Madre or Mo → Read More
Nature Report: Turkey Release
Wild turkeys are returning to southernmost Texas thanks to the Las Huellas Association that recently released eight turkeys in the lower Rio Grande Valley near Olmito.We are releasing these birds, they are coming from a ranch up near Refugio. Caesar Kleb → Read More
Nature Report: Majestic South Texas Bucks
Bristled up and ready to take on any would be rival, this impressive buck marches out of the thick brush into the rich light of a late February afternoon. A doe watches him approach and trots timidly off.Staring alertly for any sign of danger, the majest → Read More
Nature Report: Master Bird Carver
At first, when you see this green jay perched, you can almost sense it is poised to fly. Even the bright eye seems to glisten with life, and you can practically feel its heartbeat.As this painted bunting glances over its shoulder, you expect it to flit a → Read More
Nature Report: Wonderful Year for Wildlife
What a wonderful year for wildlife 2015 was in deep South Texas. This vibrant January sunrise heralded in what proved to be a spectacular year from the brush country to the bay.Rainfall triggers thriving habitat, and the magic elixir generated bountiful s → Read More
Nature Report: Full Moon Sunrise
The full moon sits low in the dark western sky as the predawn glow begins to color the eastern clouds. A solitary boat glides across the calm waters of the Lower Laguna Madre, passing a great blue heron posing sentinel to the shallows. For a moment, the → Read More