tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post3250312580406891561..comments2023-10-31T05:14:06.482-07:00Comments on Bourbon, Bastards, and Birds.: The Best BirdingSeagull Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-44891075679470320282018-02-14T07:13:37.007-08:002018-02-14T07:13:37.007-08:00Awesome. I've heard nothing but good things ab...Awesome. I've heard nothing but good things about that place.Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-8669285012081763772018-02-13T20:46:27.362-08:002018-02-13T20:46:27.362-08:00Lost Maples State Natural Area (not sure why it is...Lost Maples State Natural Area (not sure why it isn't a state park, but you know-Texas). Of course Golden-cheeked Warbler (lots of 'em) and Black-capped Vireo (fewer, but regular) are the main draws in the summer, but spring migration can be amazing. Some years, it's almost like birds stop there before going either east (Indigo Bunting) or west (Lazuli Bunting)-kind of like the Atlanta airport.Dan Watermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02372407055158396333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-52278383797066844002018-02-12T15:49:34.276-08:002018-02-12T15:49:34.276-08:00Awesome. I was really stoked to finally see them o...Awesome. I was really stoked to finally see them on my last Mexico trip (in Jalisco state), that's a bird I wanted to see for a very long time.Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-48987371458683616132018-02-12T15:42:05.005-08:002018-02-12T15:42:05.005-08:00I grew up less than 10 miles from South Padre Isla...I grew up less than 10 miles from South Padre Island, and I knew I was living in a great birding area, but I mostly took it for granted. But it tore me up inside knowing that there were so many great tropical birds around the Gomez Farias/El Cielo area that were unavailable to me, as I had no way of getting there. I made up for that once I got into college, making three trips to that area in the late 80s and early 90s. Hearing - and then seeing - a pair of Military Macaws flying over the clearing I was standing in on my first trip there still rates as one of my favorite birding moments of all time.Lifelisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428591305835833173noreply@blogger.com