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by Gail Mackiernan
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Hi Gordon,
If I were going somewhere that is exciting in August, and not TOO expensive,
I would go to Arizona. Not only is this Arizona's "second spring" but August
is a great time for rarer vagrants to show up. Although right now some good
birds are about, such as Sinaloa Wren and Flame-colored Tanager. If you have
not been to Arizona, it can really blow you away -- or even if you have --
our last trip we did the whole state, from the Grand Canyon to the Mexican
border and had a great time. Flights into Phoenix can be great values, as
well.
Gail Mackiernan
Silver Spring, MD
p.s. If you want a more exotic destination, perhaps consider the Canopy
Tower in Panama which has great "green season" rates
on 06/21/2009 7:51 AM, Gordon Bonnet at jaggy227@... wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm a high school teacher, and have the summer off -- it looks like I
> will have some time to travel in August & I was wondering if anyone
> might have some recommendations. I know a lot of the local birding
> activity (I'm in upstate New York) has died down by August -- picks
> up again in mid-September with migration. So, I'm wondering if
> anyone has a recommendation for somewhere that might be good birding
> in late summer. I'd love to go somewhere exotic, but realistically
> (from a time & money perspective) I'm probably looking at US, Canada,
> or western Europe.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> thanks,
>
> Gordon Bonnet
> Trumansburg NY
>
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If I were going somewhere that is exciting in August, and not TOO expensive,
I would go to Arizona. Not only is this Arizona's "second spring" but August
is a great time for rarer vagrants to show up. Although right now some good
birds are about, such as Sinaloa Wren and Flame-colored Tanager. If you have
not been to Arizona, it can really blow you away -- or even if you have --
our last trip we did the whole state, from the Grand Canyon to the Mexican
border and had a great time. Flights into Phoenix can be great values, as
well.
Gail Mackiernan
Silver Spring, MD
p.s. If you want a more exotic destination, perhaps consider the Canopy
Tower in Panama which has great "green season" rates
on 06/21/2009 7:51 AM, Gordon Bonnet at jaggy227@... wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm a high school teacher, and have the summer off -- it looks like I
> will have some time to travel in August & I was wondering if anyone
> might have some recommendations. I know a lot of the local birding
> activity (I'm in upstate New York) has died down by August -- picks
> up again in mid-September with migration. So, I'm wondering if
> anyone has a recommendation for somewhere that might be good birding
> in late summer. I'd love to go somewhere exotic, but realistically
> (from a time & money perspective) I'm probably looking at US, Canada,
> or western Europe.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> thanks,
>
> Gordon Bonnet
> Trumansburg NY
>
> BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html
> Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html
BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html
Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html
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