Getting to day six, we are finally ready to go real south, to the Rio Grande Valley. But before we head down, we still have two important birds to find in Corpus Christi: The long-continuing Red-footed Booby, and a pair of Aplomado Falcons nesting at Mustang SP. Early in the morning, we headed towards the […]
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Day five of the trip, we are finally feeling some tropical warmth. At Kendall, we got our lifer Field Sparrow, Carolina Wren, Carolina Chickadee, and Crested Caracara. Then we drove to Corpus Christi and got American Flemingo, Whooping Crane, and Seaside Sparrow. This is Texas! eBird Checklist:
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Finally, on day four of our trip, we are birding in TEXAS, at the feeders near the interpretive center at Davis Mountain State Park. The past two days, we have stayed in two different ranches. As we arrive late in the night and leave early, we have not seen a single person! Today, at Davis
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Day three of the trip, we have already reached Portal, near the border of Arizona and New Mexico. This magical village in the foothills of the Chiricahua Mountains is the best spot in the entire ABA area to see the stunning Blue-throated Mountain-gem. In the village, one of the best spot is the Cave Creak
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South Texas, one of the southernmost parts of the United States, with tropical birds filling the valleys, distinctive songbirds singing in the mangrove, and magnificent raptors soaring above the grasslands, has become our destination for this year’s Winter Break birding trip. Today, the second day of the trip, was an amazing start! Early in the
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Today was the last day of our Thanksgiving trip, and we spent it at Everglades National Park and some nearby nature area. It turned out to be a really exciting birding day! I was super happy to add a Painted Bunting and two kinds of Anis to my list. We also got a Purple Gallinule
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Today was another full day of birding in Southeast Florida! In the morning, we visited Wakodahatchee Wetlands and Green Cay, two of the best places for wetland birds in this area. Wakodahatchee was especially active — we saw a lot of great species, including two beautiful Roseate Spoonbills. The highlight of the morning was definitely
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Today was another exciting day in Southwest Florida! We spent most of our time at J. N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge, driving the Wildlife Drive twice to look for the Mangrove Cuckoo. The staff at the entrance told us that a cuckoo was seen yesterday between Mile Marker 1 and 1.5, so we checked
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We had another great day of birding today! Our first stop was the lake near the FGCU Food Forest. It was still early in the morning, and the light over the water looked amazing. We picked up some of the “common locals” we were still missing from our trip list, so it was a nice
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Today was another amazing day in Key West! We visited two great spots: Fort Zachary Taylor and the Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden. We managed to catch up on most of the “common locals” that didn’t show up yesterday, and even added a few rare birds! Early in the morning, we headed towards
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