10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2024

Warblers, thrushes, buntings, and other migrants move across the Gulf of Mexico in an extremely stressful, marathon flight from the Yucatan Peninsula to the Gulf Coast of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida before spreading throughout the flyways and heading north. It also happens to be a good, free bathroom stop!

Texas 196

Texas Alabama Alligators Nashville 196

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Well, that’s just not really our style, so at the very last minute, we rented a high gas mileage car, thru a few things in a cooler, and our birding gear and headed for south Texas. We left Tucson on Monday, and drove to Alpine, Texas for our first night. That lovely little owl represented bird number 34 for the run thru Texas!

Texas 126

Texas Tucson San Antonio Owls 126

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Then again, considering that the count list included more than 500 potential species, any effort to track down as many as possible for a single-day snapshot of avian diversity demands massive commitment, focus, and energy. Ismael, Corey, and I scouted these areas the previous day and turned up lots of great species.

2014 197

2014 Costa Rica Birds Groups 197

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

When this native of Mesoamerica and South America is spied in the wild, usually in some corner of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, it elicits admiring oohs and ahs. However, the species sometimes referred to as the Barbary Duck appears very much out of place just about everywhere else. Such is the lot of the Manky Muscovy.

Ducks 209

Ducks 2011 Deer New York 209

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

After our brief trip thru the great state of Texas, we were headed back into New Mexico, a state I was quite excited to explore. This did open up the area to a few new species, like this Wilson’s Warbler. Along the irrigation canal, there were over a dozen species flying around. US species – 234.

Albuquerque 120

Albuquerque New Mexico Mexico Sparrows 120