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The Traveling Birder

10,000 Birds

Given my west coast experience, I have made dedicated birding trips to several of the more predictable birding hotspots. Lifers included Cape May, Tennessee, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Kentucky, Canada, and Blue-winged warblers. Geography is destiny. They include: Southern Florida , with stops at places such as J.

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Birding Tengchong, Yunnan, China in 2017

10,000 Birds

While I would not want to encourage anyone to put birds in cages, it is interesting to read about the experience of somebody breeding Black-headed Sibias in captivity. ” From Memphis, Tennessee directly to Tengchong, Yunnan: The Crested Finchbill. If you do not want to be put in a cage, it presumably helps to be a bit aggressive.

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