Best place for two day stopover-early August USA? (1 Viewer)

picknage

Well-known member

• May 7, 2015

• #1

Hi all

I have a chance to stop on a trip for a couple of days near a main hub airport in early August in mainland USA.

Renting a car and driving for a bit are no issue. I did the same near Houston a couple of years ago and loved it as well as seeing lots of cool birds and alligators.

Does anyone have any good places to see lots of birds and maybe some mammals/reptiles?

I guess my preference would be more the warbler/thrush/sparrow/vireo and other small birds side of it But also happy to see somewhere new etc.

Thanks, Nick

 

David in NC

Well-known member

• May 7, 2015

• #2

This might be hard to answer without knowing WHICH AIRPORT you are going to be in... (?)

 

JWN Andrewes

Poor Judge of Pasta.

• May 7, 2015

• #3

I once looked into doing 2 or 3 days out of Las Vegas as part of a trip that never ultimately came off and the birding looked pretty fair. There was a spot in the desert just to the north called Corn Creek I liked the look of, Lake Mead to the east for wetland stuff and Mount Charleston to the west for montane species.

Cheers

James

 

picknage

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• May 7, 2015

• #4

David in NC said:

This might be hard to answer without knowing WHICH AIRPORT you are going to be in... (?)

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Thanks David, good point I am flying to Seattle so can prob stop over at most on the way as there are few direct flights to there from London. So Boston, ny, Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, DC, LA and maybe some others are options, depending of any suggestion people make


Thanks Nick

 

picknage

Well-known member

• May 7, 2015

• #5

JWN Andrewes said:

I once looked into doing 2 or 3 days out of Las Vegas as part of a trip that never ultimately came off and the birding looked pretty fair. There was a spot in the desert just to the north called Corn Creek I liked the look of, Lake Mead to the east for wetland stuff and Mount Charleston to the west for montane species.

Cheers

James

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Thanks James, that sounds like a cool trip, I can stop in LA I think so not too far away and will check out the places you mention as they sound interesting.

Cheers nick

 

Little SuperBirder

Addicted to Birds

• May 8, 2015

• #6

Las Vegas is pretty far from Los Angeles (5 hours I think). The LA area would have a lot of good birds, especially for someone out of the country, though. August isn't the best month to go, but you could still get over 100 species if you planned it well.

 

dandsblair

David and Sarah

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• May 11, 2015

• #7

Lots of useful advice on California forum

If you decide to stop at LA, San Diego or San Francisco then we found loads of information on the California forum.
Our trip from last August is here http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=289092&highlight=Monterey which gives and indication of what is around at that time.

 

njlarsen

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Opus Editor

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• May 17, 2015

• #8

There are regular pelagic tours from several places in California which would add the possibility of some sea mammals.

Niels

 

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albatross02

Well-known member

• May 17, 2015

• #9

dandsblair said:

If you decide to stop at LA, San Diego or San Francisco then we found loads of information on the California forum.
Our trip from last August is here http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=289092&highlight=Monterey which gives and indication of what is around at that time.

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I would also suggest San Francisco.
Monterrey Bay in south of San Francisco is very good, but also in the north of San Francisco are good bird watching places.
Also not bad is bird watching the wild birds which live in the zoo.