Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 09:00:35 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Scott Crabtree Subject: Re: Florida/Texas Birding Questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bea is absolutely right - those are wonderful sites for Edward's Plateau specialties...in the spring. Late July will be very hit or miss, with an emphasis on the miss. Golden-cheeked warblers are very difficult to find after Memorial Day, and are largely dispersed and gone by late July. Vireos could be around, but will also be widely dispersed. Hill Country State Natural Area is marvelous for both species, but the vireos are largely gone from the closer (to SA) Friedrich park. Managed to attract and hold golden-cheeks, it has become too overgrown for the vireos' nesting needs. Scott Crabtree Baltimore, MD (since 1996 - former San Antonian) Bea Nicholls wrote: > In a message dated 5/30/00 1:11:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > scottguz@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > > << San Antonio (Randolph AF Base). Any > good places there/notable birds to see? Thanks a lot. >> > > Gee, I'd hate to go to San Antonio and not go further into the hill country, > especially Lost Maples State Natural Area where the golden cheeked-warbler > breeds (I'm estimating about 88 ? miles via 90 and 187 from San Antonio's > 410) . Also, the black-capped vireo can be found by walking the trails around > Neal's Lodges in Concan (about 77 ? miles from Rt. 410 via 90 and 127). There > are probably good places closer to San Antonio, but these are the ones I > would shoot for, depending on how much time you have. They say you can find > these two birds in the Friedrich Wilderness Park just about 10 miles > northwest on Rt. 10, but I haven't tried that. > > Take a look at Holt's "A Birder's Guide to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas" > (see Edwards Plateau section) and Jerry Cooper's "Birdfinder: A Birder's > Guide to Planning North American Trips," especially Day 8 in the Texas in > Springtime chapter. > > I love Texas birding and would go back there in a heartbeat! (However, my > last trip to Big Bend and then Brownsville in winter was a little > disappointing because they had been in a draught for several years.) Let me > know how you make out. > > Bea Nicholls > Balto. County, Middle River area > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================