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Brownsville area checklist (1 Viewer)
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Dave B Smith
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Gaga,
The web has lots of sites with info on Brownsville birding. It is supposed to be a fantastic place and has a yearly Birding festival.
Attached is a link for a Brownsville Checklist
This checklist is from the 1700 acre Resaca de la Palma State Park and has all birds marked as Migrant, Resident, etc. so you can see which ones should be there in the spring.
For general info on the park check this LINK
Have a good trip!
The web has lots of sites with info on Brownsville birding. It is supposed to be a fantastic place and has a yearly Birding festival.
Attached is a link for a Brownsville Checklist
This checklist is from the 1700 acre Resaca de la Palma State Park and has all birds marked as Migrant, Resident, etc. so you can see which ones should be there in the spring.
For general info on the park check this LINK
Have a good trip!
Here is a website with lots of links to other Texas birding websites:
http://moonmountaingroup.com/texbirds/links.html
This one is for the RGV Birding Observatory which has a checklist - see the menu on the left.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/2240/
We went to Harlingen last November for the birding festival and had a wonderful time. Be prepared for pretty warm weather in May and bring your insect repellent!
http://moonmountaingroup.com/texbirds/links.html
This one is for the RGV Birding Observatory which has a checklist - see the menu on the left.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/2240/
We went to Harlingen last November for the birding festival and had a wonderful time. Be prepared for pretty warm weather in May and bring your insect repellent!
Steve Gross
Well-known member
TEXBIRDS is well worth checking, as several Rio Grande Valley reports are usually made each week, including that of the World Birding Center.
May is really a summer month in the Valley, as many of the birds are nesting. Late migrants are possible along the coast, and the sightings from South Padre Island are usually timely.
There's always a chance that the next record of Stygian Owl, Yellow-faced Grassquit, Yellow-green Vireo or some other mega-rarity will be found during the nesting season.
I saw the last Yellow-faced Grassquit at Bentsen State Park, and wondered why on earth anyone would be birding down there in the heat of June. I'm glad that someone did, however, as the bird found was only the eighth US record (second TX record) of the Grassquit.
Please let us know what you find.
Steve in Houston
May is really a summer month in the Valley, as many of the birds are nesting. Late migrants are possible along the coast, and the sightings from South Padre Island are usually timely.
There's always a chance that the next record of Stygian Owl, Yellow-faced Grassquit, Yellow-green Vireo or some other mega-rarity will be found during the nesting season.
I saw the last Yellow-faced Grassquit at Bentsen State Park, and wondered why on earth anyone would be birding down there in the heat of June. I'm glad that someone did, however, as the bird found was only the eighth US record (second TX record) of the Grassquit.
Please let us know what you find.
Steve in Houston
