Moving to Texas
In a couple weeks I'll be packing my things and moving to the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch to be a quail technician for the summer. My plan is to take 6 days to get there so that I can detour to the Rio Grande. I've never been to Texas before so I'm hoping to see a ton of life birds, herps, mammals, and plants. Since there's several places I want to see in such short time I'll be going sunrise to sunset and only spend 1-4 hours at each place and then revisit one or two before I start heading north.
Day 1
Drive as far south as I can with a couple stops to stretch my legs and see some birds.
Day 2
Laguna Atascosa NWR (Aplomado Falcon and waders)
Brownsville Landfill (Tamaulipas Crow)
Sabal Palm Sanctuary (Least Grebe)
Oliveira Park (Parrots)
Day 3
Resaca de la Palma Sanctuary and World Birding Center
Estero Llano Grande State Park (Common Pauraque)
Frontera Audubon Society
Santa Ana NWR (Hook-billed Kite and Kingfishers)
Day 4
Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park
Revisit 1 or 2 places
Day 5
Laredo (White-collared Seedeater)
Day 6
Lost Maples State Natural Area (Golden-cheeked Warbler and Black-capped Vireo)
Arrive at the Ranch
I'm open to suggestions as to where I should or shouldn't stop and how much time I should be allocating to each place. Also I'm hoping to take a weekend trip to Big Bend in late April to search for Colima Warbler. I'll be ebirding and iNatting the whole way!
Comments
If you are leaving Alabama, you are probably going I-10 to Houston and then south. You'd want to hit Anahuac, High Island, Red Bay, Bolivar Flats--all off the interstate in east Texas. And don't forget Aransas and Padre Island.
Falcon State Park and the Falcon Dam are into desert country and interesting.
I see by your Brownsville postings that you are following the plan. I am envious!
I've changed some things around but I'm getting tons of lifers and I got to ride in a fire truck at Santa Ana NWR!
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