Birdscapes
Wildlife Consulting
Birdscapes Wildlife Consulting is a bird and wildlife habitat consulting company based in Nacogdoches, Texas. Birdscapes is owned and operated by Cliff Shackelford, whose love for the avian world began at age 9 when he spotted a Pileated Woodpecker on rural family land. Cliff, a 7th generation Texan, has over 30 years of professional ecological experience and was most recently the State Ornithologist at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for over two decades. Cliff brings a lifetime of passion, knowledge, and experience together to help you achieve your bird and wildlife habitat objectives.
Birdscapes Wildlife Consulting provides
these services and more:
What we do
Conducts bird surveys for:
- Construction projects (highways, utilities, environmental)
- Private landowners (including for tax valuation purposes)
- Land managers of public, private, and corporate lands
- Endangered species of birds
- Landowners or land managers wanting to know which species of birds occur on their property
Evaluates habitat and makes recommendations for birds in rural lands, urban/suburban backyards, corporate properties, etc.
Identifies vocalizations recorded on automated recording units (ARUs) of birds
Identifies photographs of birds taken by game/trail cameras
Leads customized birding tours across Texas
Makes nature tourism recommendations and designs
Speaks and presents on a variety of topics about birds
Reviews draft advertisements and publications to verify correct identification of and facts related to birds
What we don’t do
Wildlife rehabilitation (i.e., tending to injured or orphaned birds)
Photo by Jim Mueller
Photo by James Childress