Cattle Boom! Ranching in Victoria and the Texas Coastal Bend, 1845 – 1929 Cattle Boom! tells the story of ranching families, cattle drives and ranching culture through artifacts, historical photographs, documents and maps from regional collections. This exhibition is organized exclusively for the Museum of the Coastal Bend and will not be seen elsewhere. Cattle […]

Endangered whooping cranes have begun their annual 2,400-mile fall migration from Canada to Texas. As the rare birds approach Texas, a new citizen science initiative is inviting Texas residents and visitors to help collect sightings of whoopers. Texas Whooper Watch (http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/whoopingcranes/) is a new volunteer monitoring program that is a part of Texas Parks and […]

Audubon is celebrating 50 years of Sundown Island! Originally built in 1962 from dredge spoils, this seventy-acre island is one of the most important rookery sites for Brown Pelicans in the state, and is widely credited as one of the sites that saved brown pelicans from extinction in Texas. Today, Sundown is home to 18 […]

Seadrift Texas by Rebbeca Bretz, Portrait Artist of the Seadrift Legacy Project On a sunny Sunday in Seadrift I wander down to the docks. Intoxicated by the bay breeze, I play hide-and-seek with brown pelicans and perched gulls. Seemingly unamused, they stare back at me; the crunch of this seashell path has betrayed me. Beneath […]

Sat., Oct. 27 Monster Dash 5K Run and Walk 8:00 a.m. Calhoun Air Center Sat., Oct. 27 Monster Bash Sat., Oct. 27 POC School Halloween Carnival Sat., Oct. 27 White Elephant/Rummage Sale 8:00-2:00 St. Patrick’s Church, Seadrift Sun., Oct. 28 White Elephant/Rummage Sale 10:00-1:00 St. Patricks’Church, Seadrift Sun., Oct. 28 Great Day in the Morning […]