My first birding trip here last fall was unforgettable - and I was always aware of my proximity to the Border. News coverage over the weekend of anti-Wall protests in Mission TX points out that the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park and the World Butterfly Center are in the crosshairs.

http://www.caller.com/story/news/local/2017/08/13/hike-demands-protection-wildlife-refuge-protests-texas-mexico-border-wall/562573001/

http://www.audubon.org/news/possible-border-wall-plans-would-be-devastating-santa-ana-national-wildlife

https://www.nationalbutterflycenter.org/

Debbie McLeod in Kirklandia

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