A marsh within the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, on the Rio Grande River border with Mexico in Hidalgo County, Texas Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color. Notes: The Fish and Wildlife Service preserve was established for the protection of migratory birds in 1943. Its unique location at the meeting of several different climates (subtropical, Chihuahuan Desert, Gulf Coast, and Great Plains) has earned the preserve a reputation as a birders' delight. Notable animal species found there include the Texas ocelot and Gulf Coast Jaguarundi (a kind of puma), a docu

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A marsh within the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, on the Rio Grande River border with Mexico in Hidalgo County, Texas Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color. Notes: The Fish and Wildlife Service preserve was established for the protection of migratory birds in 1943. Its unique location at the meeting of several different climates (subtropical, Chihuahuan Desert, Gulf Coast, and Great Plains) has earned the preserve a reputation as a birders' delight. Notable animal species found there include the Texas ocelot and Gulf Coast Jaguarundi (a kind of puma), a documented 397 bird species, and a number of varieties of butterflies.; Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.; Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:054).; Forms part of: Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.;

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