Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:45:17 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Stan Arnold Subject: Re: RFI Rio Grande Valley MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Craig, Thanks a million. I just checked the King Ranch website. Tours are a bit pricy, but it looks like an almost guarantee for certain birds. I sent a message with my targets to several folks, so I will separately forward the same message to you, and perhaps you could comment on some of the birds being sought. Stan -----Original Message----- From: Richard Craig F NSSC To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 7:48 AM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] RFI Rio Grande Valley >Stan, > >I was in Texas last month for a few days of birding. I would recommend >touring the King Ranch. The ranch has regular tours at a variety of prices. >The tours can guarantee Tropical Parula and F. Pygmy Owl in the right >seasons. We had 78 species in about 5 hours including great looks at >Sprague's Pipit and Clay-colored Sparrow. The tour leader was very >knowledgable and he frequently posts his tour sighting on Texbirds (usually >"King Ranch birds".) The web site for the tours is >http://www.king-ranch.com/tour_nature.htm. Another good web resource was the >Texas birding trail maps http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/birdingtrails/maps.htm. >We spent most of our time in the RGV. If you have any specific questions >about locations of specific species I'd be glad to help. > >Craig Richard >Arlington, VA >craigjen@aol.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Stan Arnold [mailto:blackrail@EARTHLINK.NET] >Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 8:32 PM >To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM >Subject: [MDOSPREY] RFI Rio Grande Valley > > > I'm planning a trip up the Rio Grande Valley, from the gulf coast to Big >Bend, during the last week in March, and am wondering if anyone on the >listserve has a fair amount of experience, or recent experience in the area. >I've compiled a list of a dozen or so expected targets, and an additional >dozen rarities, using the ABA guide of the Rio Grande Valley as my primary >planning reference. Please respond off-line at the address below. Thanks! > >Stan Arnold >Glen Burnie >blackrail@earthlink.net > > >======================================================================= >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 >======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================