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• Southwest Texas University's ponds on the campus near University Drive provide refuge to Green-backed Herons as well as tri-colored herons occasionally. A Double-crested Cormorant often dries his wing feathers on the "No Fishing" sign at the pond in front of the J. C. Kellam Building.

  A local flock of Red-crowned Parrots flies among the cypress. Western Kingbirds nest near Old Main (the gothic building with the red roof).

  Stream-side woods on Sessom Drive attract warblers during migrations.

  • SWT's Aquarena Springs has many resident waterfowl and wild birds at Spring Lake.

    The slough where the entrance road crosses contains a wild area worth looking over, but stay near the far end of the parking lot to avoid golfers.

    Admission to the grounds is free. Aquarena's xeriscape plantings attract hummingbirds.