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Sabal Palm Sanctuary

2021-01-28 Sabal Palms, Ten Days Hence

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It was a foggy morning ten days ago when I visited Sabal Palm Sanctuary for the first time. It added an air of mystery to my introduction to this amazing location. Tucked into the serpentine curves of the Rio Grande at the southernmost boundary of Texas with Mexico, it is so far south it hides … Read more

2021-01-18 Sabal Palm Sanctuary

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Less than six miles from my base camp in Brownsville Texas, is a birding destination of world renown. In the 1890s and early 1900s, it was one of the largest post Civil War plantations in the area. Today they call it the Sabal Palm Sanctuary. The Audubon Society and the Gorgas Science Foundation operate the … Read more