buckskin hawk said:
NCTexas Birder
North Texas has a lot to offer! You are in the Central Flyway so during migration you have the chance to see Canadian summer residents. Travel to the west of I 35 and you get the western species and to the east of I 35 you have the eastern.
Join the Texas list server and you should be able to track the sightings of the birds as they migrate. Our Oklahoma list server has lots of sightings reported including our wildlife refuges. When migrants are on the move I can look them up in my books and study just before they hit my area.
I wouldnt say ALOT.....north texas is probably one of the fastest growing areas in the US right now..it you saw you would know....development is on the high...from Sherman to Dallas...developed.....get that picture in your head? we can start saying bye bye to wildlife right now.... :eek!:
in fact, i would go so far as to say that north texas is worst area in the state for birding diversity! development and habitat loss has eliminated alot woodland species especially! the only woodpecker i have around my apt. complex is the Downy...and even he is a RARE SIGHT! the tally for today in yard birds was:
House Sparrow
Mourning Dove
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
European Starling
Common Grackle
is that a glorious list to you? NO!
but i enjoy them anyway, since they are birds themselves
we birders come to be spoiled
anyway....that was my rant
Ok...that might have seemed bleak....but THAT IS TRULY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW....think we're glorious now? i think not
some more statistics to make my point....
my local bird group's last bird walk tally ( Nov. 18)was a grand total of.....
27 species :eek!:
the hightlights were reported as Spotted Towhees and a Hermit Thrush...
and NO i do not have the luxury of jetting to the Rio Grande... :C
im sorry