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April 2002
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Tale of a Texas-sized fallout on Padre Island and Mustang Island, near Corpus ChristiSubscriber Only Access

A late-spring cold front causes a once-in-a-lifetime birding spectacle on the central Texas coast

By John Arvin
Published: March 1, 2002

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