“Let’s hope we will have good luck and see a great bird while we are sitting here,” I stated. The caravan of Thursday Birder cars were stopped along Highway 285 north of I-40, waiting for the flag person to give us the go-ahead to proceed.
“I see a Pinyon Jay,” Mary Lou [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Nesting and Migrating Birds near Stanley
Posted in Birding, Birds, New Mexico, tagged Burrowing Owl, Mountain Plover, New Mexico Birding on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Amazing Birds in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Posted in Birding, Birds, Texas, tagged Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Falcon Dam State Park, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Resaca de la Palma, Sabal Palms Audubon Sanctuary, Salineno TX, Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We were greeted by the loud, raucous croaking sound of two Plain Chachalacas as we entered Sabal Palm Audubon Center south of Brownsville, Texas. They needed a distinctive call, since their feathers were a drab grayish brown. About the size of a chicken, they easily flew up onto the roof of the visitor’s [...]
Birds Along the South Texas Coast
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Clapper Rail, Green Jay, Hooded Oriole, Laguna Atascosa Wildlife Refuge, Purple Gallinule, Sarita Rest Stop, South Padre Island on May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It was pretty barren as we sailed down US 77 towards the Lower Rio Grande Valley. I was driving.
“There has to be something we can stop and check out on our way,” Barb commented.
“The drive south on US 77 offers some of the best roadside birding in south Texas,” Sue read [...]
Birding La Copita Ranch and Baffin Bay
Posted in Birding, Birds, Texas, tagged Audubon's Oriole, Baffin Bay, Botteri's Sparrow, La Copita Ranch, Northern Bobwhite, Olive Sparrow on May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The area we will be exploring here on La Copita Ranch is referred to as tamaulipan (tom-all-ee-pan) scrub,” Tom Langschied, explained. Tom was our local Texas guide and is a research scientist at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
He pointed to a nearby tree. “This is a [...]
A Myriad of Birds Around Aransas
Posted in Birding, Birds, Texas, tagged American Birding Association Convention, Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center, Magnificent Frigatebird, Port Aransas on May 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Laughing Gulls were the first birds up as our American Birding Association (ABA) field trip group alighted from the bus at Indian Point. It was still dark and gale-force winds buffeted us. We quickly huddled in the protection of the bus.
“Royal Term over the car park,” announced Alan Davies, our [...]
Spring Birding in the Texas Hill Country
Posted in Birding, Birds, Texas, tagged Black-capped Vireo, Black-crested Titmouse, Edwards Plateau, Golden-cheeked Warbler, Kerr Wildlife Management Area, Kerrville, Lost Maples State Park, TX on May 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The morning was just beginning to lighten in the overcast skies at Kerville-Schreiner Park. It had been dark by time we had arrived in Kerrville the night before, but even in the dim morning light, I was amazed at the jagged hills and greenery. The Hill Country, or Edwards Plateau, was a different Texas [...]
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