Thursday, August 23, 2007, 1:00 am
Anyone up for a Big Bend trip?
DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS — People continue reporting wonderful things from Big Bend. To wit:
- Fan-tailed Warbler (first documented Texas record and one of only very few for the USA)
- Red-faced Warbler
- a pygmy owl
- Lucifer Hummingbirds
- etc.
I’m practically drooling on my keyboard, and I’ve started contemplating a crazy-insane Labor Day trip to the park. But I’d need a companion (or two), and preferably a high-clearance (maybe 4WD?) vehicle. It will probably be hot, and there will be a LOT of hiking. Do any of my readers care to join me in the expedition? If so, I need to know fast. Like by Friday.
Let’s go!
David J. Ringer
on 23 Aug 2007 at 2:55 pm 1.Patrick said …
Oh man, if I didn’t already have a trip to Maine planned, I might have taken you up on this. Maybe we can arrange a Colima Warbler hunt there sometime next year or the year after (aka post-wedding).
on 23 Aug 2007 at 5:57 pm 2.Old Horsetail Snake said …
Good luck, David. I am rooting for you.
on 24 Aug 2007 at 6:46 pm 3.Lynn said …
I wouldn’t be surprised if you up and did this alone. Don’t leave without pre-arranged prayers being said for you the whole time.
Where’s Shroud when you need him?
on 25 Aug 2007 at 6:04 am 4.cogresha said …
I’ll be in SW Kansas birding the Cimarron Nat’l Grasslands. Big Bend is high on my list of places right now. Some day, some day.
on 27 Aug 2007 at 7:21 pm 5.Veery said …
Wow, I haven’t been to Big Ben since I was 16, but I want to go back something awful! I hope you were able to take the trip!
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