Subject: [Tweeters] Texas Galveston Birding
Date: Jan 26 19:31:57 2011
From: Mechejmch - mechejmch at aol.com



Louise,

I could get carried away here but I'll keep it simple, considering your time restraints.

Bolivar Peninsula and Bolivar Flats, a free ferry ride across the Houston Ship Channel from Galveston, w/ potential for tons of good birds in April.
The beach drive to the west along the sea wall and you will see terns, gulls, and shorebirds aplenty.
Any city park in Galveston should have potential for large numbers of neo-tropical migrants, especially if you're fortunate enough to witness a classic fallout.
If you have time to get to High Island, not too far up the coast from Bolivar Flats, you'll be in heaven.

Lived down there (Houston) for 10 years and good birds are always around the Galveston area.

Joe Meche
Bellingham






-----Original Message-----
From: Louise Rutter <louise.rutter at eelpi.gotdns.org>
To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wed, Jan 26, 2011 7:10 pm
Subject: [Tweeters] Texas Galveston Birding



A work conference is putting me on Galveston Island, TX in mid-April ? could be worse! I?m considering which books to invest in, and looking on Amazon, I?m debating:

Finding Birds on the Great Texas Birding Trail: Houston, Galveston and Upper Texas, by Ted L Eubanks Jr
Exploring the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail, by Mel White (Falcon Guide)
Birdlife of Houston, Galveston and the Upper Texas Coast, by Ted L Eubanks Jr
Birding Texas, by Roland H Wauer (Falcon Guide)

If anyone has experience using these books, particularly in the Galveston Island area, I would appreciate your comments. Of course, if you know of better books, I?d love to hear that too. I will be hiring a car, but I?m not looking to drive more than about 90 minutes from Galveston Island to bird, so if anyone has recommendations for good bird spots in that radius, please fill me in!

Louise Rutter
Kirkland


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