My friend John loved grackles. He believed that, to be true to the oft-trumpeted independent Texas spirit, we should change our state bird. Why share the mockingbird, he said, with four other ...

On Jan. 2, a large group of birds descended on a shopping center in Cypress, Texas, with a Marshalls and ... The birds were great-tailed grackles, a species common during all seasons in areas ...

Avian Flu, a.k.a. Bird Flu or HPAI, has recently been discovered in several species of wild mammals in Texas. Here is what ...

Their heads are flat, not rounded like boat-tailed grackles. These birds are common from Texas and Oklahoma to southern ...

AUSTIN, Texas — State officials have confirmed cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) – also known as bird flu – ...