About Us
We are TexasHummingbirds.com
Everyone agrees; hummingbirds are fascinating creatures. I was instantly “hooked on birds” the first time I went on a bird hike when I was only fourteen years old at Camp Tahuaya (BSA) near Belton, Texas. But in the central Texas region where I grew up there was only one species of hummingbird. I still have a clear vision of watching fall migrant Ruby-throated Hummingbirds feeding on pink morning glories, whose vines covered fences and low vegetation in my neighborhood in Mart, Texas. Alas, there was only one hummingbird but hundreds of other species to capture my young and growing enthusiasm over the avian world. By the time I graduated from high school and went on to college (deeper into east Texas), I observed and appreciated hummingbirds but still my focus was elsewhere. I became interested in bird banding and bird vocalizations during that time and concentrated on studying “swamp” birds; my Masters Thesis was Geographical Song Variation in Prothonotary Warblers. I have now started texashummingbirds.com to continue my research on these great birds.