animales archivo

An important ecosystem to many, the Rio Grande Delta supports native, migratory, and endemic animals. More than 1,000 different plants, 500 birds, 300 butterflies, and 45 at-risk species exist within our lands and waters. Some of our native animals include Chachalacas, Caracaras, Green Jays, Indigo Snakes, Jaguarundi, Ocelot, and Bobcats, among many other animals. El Valle is notorious for its migrating birds, who seek refuge in the Tamaulipan Thornscrub and our Gulf Prairie and Marsh. These lands are a boundary area where the two different climate zones of the Chihuahuan Desert to the west and the Gulf of Mexico to the east intermix, creating a natural migratory path for many birds seeking rest and refuge. The Rio Grande River itself is a migration path for animals and people alike to move through and between Mexico and the United States, never actually separated or distinct.

It is important to highlight the natural migration pathways that are present in the Rio Grande Valley, with many animals coming in from many different places and directions. The Valley has always been a place for migration, for changes, for species of all kinds to pass through, to rest, and to exist. It is important to uphold this natural way of moving, migrating, and mixing that occurs in our lands.

Within these same soils, the footprints of ancestral people lay, leading into the river on both sides. Migration is an important part of the intrinsic nature of our beloved Rio Grande Delta, with animals, elements, and humans alike flowing through the waters into sacred lands. Their stories reflect the constant movement of water and soil imprinted onto the back of our great relative, the Delta.