[texbirds] RFI: Dimmit and Zavala Counties

From: Anthony Hewetson <terrverts@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:40:12 -0800 (PST)

Greetings All:
It appears that I will be leading Texas Century Club-focused field trips to 
Dimmit and Zavala Counties at the TOS meeting in April.  My having almost no 
knowledge about these counties is not, fair enough, considered a serious 
impediment to my leading these trips as neither county has seen a lot of 
birding effort over the years - so far as I have heard.  I would, on the other 
hand, like to do both counties justice and would like to plan solid, six-seven 
hour routes for each county.

If any of you texbirders have any tips to provide, they would be most welcome.  
I am particularly interested in knowing where publicly accessible water might 
be - so that we can look for lingering waterfowl and waders as well as migrant 
shorebirds; where migrant traps might be - there must be good spots for the 
flycatcher/vireo/warbler/tanager/grosbeak suite in both counties and the more I 
know about the better; particularly good spots to look for city birds - Rock 
Pigeons, Eurasian Collared Doves, European Starlings, and House Sparrows might 
be trash birds to some but to TCC folk they are just four more gold coins for 
the pot; any private land owners who might be open to allowing a little TOS 
access to their land for a day - especially if that land has water on it.

Thanks, in advance, for any assistance that I receive;

Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson, Lubbock

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[texbirds] RFI: Dimmit and Zavala Counties

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