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The Bird Lists of the RGVBF
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Rose-throated Becard
As Chair of the RGVBF Field Trips, some of the most common questions I am asked is this: “what birds can I see on such-and-such trip?” or “which trip gives me the best chance for such-and-such species?” While my crystal ball is still a bit foggy as far as the best trip for 2010 for the species of your heart’s desire, I can tell you what was seen on last year’s trips.
Thanks to the good folks at eBird, we have compiled a list of all the birds seen on each of the trips last year. And thanks to our webmaster, Kenny Salazar, you have access to all that information on our website. Information is sorted by location, and if there were multiple trips they are all included in one list with multiple columns.
If you want to know where more unusual birds were seen check out the Rarer Species Index. Any species seen on fewer than five trips appears in this list, with the name of the field trip where it was seen and comments from me for some birds.
I’m especially proud that both of the Rose-throated Becards discovered by our trips last year were reviewed and accepted by the Texas Bird Records Committee. Also, please remember that our checklists and counts reflect totals for the trip as a whole, but since our participants usually divide into groups, individual observers will likely have seen a subset of the trip list. Who knows what we’ll find this year!
*Note: See the lists in the right sidebar >>>
