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!
