Billy Sandifer

Retired after 20+ years of guiding anglers in the Padre surf, Billy Sandifer (the “Padre of Padre Island” to friends and admirers) is devoted to conserving the natural wonders of N. Padre Island & teaching all who will heed his lessons to enjoy the beauty of the Padre Island National Seashore responsibly.

www.billysandifer.com

Well, if you are alive to read this we have survived another winter. I'm supposed to be sight-casting to tarpon...

-Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) philadelphia-Formerly known as Larus philadelphia, the Bonaparte's Gull was moved to the genus Chroicocephalus by the American...

Well, I wrote last month's article on the great late-December trip with the Hanson family of El Campo and if...

-Buteo albicaudatus- A non-migrating Texas specialty with none being found north of Texas. The only hawk that nests on Padre...

The right rear corner of my exhaust manifold is broken and boy does that Suburban ever get loud when fighting...

Recently re-classified, all willets were originally known as Cataptrophorus semipalmatus. The current classification for the Western species we see in...