Sorry, but I'm not going to do Camp Chiricahua, why spend $1000 when I can camp down there whenever I want?
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Gack!! :eek!: What obscenity to us northerners! Once in a while something really wacky turns up here in NY (Broad-billed Sandpiper, Black-tailed Gull) but we never count on getting something new for the ABA area, nor can we boast that we have the only breeding site for this or that in the ABA area either. The big cost can be avoided too - the ABA offers scholarships (covers about half, I think) and the Young Birder of the Year contest ($850+ more to cover airfare, but that's only 1st place).
I'm back from Pennsylvania (welcome Jack!), on a class trip aimed at stuff besides birding. Ha! Like that ever keeps a birder from watching the skies. Of course I have stories to tell. Common Merganser w/ chicks, Broad-winged Hawk, Pileated Woodpecker, bebirder's new SN, billions of singing Red-eyed Vireos with a few Yellow-throated, singing Purple Finches and a ton of orioles. Also some nice critters like Raccoon and a super-friendly White-tailed Deer, hundreds of chupmunks, and fish like Largemouth Bass.