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Arizona Reports:
Birding in Arizona 15th Oct - 3rd Nov 2009 
- It was my first visit to the United States, bird watching......Svetlana Baskakova reports.
Arizona (and Sonora Mexico) 21st Dec - 7th January 2009
- Detailed report in pdf format from Hans-Ake Gustavsson (Quite large - 800 KBytes)
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Arizona: May 15-21, 2006
- Went on a trip to SE Arizona using Tucson
as a base. Did a some additional touring as well as birding. Tallied
more than 60 species including over 40 new lifers. Though
the list is extensive, it is by no means exhaustive...Stephen
Janko reports.
Arizona
birding trip. May 10th - 22th 2005
- Early
start at the Shannon-Broadway spot in Tucson. After some searching
saw the Rufous-winged Sparrow among the many House Sparrows.
New and interesting birds were Gila Woodpecker making a lot of
noice at the steel poles....Daan Planting reports
A casual bird watching visit to Arizona & Utah 5th to 21st Nov 2007
- The main focus was on a coach tour of the parks and canyonlands of the Wild West. With 29 participants and, Irene and I the only two birdwatchers, we had to take our chances when and were. Nevertheless we still managed to see an interesting range of birds and, although this was our fifth visit to America we still saw some “lifers”...Alec Cheney reports
Texas Reports:
Texas birding trip. April 30th - May 9th 2005
- Drove to Anahuac NWR. Drove the Shoveler
Pond road and stopped at the Willows. Good birding. Common Nighthawk*
was flying and calling at first light. Killdeer, Red-winged Blackbird,
Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Eastern Kingbird*, shorebirds
and herons were common...Daan Planting reports
Southern Texas 23rd April -2nd May 2005
- This report describes a birding trip undertaken by three friends who wanted to see the maximum species of birds in the shortest space of time. We only had nine days but were able to maximise this time by visiting three key areas on the south coast of Texas...Wendy Newnham reports
Texas 5th
- 26th January 2005
- We had very distant views of the reserve's
3 Whooping Cranes from the substantial observation tower, along
with our first views of Ladder-backed Woodpecker and Orange-crowned
Warbler and our only sighting of Le Conte's Sparrow...David
Mason reports.
Texas 9th
-25th April 2004
- In early 2004 I decided to take advantage
of the favourable $/£ exchange rate and plan a 2 week trip to
Texas for the Spring Migration and specialities. I had previously
visited Florida and Cape May, and in 1994 spent 6 weeks as a volunteer
"bander" at Long Point in Ontario, Canada. However, Texas still
offered many new species of birds....Simon Hartill reports
Texas and New Mexico April
2002
- Highlights of a trip to Texas include the
great migration hotspots of High Island, the incomparable Big
Bend National Park and the Mexican 'feel' to birding along the
Rio Grande. We elected to time our trip to allow us to be in Big
Bend at the end of April....Phil and Charlotte Benstead
report.
Fins and Feathers
- Come to beautiful South Padre Island,
Texas for a nature adventure. From Sunday afternoon to
Friday noon we will Dance with Dolphins and learn all about our
six year study with our dolphin family, you will meet our shore
birds of the island up close with great photo opportunities. Roseatte
spoonbills, oystercatchers, skimmers and so many more. A program
with our sea turtles and marine life....Scarlet and George
Colley.
Birding along the Gulf Coast and
Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas 27th
Dec 2001 - 6th Jan 2002
- The participants on this short trip to a
very big State were Stephen Mawby and John Price-Stephens.
The time constraints placed on this trip were due to Christmas
and the need to return for school term-time. That said, we estimated
that the eight full days available to us would give us time to
seek out all of the South Texas resident and winter specialities
and as it turned out we possibly had time to spare.
Texas - A Birdseekers tour
3rd -18th April 2000
- One of our best stops was beside Lake Texicano
where we watched both Double-crested and Neotropic Cormorants
as well as several common heron species such as Great White, Great
Blue, Tri-coloured and Snowy Egret. Scissor-tailed Flycatchers
were now being watched with ease and rightly became many people's
favourite bird. A Belted Kingfisher sat on a wire, whilst lots
of Cliff Swallows flew around...Steve Bird reports...Good
Photo's too..
Birding trip in South Texas
11 February to 7 March 2000
- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (fee) is
an obligatory place for Whooping Crane sightings! There are also
Sandhill Cranes, White-winged Dove, Couch's Kingbird, Sprague's
Pipit and numerous Sparrows. On the Rail Trail, (near the Headquarters)
watch for alligators on the trail ! There are numerous alligators
at the Jones Lake viewing area (we saw 64 !)...Georges &
Mireille Olioso report.
Texas (April
1999)
- Once inside the park, which was blissfully
peaceful compared to the previous afternoon, birds started to
appear; and alongside Couch's Kingbird and Golden-fronted Woodpecker
we also saw Nashville Warbler and then, after much searching,
located the nest with a sitting female Grey Hawk; a Rio Grande
speciality...Keith Shepherd reports
Texas (April
- May 1997)
- Since our highly successful trip to California
in the Spring of 1996 we had planned to return to the USA this
year and our preferred destination was Texas. Articles in various
birding magazines plus Harold Holt's excellent books on birding
the Texas Coast and Rio Grande Valley provided enough evidence
that Texas in Spring should be every birder's "most desired destination"
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