BIG BEND, THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS & HILL COUNTRYColima and Golden-cheeked warblers, Montezuma Quail, and other southern borderland specialties in Texas's grand desert mountain landscapes.
$2550 (2008 fee). 10 days See our triplist for or 2007 or 2006 or 2005 (1st tour) or 2005 (2nd tour)
But Big Bend National Park supports a diversity of additional habitats, ranging from floodplain thickets and dry arroyos to Sotol grassland and open slopes of pinyon, juniper, and oak. Almost 450 species of birds have been recorded in the park, more than for any other national park. Regular specialties include Common Black-Hawk, Zone-tailed Hawk, Lucifer Hummingbird, Gray Vireo, and Varied Bunting. The Chisos Mountains and the desert oases also support such regular migrants as Dusky Flycatcher, Townsend’s Warbler, and Western Tanager as well as serving as “traps” for Mexican vagrants, including such rarities as Ruddy Ground-Dove, Thick-billed Kingbird, and Rufous-capped Warbler. One never knows what surprises are in store at this time of year. In addition to four days in Big Bend, we’ll visit the volcanic Davis Mountains in pursuit of Montezuma Quail, check Lake Balmorhea for migrant waterbirds, and then head for the Edwards Plateau for three nights at a lovely lodge with gigantic Bald Cypresses, singing Yellow-throated Warblers, and prospects of a Green Kingfisher over the river in the backyard. During our two full days we’ll seek the endangered Hill Country breeders, Golden-cheeked Warbler and Black-capped Vireo, and watch the emergence of more than a million bats from North America’s fourth-largest bat cave.
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