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John Ahrns [00:00:00] The golden-cheeked warbler, I find in all the riparian areas along the canyon. Of course, I mean along the river bottom. Of course we don't inventory all of those. We do inventory the ones here on the Preserve, because we're part of the Balcones Canyonland Plan. We have six nesting pair.

John Ahrns [00:00:18] It's not unusual for us in April and May to be sitting out here talking with one another while there's one in a tree. They're very friendly birds. They are beautiful birds.

John Ahrns [00:00:27] In my opinion, they ought to be our state bird. It's the only bird that only nests in Texas out of about five hundred species. This is the only place in the world it nests. It uses the bark off the mature cedar tree to make its nest.

John Ahrns [00:00:43] So if nothing else, that makes every golden-cheeked warbler in the world a native Texan, if that's of some value to someone.