Transcripts – Texas Fauna Project

The Texas Fauna Project is based on more than 230 interviews conducted in over 120 cities and towns. The archive holds conversations with biologists, ecologists, teachers, nature guides, wildlife managers, game wardens, hunters, outdoor writers, veterinarians, environmental lawyers and others who study and protect animals in the state. Transcripts for these interviews are shown here, listed by the narrator name. Links to streaming-audio excerpts about a particular animal, pulled from those respective interviews, also appear here.

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Ahistus, JasonRed Wolf Ahrns, JohnGolden-cheeked Warbler Allen, CaroleKemp’s Ridley Sea TurtleKemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Amos, TonyShrimp Anderson, MelanieMountain Lion Archibald, GeorgeWhooping Crane Armentrout, DedeWhite-tailed DeerGolden Eagle Arnold, KeithHouse Sparrow Aurell, DanHoneybee Bailey, HannahAttwater’s Prairie Chicken Balboa, BillAtlantic TarponAtlantic TarponEastern Oyster Balinsky, AndyEastern Purple MartinEastern Purple Martin Bamberger, DavidMexican Free-tailed Bat Baum, DougCamel Beard, DonaldAmerican Bison Beck, MalcolmCow Benefield, LynnEastern Oyster Bennett, JeffreyNorth American Beaver Birdsong, TimGuadalupe BassGuadalupe Bass Bister, TimAmerican Paddlefish Blackburn, JimHouston ToadIvory-billed WoodpeckerBlack-capped VireoWhooping Crane Blankinship, DavidWhooping Crane Boland, GregBrain Coral Boudreaux, DeyaunShrimp Bristol, ValarieGolden-cheeked Warbler Brooks, BillTexas Horned Lizard Brothers, AlWhite-tailed Deer Brown, KirbyLesser Snow Goose Buchanan, EllenAmerican Black Bear Bunch, BillBarton Springs SalamanderBarton Springs SalamanderBarton Springs SalamanderGolden-cheeked Warbler Burchfield, PatKemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Burk, JohnWild TurkeyWild Turkey Burlakova, LyubovTexas HornshellTexas Hornshell Burleson, BobEastern Oyster Caillouet, Jr., CharlesKemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Calvert, BillMonarch Butterfly Cancelmo, JesseBrain Coral Caraviotis, JerryAttwater’s Prairie ChickenAttwater’s Prairie Chicken Casto, StanPassenger Pigeon Chamberlain, Dee AnnBarton Springs Salamander Chambers, LouiseEastern Purple MartinEastern Purple Martin Clapper, RusselWhooping CraneRed Wolf Collins, FredIvory-billed Woodpecker Conner, DickRed-cockaded WoodpeckerSouthern Pine Bark BeetleIvory-billed Woodpecker Cox, FelixRed SnapperRed Snapper Crump, PaulHouston Toad Cullar, CarolMonarch Butterfly Cuny, LynnMountain LionMountain Lion Dahmer, FredAlligator Gar Davis, WaltDung Beetle Dendy, DonniePig Derr, JimAmerican BisonAmerican Bison Devitt, TomBarton Springs Salamander DeYoung, CharlesCoyoteWhite-tailed Deer Diamond, DavidGolden-cheeked Warbler Dickson, JimWild TurkeyWild TurkeyWild Turkey Doan-Crider, DianaAmerican Black BearAmerican Black Bear Donovan, RichardPigDog Dorsett, JohnRed Wolf Doughty, RobinMonk ParakeetWhooping Crane Downs, CathyMonarch ButterflyMonarch Butterfly Dries, LaurieBarton Springs SalamanderBarton Springs Salamander Drinnen, KellyBrain Coral Echelle, TonyLeon Springs Pupfish Eidson, JimAmerican Bison Elbroch, MarkMountain LionMountain LionMountain Lion Emanuel, VictorEskimo Curlew Eubanks, TedAttwater’s Prairie Chicken Evans, JonahAmerican Black BearAmerican Black Bear Eyres, AdamSouthern White Rhinoceros Feltner, BenEskimo CurlewEskimo Curlew Fendley, MattEastern Purple MartinEastern Purple Martin Flanders, HalMonarch Butterfly Forstner, MichaelHouston Toad Franklin, CarlAlligator Snapping Turtle Gallaway, BennyRed SnapperRed Snapper Garner, NathanAmerican Black Bear Garrett, GaryGuadalupe BassLeon Springs PupfishPecos Gambusia Gittings, SteveBrain Coral Glassberg, JeffreyMonarch ButterflyMonarch Butterfly Gluesenkamp, AndyTexas Horned Lizard Gramstorff, JeannePig Grantham, JesseHouse SparrowPiping Plover Graves, RussellBlack-tailed Prairie DogBlack-tailed Prairie Dog Gray, ShawnPronghorn Antelope Greig, NancyMonarch Butterfly Hamilton, AnnWhooping Crane Hardin, JasonWild TurkeyWild TurkeyWild Turkey Hargis, SheliaChimney Swift Harte, PamMountain Lion Harte, WillGray Fox Harveson, LouisMountain Lion Heiser, Jr., JosephHouston Toad Henry, StuartWhooping Crane Hernandez, FroylanDesert Bighorn Sheep Hess, MyronWhooping Crane Hewitt, DavidWhite-tailed DeerWhite-tailed Deer Hickerson, EmmaBrain CoralBrain Coral Hildebrand, HenryKemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Holder, Mary RuthRed-cockaded Woodpecker Hollis, BuddyRed WolfRed-cockaded woodpecker Holt, JoanAtlantic Tarpon Holt, ScottAtlantic Tarpon Howells, BobTexas HornshellTexas Hornshell Hubbs, ClarkGrass Carp Hughes, SusanMexican Free-tailed BatGolden-cheeked Warbler Jackson, ChrisCoyote James, ReggieBoll Weevil Jenny, PeterNorthern Aplomado FalconNorthern Aplomado FalconNorthern Aplomado Falcon Johnston, MaxineSouthern Pine Bark Beetle Jones, TimGolden-cheeked Warbler Joseph, LauraEastern Purple Martin Jurries, RoyceAttwater’s Prairie Chicken Jurzykowski, KrystynaSouthern White Rhinoceros Karatayev, Alexander "Sasha"Texas Hornshell Karger, JohnBald Eagle Karges, JohnLeon Springs Pupfish Keddy-Hector, DeanNorthern Aplomado FalconNorthern Aplomado FalconNorthern Aplomado FalconGolden-cheeked WarblerGolden-cheeked Warbler Keller-Willy, BarbaraMonarch ButterflyMonarch Butterfly Kilby, DavidAmerican BisonAmerican Bison Kirkpatrick, MarkBarton Springs Salamander Ladd, ClifGolden-cheeked WarblerRed-cockaded Woodpecker Langford, DavidWhite-tailed Deer Lechner, MattBarton Springs Salamander Lee, RobAmerican Alligator Levin, IlanWhooping CraneWhooping Crane LoBello, RickMexican WolfMexican Wolf Lorenz, SheridanRed-cockaded Woodpecker Lowerre, RickAmerican Paddlefish Luster, RonnieAtlantic Blue CrabEastern Oyster Mace, RobertLeon Springs Pupfish Mackenzie, LeeMexican Free-tailed BatMexican Free-tailed Bat Maeckle, MonikaMonarch Butterfly Mannchen, BrandtRed-cockaded Woodpecker Marrack, DavidAttwater’s Prairie Chicken Mason, TomLesser Snow Goose Masters, BenMustang McBride, RoyMountain Lion McFarlane, BobRed-cockaded WoodpeckerLesser Canada Goose McGrain, ToddEskimo Curlew McGreevy, ElizabethGolden-cheeked Warbler McKinney, Billy PatAoudadDesert Bighorn SheepMountain Lion McKinney, BonnieAmerican Black Bear McKinney, LarryEastern Oyster McNamara, Mary EvelynDog Meinzer, WymanAmerican BisonCoyote Merendino, ToddMottled Duck Meyers, MarkBurroBurro Miller, TomTexas Hornshell Mitchell, MarkBlack-tailed Prairie DogBlack-tailed Prairie Dog Mitchell, SarahRed-cockaded Woodpecker Montagne, MikeAmerican PaddlefishAmerican Paddlefish Morris, ArtAtlantic Blue CrabRed Drum Morrison, MonicaMountain Lion Morrow, MikeAttwater’s Prairie ChickenAttwater’s Prairie Chicken Mundy, JeffWhooping Crane Munscher, EricAlligator Snapping Turtle Murgatroyd, RhondaBrown PelicanBrown Pelican O'Donnell, LisaGolden-cheeked Warbler Odegard, DianneMexican Free-tailed Bat Oliver, BillBlack-capped VireoKemp’s Ridley Sea TurtleSouthern Pine Bark BeetleSouthern Pine Bark Beetle Owens, DavidKemp’s Ridley Sea TurtleKemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Ozmore, KeithEastern Oyster Paredes, MarcosAmerican Black BearMountain Lion Parsons, DaveMexican Wolf Pena, Luis JaimeKemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Philipps, DaveMustang Platt, BillyDog Pollack, JenniferEastern Oyster Randklev, CharlesTexas Hornshell Ray, JimEastern Purple MartinSwainson’s Hawk Richardson, PatDung Beetle Rieff, SusanGolden-cheeked Warbler Riley, GlynnAmerican AlligatorCoyoteRed WolfRed Wolf Rinn, GaryBrain CoralRed Snapper Robinson, LanceEastern OysterEastern Oyster Robinson, MichaelMexican Wolf Rodney, BillEastern OysterEastern Oyster Rossignol, TerryAttwater’s Prairie Chicken Rowlett, Rose AnnEskimo Curlew Royder, ScottMountain Lion Rudolph, CraigRed-cockaded Woodpecker Saenz, DanielRed-cockaded Woodpecker Sansom, AndyShrimpShrimpWhooping Crane Sawyer, RobCanvasback DuckSnowy Egret Schalk, ChrisAlligator Snapping Turtle Schmahl, G.P.Brain Coral Schmalz, SharonBrown Pelican Sechrist, RichardCow Sexton, ChuckGolden-cheeked Warbler Seyffert, KennethBlack-tailed Prairie Dog Shackelford, CliffIvory-billed WoodpeckerIvory-billed WoodpeckerIvory-billed WoodpeckerIvory-billed Woodpecker Shaver, DonnaKemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Shaw, JimRed Wolf Sheffield, BillFeral Hog Shelton, LarryRed-cockaded WoodpeckerSouthern Pine Bark BeetleSouthern Pine Bark Beetle Sherbrooke, WadeTexas Horned Lizard Sikes, DavidAtlantic TarponRed Snapper Silvy, NovaAttwater’s Prairie Chicken Skiles, RaymondAmerican Black BearAmerican Black Bear Smith, LizWhooping Crane Snodgrass, KelleyAttwater’s Prairie Chicken Stehn, TomWhooping CraneWhooping Crane Sterling-Krank, LindseyBlack-tailed Prairie Dog Sternberg, MitchOcelot Stevenson, JimCatPiping Plover Stinebaugh, JimGolden Eagle Stransky, BillLesser Canada Goose Stunz, GregRed SnapperRed SnapperRed Snapper Stutzenbaker, CharlesMottled DuckLesser Snow Goose Swacina, PaulAtlantic TarponRed Drum Swanson, BillOcelotCat Swarts, HilaryOcelotOcelot Tarpley, RaymondBottlenose Dolphin Tarrant, BillyPronghorn Antelope Taylor, RickFeral Hog Tewes, MikeJaguarundiOcelotOcelotOcelotOcelot Tompkins, ShannonFeral HogSquirrelWhite-tailed Deer Trevino, BenitoJaguarundi Tuttle, MerlinMexican Free-tailed Bat Tyburec, JanetMexican Free-tailed Bat Umphres, NancyGreat-tailed Grackle Van Dellen, AdrianAmerican Black Bear Van Kerrebrook, MaryRed-cockaded Woodpecker vonHoldt, BridgettRed Wolf Wassenich, DianneWhooping Crane Watson, LyndaBlack-tailed Prairie DogBlack-tailed Prairie DogBlack-tailed Prairie Dog Morris, Mary AnneEastern Screech OwlEastern Screech OwlSwainson’s Hawk Whitehead, HeidiBottlenose DolphinBottlenose Dolphin Wibbels, ThaneKemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Wilcox, ShariOcelot Wilkinson, AndyAmerican BisonAmerican Bison Williams, DeanTexas Horned Lizard Willis, JimNorthern Bobwhite Quail Wilson, DianeShrimp Wolfe, DavidGolden-cheeked Warbler Wooten, RonRed Wolf Young, JohnBrown PelicanOcelotRed-cockaded Woodpecker