What do you get when you have a birding festival with bird names you don't even know how to pronounce? That's right, the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival! I am so excited to be attending this year's festival. The field trips look phenomenal with bird highlights such as Aplomado Falcon, White-collared Seedeater, Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Great Kiskadees, and let's not forget the multiple species of doves, orioles, and phoebes. To keep us focused on the prize I even have a fun little widget over there on the sidebar to remind you of how many days until the festival starts. Registration is open if you're interested in attending and there's still time to save your money up for the trip. The festival runs from November 5th-9th. There are a lot of reasons I am going to attend this year's festival, here is a sampling: visiting a new state, seeing this area before a larger border wall, grabbing some lifers, and having fun with friends, old and new. Plus, who doesn't want to see a Pyrrhuloxia? I may not know how to say it correctly but I want to see one!
2 comments:
Dear Eva,
If you are coming to the festival and would like to go birding around, I would be glad to show you a place or two. I live in Harlingen and have been trying to get the official site, no luck! Guess I'll have to go by the Chamber of Commerce. I bird, more in the past, but am ramping up to do more. I know most of the hot spots. I hate to think of people coming here not knowing anyone. Let me know if you have any questions about birding here that I can answer. Have fun, Claire
claire_baker@hotmail.com
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